Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2019, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (5): 679-691.doi: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.1962

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Video coding for 3D-HEVC based on saliency information and view synthesis prediction

Fang YU, Ping AN(), Xule YAN   

  1. Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and System Applications of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University,Shanghai 200444, China
  • Received:2017-01-12 Online:2019-10-30 Published:2019-10-31
  • Contact: Ping AN E-mail:anping@shu.edu.cn

Abstract: To improve rate distortion performance, all standards of video coding emphasize reduction of information redundancy. However influences of human visual system (HVS) perception is often ignored. This paper proposes a video coding method for the latest standard 3D-high efficiency video coding (HEVC) based on human visual features. In this method, a 3D saliency model is first constructed. Different regions are coded according to their saliency information. The original view synthesis prediction (VSP) algorithm is improved to avoid boundary effects between depth blocks. The compressed video with new view-points is then generated using a proper rendering tool. Experimental results show that the proposed method can reduce the BD-rate by as much as 10% while maintaining the subjective quality. Peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) of the obtained video is raised by 0.1 dB thus improving coding efficiency.

Key words: 3D-high efficiency video coding (HEVC), saliency information, view synthesis prediction, rendering

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