System comprising a first encoder for coding a first digital signal, a second encoder for coding a second digital signal and at least one decoder for decoding coded digital signals, and coder and decoder for use in the system

摘要

Known systems based on stereoscopic video coding and video decoding code with inadequate efficiency because the left-hand picture and the right-hand picture are coded and decoded independently of one another by means of the encoders present in the system. As a result of providing one encoder with switching means to which a signal representing the left-hand picture and a signal representing the right-hand picture are fed, said encoder is able to base the prediction either on the left- hand picture or the right-hand picture, and this improves the prediction and, consequently, the efficiency of the coding. As a result of designing the switching means, according to one embodiment, for the adjustment of the ratio of the signal representing the left-hand picture and the signal representing the right-hand picture and for the subsequent addition of the two adjusted signals, a still greater advantage is achieved in the prediction with the correct ratio, and this results in a further improvement in the efficiency of the (total) coding.