Next-Generation 3D Formats with Depth Map Support

Author

Ying Chen ; Vetro, Anthony

Volume

21

Issue

2

fYear

2014

fDate

Apr.-June 2014

Firstpage

90

Lastpage

94

Abstract

This article reviews the most recent extensions to the Advanced Video Coding (AVC) and High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) coding standards, which integrate depth video to support advanced multiview and 3D video functionalities. All the extensions provide single-view compatibility, while some extensions add depth support on top of conforming stereoscopic bitstreams. To achieve the highest gains in coding efficiency, depth information is utilized in coding the texture views. The compression formats described in this article can be used to support emerging auto-stereoscopic displays and free-viewpoint video functionalities.

Keywords

data compression; image texture; stereo image processing; video coding; 3D video functionalities; AVC; HEVC coding standards; advanced multiview functionalities; advanced video coding; auto-stereoscopic displays; coding efficiency; compression formats; depth information; depth map support; depth support; depth video; free-viewpoint video functionalities; high efficiency video coding; next-generation 3D formats; single-view compatibility; stereoscopic bitstreams; texture views coding; Decoding; Encoding; Next generation networking; Standards; Syntactics; Three-dimensional displays; Video coding; 3D video standards; 3D video systems; autostereoscopic multiview displays; depth support; depth-sensing approaches; multimedia; multimedia standards;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

MultiMedia, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-986X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MMUL.2014.31

Filename

6818898