METHOD OF ESTIMATING DISPARITY VECTOR, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MULTI-VIEW MOVING PICTURE USING THE DISPARITY VECTOR ESTIMATION METHOD

摘要

A method and apparatus are provided for encoding and decoding a multi-view moving picture. A method of estimating a disparity vector to encode a multi-view moving picture includes: estimating disparity vectors for a predetermined number of encoded macroblocks; and calculating disparity vectors of macroblocks adjacent to the encoded macroblocks using the estimated disparity vectors. Therefore, it is possible to quickly perform encoding of a multi-view moving picture and enhance compressibility of the multi-view moving picture.