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Stereoscopic Video Coding Configuration Based on Scalable Video Coding (SVC):
The
Scalable Video Coding(SVC)encodesvideodataindifferentresolutions(spatial/temporal)
andquality(refertotheSVC sectionabove).Dependingonthereceivercapabilitiestheusers
can decode the full-resolution image orsub-versionoftheimage.MostoftheSVCmethods
utilize the layered coding approaches to encode scalable image sequences. This study
proposesastereoscopicvideocodingconfigurationbasedonthe layeredcodingarchitecture
ofSVC.Theproposedmethodisimplementedonthescalableextensionof H.264/AVC.Scal-
able H.264/AVC is developed and standardized by JVT and supports spatial, temporal and
quality scalability for video coding
[40].
In this coding configuration, the colour and depth
image sequencesarecodedatthebaseandenhancementlayersrespectivelyasshowninFigure
3.14.Inaddition,thislayeredcodingarchitecturecanalsobeutilizedtoencodeleftandright
view based stereoscopic video. The coding of left and right views with this coding con-
figuration is considered in this chapter during the performance comparison of colour plus
depthcodingvs.leftandrightviewcoding.
Right/ Depth
