Patent Document ID: 9998760
Application ID: 14442937
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for three-dimensional or multi-view video encoding or decoding, the method comprising: receiving input data associated with a current texture block of a current texture frame corresponding to a dependent view; determining a derived disparity vector (DV) for the current texture block; determining whether a DV constraint is enabled or disabled for a plurality of selected coding tools including inter-view residual prediction, view synthesis prediction, and inter-view motion parameter prediction, wherein when the DV constraint is enabled, then the DV constraint is enabled for each one of the plurality of selected coding tools in a unified fashion, wherein when the DV constraint is disabled, then the DV constraint is disabled for each one of the plurality of selected coding tools in a unified fashion; applying the DV constraint on the derived DV to obtain a final derived DV when the DV constraint is enabled; and applying inter-view predictive encoding or decoding to the input data utilizing at least one of the plurality of selected coding tools, wherein the final derived DV is used by each one of the plurality of selected coding tools.