Abstract:
Provided is a multi-view video coding/decoding method and apparatus which uses coded and decoded multi-view videos to code and decode depth information videos corresponding to the multi-view videos. The multi-view video coding method includes: controlling the scales of first and second depth information videos corresponding to a multi-view video such that the scales are equalized; and coding the second depth information video, of which the scale is controlled, by referring to the first depth information video of which the scale is controlled.
Abstract:
An apparatus for providing image data in an image system includes: a stereoscopic image generation unit configured to receive image data and depth information data and generate stereoscopic image data; a parallax calculation unit configured to analyze parallax information of a 3D image from the stereoscopic image data, divide the analyzed parallax information step by step, and determine parallax step information; a caption and text generation unit configured to generate a caption and a text by applying the parallax step information and generate position information of the generated caption and text; and an image synthesis unit configured to insert the caption and text into the stereoscopic image data based on the position information of the caption and text and provide 3D image data.
Abstract:
A method of and apparatus for encoding and decoding a signal by illumination change compensated motion estimation are provided. The apparatus for encoding a signal by illumination change compensated motion estimation includes: an illumination change compensation unit performing compensation for an illumination change by performing a differential calculation between each pixel value of a current block and the means pixel value of a reference block indicated by a motion vector of the current block and the mean pixel value of the reference block; a residual signals generation unit generating residual signals based on the blocks in which illumination change compensation is performed; and an illumination changed amount prediction unit performing differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) based on the illumination change amount prediction value by reflecting the closeness between neighboring blocks in which illumination change occurs.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for storing stereoscopic contents. The method includes storing stereoscopic video media information related to fragment information of the stereoscopic contents as metadata information required for reproducing the stereoscopic contents, and storing elementary streams of the stereoscopic contents.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a stereoscopic content service system and method, and more particularly to a stereoscopic content service system and method which defines a Scene Descriptor (SD) including information required for stereoscopic contents, displays the stereoscopic contents based on the information of the defined SD, and thereby may perform a two-dimension (2D)/three-dimension (3D) display conversion through user interaction and display a stereoscopic text based on information about a left and right text and disparity information.
Abstract:
Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving broadcasting data and supplementary data. The method includes: generating broadcasting data and supplementary data for a plurality of predetermined 3D broadcasting services to be provided to users; multiplexing the generated broadcasting data for broadcasting channels respectively allocated to the plurality of predetermined 3D broadcasting services, and multiplexing the generated supplementary data for one commonly broadcasting channel commonly allocated to the plurality of predetermined 3D broadcasting services; encoding the multiplexed supplementary data corresponding to a conditional access system; and transmitting the encoded supplementary data to the one common broadcasting channel, and transmitting the multiplexed broadcasting data to the allocated broadcasting channels.
Abstract:
Provided are encoding and decoding methods for a single-view video or a multi-view video and apparatuses thereof. The multi-view encoding method includes performing motion and disparity estimation based on a base image, a supplementary image, and a reference image, generating residual data using the reference image and the motion and disparity estimated data, down sampling the residual data, and transforming and quantizing the down sampled residual data using a discrete cosine transformation (DCT) method.
Abstract:
An apparatus for displaying images in an image system includes: an encoder configured to encode color and depth images of at least one view received from a plurality of imaging devices and generate a reference image by synthesizing the encoded depth image of a current view and the encoded color and depth images before and after the current view based on a predetermined method; a decoder configured to decode a color image of the current view by using the generated reference image and decode the encoded color and depth images of at least one view; and a splitter configured to divide and split, based on each view, the decoded color and depth images of at least one view.
Abstract:
Provided is a camera apparatus, including: a camera unit including at least two cameras to acquire a stereoscopic image; a camera control unit to adjust a view angle of the at least two cameras and an interval between the at least two cameras; a depth information obtainment unit to obtain depth information from the stereoscopic image; and an intermediate image generator to generate an intermediate image based on the stereoscopic image and the depth information.
Abstract:
An apparatus for generating depth information, includes: a projector configured to project a predetermined pattern to an object to be photographed; a left camera configured to acquire a left image of a structured light image which is generated by projecting the predetermined pattern to the object; a right camera configured to acquire a right image of the structured light image; a depth information generating unit configured to determine correspondence points based on the left image, the right image and the structured light pattern, to generate depth information of the image, to determine the depth information by applying a stereo matching method to the left image and the right image when the structured light pattern cannot be applied to a field of the image, and to generate depth information of entire image based on the acquired depth information.