3D video coding including depth based disparity vector calibration

• US 9,860,514 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2017
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Zhang, Wenhao, Chiu, Yi-Jen, Xu, Lidong, Han, Yu, Deng, Zhipin
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr., William C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Belai, Naod
• Application Number:
  US15/652,063
• Publication Number:
  US 20170318277A1
• Time in Patent Office: 169 Days
• Field of Search: 37524012
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/161 Encoding, multiplexing or demultiplexing different image signal components for multi-view video sequence encoding H04N19/597
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/513 Processing of motion vectors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/597 specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding

Abstract

Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for 3D video coding including depth based disparity vector calibration.

Claims

1. A three dimensional video coder comprising:

a memory to store a first picture; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor to;

partition a block of the first picture into a first sub block and a second sub block;

access a depth map associated with the block;

access a disparity vector associated with the block, wherein the disparity vector provides disparity compensation with reference to a second picture having a different view with respect to the first picture;

determine a calibrated disparity vector for the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity vector and the depth map, wherein to determine the calibrated disparity vector, the processor is to determine, using the depth map, a characteristic depth value corresponding to the first sub block and to calibrate the disparity vector associated with the block based on the characteristic depth value to generate the calibrated disparity vector for the first sub block, wherein to calibrate the disparity vector, the processor is to modify the disparity vector based at least in part on a scaling factor and an offset factor, wherein the scaling factor and the offset factor are determined based on the characteristic depth value; and

perform disparity compensated inter-prediction for the first sub block based on the calibrated disparity vector associated with the first sub block.

2. The three dimensional video coder of claim 1, wherein the characteristic depth value is an average depth value of multiple depth values corresponding to the first sub block.

3. The three dimensional video coder of claim 1, wherein the characteristic depth value is a median depth value of multiple depth values corresponding to the first sub block.

4. The three dimensional video coder of claim 1, wherein to determine the calibrated disparity vector for the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity vector and the depth map comprises the processor to:

provide a disparity vector associated with the first sub block that comprises an increase of the offset of the disparity vector associated with the block in response to the characteristic depth value being less than or equal to a threshold;

or

provide a disparity vector associated with the first sub block that comprises a reduction of the offset of the disparity vector associated with the block in response to the characteristic depth value being greater than the threshold.

5. The three dimensional video coder of claim 1, wherein the processor is to decode the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity compensated inter-picture prediction.

6. The three dimensional video coder of claim 1, wherein the processor is to encode the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity compensated inter-picture prediction.

7. The three dimensional video coder of claim 1, further comprising:

a transceiver communicatively coupled to the processor.

8. The three dimensional video coder of claim 1, further comprising:

a display communicatively coupled to the processor.

9. A three dimensional video coding method comprising:

partitioning a block of the first picture into a first sub block and a second sub block;

accessing a depth map associated with the block;

accessing a disparity vector associated with the block, wherein the disparity vector provides disparity compensation with reference to a second picture having a different view with respect to the first picture;

determining a calibrated disparity vector for the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity vector and the depth map, by determining, using the depth map, a characteristic depth value corresponding to the first sub block and calibrating the disparity vector associated with the block based on the characteristic depth value to generate the calibrated disparity vector for the first sub block, wherein calibrating the disparity vector comprises modifying the disparity vector based at least in part on a scaling factor and an offset factor, wherein the scaling factor and the offset factor are determined based on the characteristic depth value; and

performing disparity compensated inter-prediction for the first sub block based on the calibrated disparity vector associated with the first sub block.

10. The three dimensional video coding method of claim 9, wherein the characteristic depth value is an average depth value of multiple depth values corresponding to the first sub block.

11. The three dimensional video coding method of claim 9, wherein the characteristic depth value is a median depth value of multiple depth values corresponding to the first sub block.

12. The three dimensional video coding method of claim 9, wherein determining the calibrated disparity vector for the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity vector and the depth map comprises:

providing a disparity vector associated with the first sub block that comprises an increase of the offset of the disparity vector associated with the block in response to the characteristic depth value being less than or equal to a threshold;

or

providing a disparity vector associated with the first sub block that comprises a reduction of the offset of the disparity vector associated with the block in response to the characteristic depth value being greater than the threshold.

13. The three dimensional video coding method of claim 9, further comprising:

decoding the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity compensated inter-picture prediction.

14. The three dimensional video coding method of claim 9, further comprising:

encoding the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity compensated inter-picture prediction.

15. At least one non-transitory machine readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, in response to being executed on a device, cause the device to code three dimensional video by:

partitioning a block of the first picture into a first sub block and a second sub block;

accessing a depth map associated with the block;

accessing a disparity vector associated with the block, wherein the disparity vector provides disparity compensation with reference to a second picture having a different view with respect to the first picture;

determining a calibrated disparity vector for the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity vector and the depth map, by determining, using the depth map, a characteristic depth value corresponding to the first sub block and calibrating the disparity vector associated with the block based on the characteristic depth value to generate the calibrated disparity vector for the first sub block, wherein calibrating the disparity vector comprises modifying the disparity vector based at least in part on a scaling factor and an offset factor, wherein the scaling factor and the offset factor are determined based on the characteristic depth value; and

performing disparity compensated inter-prediction for the first sub block based on the calibrated disparity vector associated with the first sub block.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the characteristic depth value is an average depth value of multiple depth values corresponding to the first sub block.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the characteristic depth value is a median depth value of multiple depth values corresponding to the first sub block.

18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein determining the calibrated disparity vector for the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity vector and the depth map comprises:

providing a disparity vector associated with the first sub block that comprises an increase of the offset of the disparity vector associated with the block in response to the characteristic depth value being less than or equal to a threshold;

or

providing a disparity vector associated with the first sub block that comprises a reduction of the offset of the disparity vector associated with the block in response to the characteristic depth value being greater than the threshold.

19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, the machine readable medium comprising further instructions that, in response to being executed on the device, cause the device to code three dimensional video by:

decoding the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity compensated inter-picture prediction.

20. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, the machine readable medium comprising further instructions that, in response to being executed on the device, cause the device to code three dimensional video by:

encoding the first sub block based at least in part on the disparity compensated inter-picture prediction.