Template based illumination compensation algorithm for multiview video coding Recently multiview video coding (MVC) standard has been finalized as an extension of H.264AVC by Joint Video Team (JVT). In the project Joint Multiview Video Model (JMVM) for the standardization, illumination compensation (IC) is adopted as a useful tool. In this paper, a novel illumination compensation algorithm based on template is proposed. The basic idea of the algorithm is that the illumination of the current block has a strong correlation with its adjacent template. Based on this idea, firstly a template based illumination compensation method is presented, and then a template models selection strategy is devised to improve the illumination compensation performance. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can improve the coding efficiency significantly.

Color and Illumination Compensation Scheme for Multiview Video Service This paper deals with the problem of color and illumination compensation for multiview video service. In particular, we focus on finding a simple and lightweight color compensation algorithm because it is more friendly for realtime service. In this paper, we developed multiview rendering software and applied and tested the diagonal matrix based color compensation method. Through experiments, we confirmed that there are advantages of diagonal color transfer model compared with histogram matching and statistical color transfer scheme. We also have experimentally observed that the approach works even when the multiview image is corrupted under realistic conditions such as rain or sunflare.