Claims
- 1. A method for encoding a three-dimensional stereoscopic video signal, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a first digital video signal representative of a first succession of frames containing left views of a scene, said first succession of frames including a left current frame, a left forward frame, and a left backward frame;
- receiving a second digital video signal representative of a second succession of frames containing right views of a scene, said second succession of frames including a right current frame, a right forward frame, and a right backward frame;
- selecting a current frame from either said first or second succession of frames as a reference frame;
- producing a disparity estimate signal representing a prediction between said reference frame and either said left or said right forward frame;
- producing a motion compensated estimate signal representing a prediction between said reference frame and another frame said other frame being in either said first or second succession of frames;
- employing said disparity estimate signal and said motion compensated estimate signals to encode said first and said second video signals to produce an encoded three-dimensional stereoscopic video signal.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/452,464 was filed concurrently herewith.
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