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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2010
Ka-ming Leung, Marsfield, AU;
Zhonghua MA, North Epping, AU;
Ka-Ming Leung, Marsfield, AU;
Zhonghua Ma, North Epping, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of image coding for joint decoding of images from different viewpoints using distributed coding techniques. The method receives a first set of features () and error correction bits () corresponding to a first image () obtained at a first viewpoint () and a second set of features () from a second image () corresponding to a second viewpoint (). An approximation () of said first image () at said first viewpoint () is determined () an based on the first and second sets of features () and the second image at the second viewpoint. A reliability measure () of the approximation of the first image is then determined () by joint decoding () the approximation () using the error correction bits (). The approximation of the first image is then refined iteratively () based on the reliability measure () and image information () derived from the joint decoding.