Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Il Soon Lim

Ho Cheon Wey

Jaejoon Lee

Du-Sik Park

Seok Min Lee

Jin Young Lee

Byung Tae Oh

Seok Pil Lee

Seok Lee

Kwon Ju Yi

Seung Sin Lee

Young Ran Han

Du Sik Park

Young Shin Kwak

Disclosed is a 3D video motion estimating apparatus and method. The 3D video motion estimating apparatus may enable a motion vector of a color image and a motion vector of a depth image refer to each other, thereby increasing a compression rate.

Apparatus and method for motion estimation of three dimension video

Disclosed are an encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus for a depth image and an encoding method and decoding method. To process a depth image according to an intra prediction mode, the encoding apparatus or the decoding apparatus may use a representative mode from a DC mode of an SDC mode, a planar mode, or DMM1. Further, to process the depth image according to an intra prediction mode, the encoding apparatus or the decoding apparatus may use a representative mode from a planar mode or DMM1.

Encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus for depth image, and encoding method and decoding method

A video processing apparatus and method is provided. The video processing apparatus divides video data and then processes a current divided area of the divided video data by referring to pixels in an adjacent divided area while processing the current divided area, thereby minimizing artifacts generation along a boundary between divided areas when the processed divided areas are subsequently merged.

Apparatus and method for ultra-high resolution video processing

Provided is method and apparatus of compressing and restoring an image using filter information. The image compression apparatus may generate a reduced image by sampling an input image, determine filter information based on the input image and a decoded reduced image, and code the filter information and the decoded reduced image. Accordingly, a deterioration in an image quality may be prevented in transmitting the image using a limited bandwidth.

Apparatus and method of compressing and restoring image using filter information

A method and an apparatus for detecting and removing a false contour, a method and an apparatus for verifying whether a pixel is included in a contour, and a method and an apparatus for calculating simplicity are provided. The method for detecting and removing the false contour includes: verifying whether a pixel of an input video is included in a contour; calculating simplicity of the pixel; determining whether the pixel is included in a false contour based on the simplicity and based on whether the pixel is included in the contour; and removing the false contour from the input video via smoothing with respect to the false contour.

Method and apparatus for detecting and removing false contour, method and apparatus for verifying whether pixel is included in contour, and method and apparatus for calculating simplicity

Region-based encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus. The encoding apparatus selects an optimum region division mode from region division modes with respect to regions divided from an image frame, and transmits, to the decoding apparatus, an optimum image filtering method and an optimum filter coefficient of regions divided, according to the optimum region division mode.

Area-based encoding/decoding device and method

An intermediate image generation apparatus and method are described. An intermediate image may be generated from any one image of a left image and a right image, and the intermediate image may be interpolated by referring to the other image of the left image and the right image.

Intermediate image generation apparatus and method

Method and apparatus for detecting and removing false contour, method and apparatus for verifying whether pixel in included in contour, and method and apparatus for calculating simplicity

A three-dimensional (3D) compressing method and apparatus is disclosed. The 3D video compressing apparatus determines whether a motion of consecutive frames exists when a depth of a multi-view video is estimated, performs a depth estimation when the motion exists, and compresses the 3D video by using a color video motion vector as a depth video motion vector.

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Hongseong-gun, South Korea

Il Soon Lim