Stereoscopic image processing methods and apparatus
    1.
    发明授权
    Stereoscopic image processing methods and apparatus 有权
    立体图像处理方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09204127B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-01

    申请号:US13744400

    申请日:2013-01-17

    IPC分类号: H04N13/02 G06T7/00

    摘要: Stereoscopic image processing methods and apparatus are described. Left and right eye images of a stereoscopic frame are examined to determine if one or more difference reduction operations designed to reduce the luminance and/or chrominance differences between the left and right frames is within a range used to trigger a difference reduction operation. A difference reduction operation may involve assigning portions of the left and right frames to different depth regions and/or other region categories. A decision on whether or not to perform a difference reduction operation is then performed on a per regions basis with at the difference between the left and right eye portions of at least one region being reduced when a difference reduction operation is to be performed. The difference reduction process may, and in some embodiments is, performed in a precoder which processes left and right eye images of stereoscopic frames prior to stereoscopic encoding.

    摘要翻译: 描述了立体图像处理方法和装置。 检查立体帧的左眼和右眼图像,以确定设计用于降低左右帧之间的亮度和/或色度差的一个或多个差分降低操作是否在用于触发差减小操作的范围内。 差分缩小操作可以涉及将左和右帧的部分分配给不同的深度区域和/或其他区域类别。 然后,当要执行差减小操作时,在每个区域基础上执行关于是否执行差减小操作的决定,其中至少一个区域的左眼部分和右眼部分之间的差异被减小。 在一些实施例中,差分减小处理可以在立体编码之前处理立体帧的左眼图像和右眼图像的预编码器中执行。

    3D video encoding and decoding methods and apparatus
    2.
    发明授权
    3D video encoding and decoding methods and apparatus 有权
    3D视频编解码方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09407902B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-02

    申请号:US13443864

    申请日:2012-04-10

    IPC分类号: H04N13/02 H04N13/04

    摘要: Methods and apparatus relating to encoding and decoding stereoscopic (3D) image data, e.g., left and right eye images, are described. Various pre-encoding and post-decoding operations are described in conjunction with difference based encoding and decoding techniques. In some embodiments left and right eye image data is subject to scaling, transform operation(s) and cropping prior to encoding. In addition, in some embodiments decoded left and right eye image data is subject to scaling, transform operations(s) and cropping prior to being output to a display device. Transform information, scaling information and/or cropping information may be included in a bitstream communicating encoded left and right eye images. The amount of scaling can be the same for an entire scene and/or program.

    摘要翻译: 描述与立体(3D)图像数据(例如左眼图像和右眼图像)的编码和解码有关的方法和装置。 结合差分编码和解码技术来描述各种预编码和后解码操作。 在一些实施例中,左眼图像数据和右眼图像数据在编码之前进行缩放,变换操作和裁剪。 此外,在一些实施例中,解码的左眼图像数据和右眼图像数据在被输出到显示装置之前进行缩放,变换操作和裁剪。 变换信息,缩放信息和/或裁剪信息可以包括在通信编码的左眼图像和右眼图像的比特流中。 整个场景和/或程序的缩放量可以相同。

    STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS AND APPARATUS
    3.
    发明申请
    STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS AND APPARATUS 有权
    立体声视频编码和解码方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110069150A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-03-24

    申请号:US12862457

    申请日:2010-08-24

    IPC分类号: H04N13/00

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for stereoscopic image encoding and decoding are described. Left and right eye images are encoded following an entropy reduction operation being applied to one of the eye images when there is a difference between the left and right images of an image pair. Information about regions of negative parallax within the entropy reduced image of an image pair is encoded along with the images. Upon decoding a sharpening filter is applied to the image in an image pair which was subjected to the entropy reduction operation. In addition edge enhancement filtering is performed on the regions of the recovered entropy reduced image which are identified in the encoded image data as regions of negative parallax. Interleaving of left and right eye images at the input of the encoder combined with entropy reduction allows for efficient encoding, storage, and transmission of 3D images.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于立体图像编码和解码的方法和装置。 当在图像对的左图像和右图像之间存在差异时,在将熵缩减操作应用于眼图之一之后对左眼图像和右眼图像进行编码。 关于图像对的熵减少图像内的负视差区域的信息与图像一起被编码。 在解码时,将锐化滤波器应用于进行熵减少操作的图像对中的图像。 此外,在经过编码的图像数据中识别的恢复的熵缩减图像的区域上执行边缘增强滤波作为负视差的区域。 在编码器的输入处与左撇子和右眼图像的交错结合熵减少允许3D图像的有效编码,存储和传输。

    Methods and apparatus for stereoscopic video compression, encoding, transmission, decoding and/or decompression
    4.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for stereoscopic video compression, encoding, transmission, decoding and/or decompression 有权
    用于立体视频压缩,编码,传输,解码和/或解压缩的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08451320B1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-28

    申请号:US12693421

    申请日:2010-01-25

    IPC分类号: H04N13/00 H04N15/00

    CPC分类号: H04N19/597 H04N13/161

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for performing stereoscopic image encoding and decoding are described. Left and right eye images are generated. Image difference information is generated, e.g., a set of pixel values resulting from XORing the pixel values of the left and right eye images. One of the left and right eye images is compressed along with the difference map. The compressed image and compressed difference map is stored and/or transmitted. Stereoscopic images are generated by decompressing and using the received compressed image and compressed difference information. Prior to generation of the difference map the left and right eye images may be subject to a transposition operation to minimize the differences between the images and thus the size of the difference map. When transposition is applied, transposition information is stored and communicated in addition to the compressed image data so that the transposition can be reversed during the stereoscopic image generation process.

    摘要翻译: 描述用于执行立体图像编码和解码的方法和装置。 生成左眼和右眼图像。 产生图像差异信息,例如,通过对左眼图像和右眼图像的像素值进行异或而得到的一组像素值。 左眼图像和右眼图像之一与差异图一起被压缩。 压缩图像和压缩差分图被存储和/或发送。 通过解压缩和使用接收的压缩图像和压缩差分信息来生成立体图像。 在生成差异图之前,可以对左眼图像和右眼图像进行置换操作,以最小化图像之间的差异,从而最小化差异图的大小。 当应用转置时,除了压缩图像数据之外,存储和传送转置信息,使得在立体图像生成处理期间可以颠倒转置。

    3D video encoding and decoding methods and apparatus
    5.
    发明授权
    3D video encoding and decoding methods and apparatus 有权
    3D视频编解码方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09485494B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-01

    申请号:US13533465

    申请日:2012-06-26

    IPC分类号: H04N13/00

    摘要: Methods and apparatus relating to encoding and decoding stereoscopic (3D) image data, e.g., left and right eye images, are described. Various pre-encoding and post-decoding operations are described in conjunction with difference based encoding and decoding techniques. In some embodiments left and right eye image data is subject to scaling, transform operation(s) and cropping prior to encoding. In addition, in some embodiments decoded left and right eye image data is subject to scaling, transform operations(s) and filling operations prior to being output to a display device. Transform information and/or scaling information may be included in a bitstream communicating encoded left and right eye images. The amount of scaling can be the same for an entire scene and/or program.

    摘要翻译: 描述与立体(3D)图像数据(例如左眼图像和右眼图像)的编码和解码有关的方法和装置。 结合差分编码和解码技术来描述各种预编码和后解码操作。 在一些实施例中,左眼图像数据和右眼图像数据在编码之前进行缩放,变换操作和裁剪。 此外,在一些实施例中,解码的左眼图像和右眼图像数据在被输出到显示装置之前经历缩放,变换操作和填充操作。 变换信息和/或缩放信息可以包括在通信编码的左眼图像和右眼图像的比特流中。 整个场景和/或程序的缩放量可以相同。

    Stereoscopic video encoding and decoding methods and apparatus
    6.
    发明授权
    Stereoscopic video encoding and decoding methods and apparatus 有权
    立体视频编解码方法及装置

    公开(公告)号:US08610757B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-17

    申请号:US12862457

    申请日:2010-08-24

    IPC分类号: H04N13/00 H04N13/02 H04N13/04

    摘要: In some embodiments left and right eye images are encoded following an entropy reduction operation being applied to one of the eye images when there is a difference between the left and right images of an image pair. Information about regions of negative parallax within the entropy reduced image of an image pair is encoded along with the images. Upon decoding a sharpening filter is applied to the image in an image pair which was subjected to the entropy reduction operation. In addition edge enhancement filtering is performed on the regions of the recovered entropy reduced image which are identified in the encoded image data as regions of negative parallax. Interleaving of left and right eye images at the input of the encoder combined with entropy reduction allows for efficient encoding, storage, and transmission of 3D images.

    摘要翻译: 在一些实施例中,当在图像对的左图像和右图像之间存在差异时,在将熵缩减操作应用于眼图之一之后对左眼图像和右眼图像进行编码。 关于图像对的熵减少图像内的负视差区域的信息与图像一起被编码。 在解码时,将锐化滤波器应用于经受熵减少操作的图像对中的图像。 此外,在经过编码的图像数据中识别的恢复的熵缩减图像的区域上执行边缘增强滤波作为负视差的区域。 在编码器的输入处与左撇子和右眼图像的交错结合熵减少允许3D图像的有效编码,存储和传输。