METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPTH VIDEO CODING USING ENDURABLE VIEW SYNTHESIS DISTORTION

摘要

The disclosed subject matter relates to depth video coding using endurable view synthesis distortion(EVSD). In particular, a distortion estimator component receives at least one parameter associated with at least one image capturing device and generates a distortion value based on the at least one parameter. An encoder component encodes a multiview input stream based at least in part on the distortion value.As such, compression of depth information can provide for reduced bandwidth consumption for dissemination of encoded multiview content for applications such as 3D video, free viewpoint TV, etc.