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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
Futurewei Technologies Co., Ltd., Plano, TX (US);
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zhouye Gu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jianhua Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Nam Ling, San Jose, CA (US);
Philipp Zhang, Plano, TX (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a method, apparatus and computer program product for prediction mode selection for coding a block of a depth map. An ordered list of coding modes is obtained, wherein the ordered list of coding modes comprises a plurality of coding modes each of which is capable of being used for coding of the block. A plurality of depth modeling modes (DMMs) each of which is capable of being used for coding of the block are obtained. And whether a DMM of the plurality of DMMs is to be added into the ordered list of coding modes in accordance with a decision condition is determined.