Video plus depth compression for mobile 3D services

Author

Merkle, P. ; Wang, Y. ; Müller, K. ; Smolic, A. ; Wiegand, T.

Author_Institution

Image Process. Dept., Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Berlin

fYear

2009

fDate

4-6 May 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents a study on video plus depth compression using available MPEG standards and its optimization for mobile 3D services. Video plus depth enables 3D television, but as mobile services are subject to various limitations, including bandwidth, memory, and processing power, efficient compression as well as low complexity view synthesis is required. Two MPEG coding standards are applicable for video plus depth coding, namely MPEG-C Part 3 and H.264 Auxiliary Picture Syntax. These methods are evaluated with respect to the limitations of mobile services and the achievable quality for rendering the second stereo view from compressed video plus depth. In conclusion video plus depth is an interesting alternative to conventional stereo video for mobile 3D services. The results indicate that depth can be compressed at significantly lower bitrates than a secondary video, however at the expense of increased complexity for rendering the second view at the decoder.

Keywords

code standards; data compression; optimisation; three-dimensional television; video coding; 3D television; H.264 Auxiliary Picture Syntax; MPEG coding standards; MPEG standards; MPEG-C Part 3; bitrates; mobile 3D services; optimization; video plus depth coding; video plus depth compression; Bandwidth; Decoding; IEC standards; ISO standards; Image coding; Image processing; Rendering (computer graphics); Three dimensional displays; Transform coding; Video compression; 3D video; mobile services; stereo; video coding; view synthesis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

3DTV Conference: The True Vision - Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video, 2009

Conference_Location

Potsdam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4317-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4318-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/3DTV.2009.5069650

Filename

5069650