A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING MULTIVIEW VIDEO USING HIERARCHICAL B FRAMES IN VIEW DIRECTION, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM USING THE SAME

摘要

The invention provides a method of encoding a multi-view video and an encoder capable of calculating global disparity between pictures at different viewpoints in the multi-view video and forming a hierarchical B picture in both view and time directions on the basis of the calculated global disparity, thereby improving encoding efficiency. According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided an encoder for encoding data for pictures captured at different viewpoints in a multi-view video. When a picture at one of the first and last viewpoints is encoded into an I picture, the encoder encodes a picture that is captured at the other viewpoint but is disposed in the same time direction into an VP picture.