MULTIVIEW 3D COMPRESSION FORMAT AND ALGORITHMS

摘要

An LRO format encoder provides images for three-dimensional (3D) viewing, that are at least the quality of images provided by conventional encoding techniques using equivalent bandwidth, with encoding and decoding requiring less power than conventional formats. The LRO format facilitates encoding of multiple images using an innovative multiview low energy (MLE) CODEC that reduces the power consumption requirements of encoding and decoding 3D content, as compared to conventional techniques. A significant feature of the MLE CODEC is that a decoded view from a lower processing level is used for one of the components of the LRO format for at least one higher processing level. Thus, some components of the LRO level for a higher view can be derived from processing of lower views, and not all the components of the higher view need to be transmitted as part of the data for the MLE CODEC.