Multi-view image transmission system and method, multi-view image compression apparatus and method, multi-view image decompression apparatus and method, and program

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multi-visual point image transmission system and a method, a multi-visual point image compression apparatus and a method, and a multi-visual point image decompression apparatus and a method, by which a multi-visual point image can be efficiently compressed and transmitted while utilizing of the configurations of various planar motion picture CODEC LSIs developed up to now by little changing them.;SOLUTION: 1st-Nth eye images 101₁-101_N constituting a stereoscopic image are spatially disposed and multiplexed into one image in a stereoscopic image multiplexing part 104, and the image is then compressed in a multiplexed image compressing part 105. Motion vector information to be found in that case is decomposed into an offset vector and a local motion vector in a motion vector decomposing part 106 and inserted into a motion picture stream. The motion picture stream is transmitted via a transmitting/recording part 107, received by a receiving/reproducing part 108, and decompressed by a multiplexed image decompressing part 109. In that case, one motion vector is synthesized from the local motion vector and the offset vector by a motion vector synthesizing part 110, and the motion vector information is used to restore the multiplexed image. The decompressed multiplexed image is demultiplexed into 1st-Nth eye images 112₁-112_N by a stereoscopic image demultiplexing part 111.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI