Patent Document ID: 20100220784
Application ID: 12086709
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A video encoding method for encoding video images as a single video image by using parallax compensation which performs prediction by using parallax between the video images, the method comprising: a reference parallax setting step of setting reference parallax for a target image to be encoded, wherein the reference parallax is estimated using a reference image; an area division setting step of setting area division in an image frame; a parallax displacement setting step of setting parallax displacement for each divided area set in the area division setting step, wherein the parallax displacement is the difference between the reference parallax and parallax used for the parallax compensation; an area division data encoding step of encoding area division data for indicating the area division which is set in the area division setting step; and a parallax displacement data encoding step of encoding parallax displacement data for indicating the parallax displacement which is set in the parallax displacement setting step.