US 11,856,219 B2
Multi-view coding with effective handling of renderable portions
Sebastian Bosse, Berlin (DE); Heiko Schwarz, Panketel (DE); Thomas Wiegand, Berlin (DE); and Tobias Hinz, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to GE Video Compression, LLC, Niskayuna, NY (US)
Filed by GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC, Albany, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/863,078.
Application 17/863,078 is a continuation of application No. 17/111,331, filed on Dec. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,405,635.
Application 17/111,331 is a continuation of application No. 16/548,569, filed on Aug. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,880,571, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Application 16/548,569 is a continuation of application No. 15/687,920, filed on Aug. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,440,385, issued on Oct. 8, 2019.
Application 15/687,920 is a continuation of application No. 14/271,481, filed on May 7, 2014, granted, now 9,774,850, issued on Sep. 26, 2017.
Application 14/271,481 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2012/072182, filed on Nov. 8, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/558,647, filed on Nov. 11, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027719 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 19/52 (2014.01); H04N 19/463 (2014.01); H04N 19/553 (2014.01); H04N 19/597 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 19/52 (2014.11) [H04N 19/463 (2014.11); H04N 19/553 (2014.11); H04N 19/597 (2014.11)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decoder for reconstructing a multi-view signal from a data stream, comprising:
a data stream extractor configured to extract, using a processor from the data stream, a rendering flag associated with a renderable portion of a first view of the multi-view signal, the rendering flag being indicative of whether the renderable portion is to be replaced with a rendered portion generated, by view synthesis, based on a second view of the multi-view signal; and
a reconstructor configured to reconstruct, using the processor, at least a portion of the first view,
wherein the decoder is configured to decode in a first coding mode or a second coding mode depending on the rendering flag, wherein the decoder is configured to, in the first coding mode, render, by view synthesis, the renderable portion of the first view from the second view to generate the rendered portion and replace the renderable portion of a reconstructed first view by the rendered portion.