TR2004-137
Coding Approaches for End-To-End 3D TV Systems
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- "Coding Approaches for End-to-End 3D TV Systems", Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), December 2004. ,
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Research Area:
Digital Video
Abstract:
We present a 3D TV prototype system with real-time acquisition, transmission and auto-stereoscopic display of dynamic scenes. Our system uses a distributed, scalable architecture to manage the high computation and bandwidth demands. It consists of an array of cameras, clusters of network-connected PCs, and a multi-projector 3D display. The 3D display shows high-resolution (1024 X 768) stereoscopic color images for multiple viewpoints without special glasses. We implemented systems with rear-projection and front-projection lenticular screens. In this paper, we provide an overview of our 3D TV system, including an examination of design choices and tradeoffs. We also discuss potential coding approaches for multiple view video, such as simulcasting, spatio-temporal encoding and sampling-based methods.
Related News & Events
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NEWS PCS 2004: 3 publications by Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun and others Date: December 15, 2004
Where: Picture Coding Symposium (PCS)
MERL Contacts: Anthony Vetro; Huifang SunBrief- The papers "Efficient Macroblock Coding-mode Decision for H.264/AVC Video Coding" by Xin, J., Vetro, A. and Sun, H., "Coding Approaches for End-to-End 3D TV Systems" by Vetro, A., Matusik, W., Pfister, H. and Xin, J. and "Video Coding Without Motion Compensation Using a 3-D Dual-tree Wavelet Transform" by Wang, B., Wang, Y., Selesnick, I. and Vetro, A. were presented at the Picture Coding Symposium (PCS).