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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2007
Masayuki Tanimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Toshiaki Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Kodaira, JP;
Masaki Kitahara, Yokosuka, JP;
Hideaki Kimata, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Shimizu, Yokosuka, JP;
Kazuto Kamikura, Yokosuka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Yashima, Yokosuka, JP;
Masayuki Tanimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Toshiaki Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Kodaira, JP;
Masaki Kitahara, Yokosuka, JP;
Hideaki Kimata, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Shimizu, Yokosuka, JP;
Kazuto Kamikura, Yokosuka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Yashima, Yokosuka, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Nagoya University, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
By using parallax compensation which performs prediction by using parallax between video images, the video images are encoded as a single video image. Reference parallax for a target image to be encoded is set, wherein the reference parallax is estimated using a reference image; area division in an image frame is set; parallax displacement for each divided area is set, wherein the parallax displacement is the difference between the reference parallax and parallax for the parallax compensation; data of the area division is encoded; and data for indicating the parallax displacement is encoded. During decoding, reference parallax for a target image to be decoded is set, wherein it is estimated using a reference image; data for indicating area division, which is included in encoded data, is decoded; and data of parallax displacement, which is included in the encoded data, is decoded for each area indicated by the area division data.