Multiview image coding using depth layers and an optimized bit allocation
Abstract
The authors present a novel wavelet-based compression algorithm for multiview images. This method uses a layer-based representation, where the 3-D scene is approximated by a set of depth planes with their associated constant disparities. The layers are extracted from a collection of images captured at multiple viewpoints and transformed using the 3-D discrete wavelet transform (DWT). The DWT consists of the 1-D disparity compensated DWT across the viewpoints and the 2-D shape-adaptive DWT across the spatial dimensions. Finally, the wavelet coefficients are quantized and entropy coded along with the layer contours. To improve the rate-distortion performance of the entire coding method, we develop a bit allocation strategy for the distribution of the available bit budget between encoding the layer contours and the wavelet coefficients. The achieved performance of our proposed scheme outperforms the state-of-the-art codecs for several data sets of varying complexity.Citation
Gelman, A., Dragoti, P.L. and Velisavljevic, V. (2012) 'Multiview image coding using depth layers and an optimized bit allocation', IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 21(9), pp.4092-4105.Type
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enISSN
1057-71491941-0042
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1109/TIP.2012.2201490