• Smart Media Journal
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.36-42
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• 2012

Recently, the smart applications, such as smart phone and smart TV, become a hot issue in IT consumer markets. In particular, the smart TV provides 3D video services, hence efficient coding methods for 3D video data are required. Three-dimensional (3D) video involves stereoscopic or multi-view images to provide depth experience through 3D display systems. Binocular cues are perceived by rendering proper viewpoint images obtained at slightly different view angles. Since the number of viewpoints of the multi-view video is limited, 3D display devices should generate arbitrary viewpoint images using available adjacent view images. In this paper, after we explain a view synthesis method briefly, we propose a new algorithm to compensate view synthesis errors around object boundaries. We describe a 3D warping technique exploiting the depth map for viewpoint shifting and a hole filling method using multi-view images. Then, we propose an algorithm to remove boundary noises that are generated due to mismatches of object edges in the color and depth images. The proposed method reduces annoying boundary noises near object edges by replacing erroneous textures with alternative textures from the other reference image. Using the proposed method, we can generate perceptually inproved images for 3D video systems.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.53-59
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• 2009

Multi-view video is necessary to develop a new compression encoding technique for storage and transmission, because of a huge amount of data. Layered depth image is an efficient representation method of multi-view video data. This method makes a data structure that is synthesis of multi-view color and depth image. This paper proposed enhanced compression method by presentation of efficient layered depth image using real distance comparison, solution of overlap problem, and interpolation. In experimental results, confirmed high compression performance.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.43-51
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• 2014

Multi-view video including depth image is necessary to develop a new compression encoding technique for storage and transmission, because of a huge amount of data. Layered depth image is an efficient representation method of multi-view video data. This method makes a data structure that is synthesis of multi-view color and depth image. This efficient method to compress new contents is suggested to use layered depth image representation and to apply for video compression encoding by using 3D warping. This paper proposed enhanced compression method using layered depth image representation and H.264/AVC video coding technology. In experimental results, we confirmed high compression performance and good quality of reconstructed image.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.2C
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• pp.186-193
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• 2009

Multi-view video is necessary to develop a new compression encoding technique for storage and transmission, because of a huge amount of data. Layered depth image is an efficient representation method of multi-view video data. This method makes a data structure that is synthesis of multi-view color and depth image. This paper proposed enhanced compression method by presentation of efficient layered depth image using real distance comparison, solution of overlap problem, and YCrCb color transformation. In experimental results, confirmed high compression performance and good reconstructed image.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.30 no.2C
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• pp.16-24
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• 2005

In this paper, we proposed a face tracking algorithm for a viewpoint adaptive multi-view synthesis system. The original scene captured by a depth camera contains a texture image and 8 bit gray-scale depth map. From this original image, multi-view images can be synthesized which correspond to viewer's position by using geometrical transformation such as a rotation and a translation. The proposed face tracking technique gives a motion parallax cue by different viewpoints and view angles. In the proposed algorithm, tracking of viewer's dominant face initially established from camera by using statistical characteristics of face colors and deformable templates is done. As a result, we can provide motion parallax cue by detecting viewer's dominant face area and tracking it even under a heterogeneous background and can successfully display the synthesized sequences.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.128-136
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• 2007

Since the multi-view video is a set of video sequences captured by multiple array cameras for the same three-dimensional scene, it can provide multiple viewpoint images using geometrical manipulation and intermediate view generation. Although multi-view video allows us to experience more realistic feeling with a wide range of images, the amount of data to be processed increases in proportion to the number of cameras. Therefore, we need to develop efficient coding methods. One of the possible approaches to multi-view video coding is to generate an intermediate image using view interpolation method and to use the interpolated image as an additional reference frame. The previous view interpolation method for multi-view video coding employs fixed size block matching over the pre-determined disparity search range. However, if the disparity search range is not proper, disparity error may occur. In this paper, we propose an efficient view interpolation method using initial disparity estimation, variable block-based estimation, and pixel-level estimation using adjusted search ranges. In addition, we propose a multi-view video coding method based on H.264/AVC to exploit the intermediate image. Intermediate images have been improved about $1{\sim}4dB$ using the proposed method compared to the previous view interpolation method, and the coding efficiency have been improved about 0.5 dB compared to the reference model.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.257-273
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• 2004

In stereoscopic or multi-view three dimensional display systems, the synthesis of intermediate sequences is inevitably needed to assure look-around capability and continuous motion parallax so that it could enhance comfortable 3D perception. The quadtree-based disparity estimation is one of the most remarkable methods for synthesis of Intermediate sequences due to the simplicity of its algorithm and hardware implementation. In this paper, we propose two ideas in order to reduce the annoying flicker at the object boundaries of synthesized intermediate sequences by quadtree-based disparity estimation. First, new split-scheme provides more consistent auadtree-splitting during the disparity estimation. Secondly, adaptive temporal smoothing using correlation between present frame and previous one relieves error of disparity estimation. Two proposed Ideas are tested by using several stereoscopic sequences, and the annoying flickering is remarkably reduced by them.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.10B
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• pp.1070-1075
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• 2009

In this paper, we propose new depth estimation and intermediate view synthesis algorithms for three-dimensional video generation. In order to improve temporal consistency of the depth map sequence, we add a temporal weighting function to the conventional matching function when we compute the matching cost for estimating the depth information. In addition, we propose a boundary noise removal method in the view synthesis operation. after finding boundary noise areas using the depth map, we replace them with corresponding texture information from the other reference image. Experimental results showed that the proposed algorithm improved temporal consistency of the depth sequence and reduced flickering artifacts in the virtual view. It also improved visual quality of the synthesized virtual views by removing the boundary noise.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.242-252
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• 2014

Since July of 2012, the 3D video extension of H.264/AVC has been under development to support the multi-view video plus depth format. In 3D video applications such as multi-view and free-view point applications, synthesized views are generated using coded texture video and coded depth video. Such synthesized views can be distorted by quantization noise and inaccuracy of 3D wrapping positions, thus it is important to improve their quality where possible. To achieve this, the relationship among the depth video, texture video, and synthesized view is investigated herein. Based on this investigation, an edge noise suppression filtering process to preserve the edges of the depth video and a method based on a total variation approach to maximum a posteriori probability estimates for reducing the quantization noise of the coded texture video. The experiment results show that the proposed methods improve the peak signal-to-noise ratio and visual quality of a synthesized view compared to a synthesized view without post processing methods.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.135-138
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• 1997

Multi-view 영상 DB의 surround view 입체 화상을 재현하기 위해서는 영상 정보를 효과적으로 합성, 보간하는 방법이 필연적으로 요구된다. 다시점 입체 영상의 표시 기능을 구현하기 위해서 이론적으로는 충분한 개수의 카메라를 상하 좌우로 배치하여 영상을 획득하고 보는 이의 위치에 가장 적합한 영상을 선택하여 표현하면 된다. 이 경우 많은 수의 카메라로부터 입력되는 방대한 영상 데이터의 저장, 처리, 전송, 설치 문제 등 현실적으로 많은 제약점이 존재한다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 기존의 블록 매칭과 같은 3D 구조 추정에 기초하여 블록 단위의 깊이 정보와 텍스쳐 정보의 추출, 다시점 영상 set의 가장 왼쪽 영상으로부터 시작하여 차례로 한 줄씩 쌓아서 얻어진 EPI(Epipolar Plane Image)에 기초한 유사 영상 값의 자취선 탐색 방법에 의한 시차와 텍스쳐 정보 추출로 전체 다안화상을 다해상도로 표현하여 전송하는 방식을 제안한다. 다해상도의 영상 표현과 점진적 전송 방법을 통해 다시점 영상 검색 시스템의 성능향상을 위한 네트워크 모델링을 제안하고자 한다.