ZTE Communications ›› 2012, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (2): 13-18.

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AVS 3D Video Coding Technology and System

Siwei Ma, Shiqi Wang, and Wen Gao   

  1. Institute of Digital Media, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2012-04-16 Online:2012-06-25 Published:2012-06-25
  • About author:Siwei Ma (swma@pku.edu.cn) received his BSc degree from Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China, in 1999. He received his PhD degree from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, in 2005. From 2005 to 2007, he was a postdoctoral student at the University of Southern California. Then he joined the Institute of Digital Media, Peking University, where he is currently an associate professor. He has published more than 100 technical articles in refereed journals and proceedings in the areas of image and video coding, video processing, video streaming, and transmission.

    Shiqi Wang (sqwang@jdl.ac.cn) received his B.S. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 2008. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in computer science At Peking University.

    Wen Gao (wgao@pku.edu.cn) received his PhD degree in electronics engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1991. He is a professor of computer science at Peking University. From 1991 to 1995, he was a professor of computer science at Harbin Institute of Technology and a professor at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has published five books and more than 600 technical articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings in the areas of image processing, video coding and communication, pattern recognition, multimedia information retrieval, multimodal interface, and bioinformatics. Dr. Gao has been on the editorial boards of several journals, including IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, EURASIP Journal of Image Communications, and Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation. He chaired a number of prestigious international conferences on multimedia and video signal processing, including IEEE ICME and ACM Multimedia. He has been in the advisory and technical committees of numerous professional organizations.

AVS 3D Video Coding Technology and System

Siwei Ma, Shiqi Wang, and Wen Gao   

  1. Institute of Digital Media, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 作者简介:Siwei Ma (swma@pku.edu.cn) received his BSc degree from Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China, in 1999. He received his PhD degree from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, in 2005. From 2005 to 2007, he was a postdoctoral student at the University of Southern California. Then he joined the Institute of Digital Media, Peking University, where he is currently an associate professor. He has published more than 100 technical articles in refereed journals and proceedings in the areas of image and video coding, video processing, video streaming, and transmission.

    Shiqi Wang (sqwang@jdl.ac.cn) received his B.S. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 2008. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in computer science At Peking University.

    Wen Gao (wgao@pku.edu.cn) received his PhD degree in electronics engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1991. He is a professor of computer science at Peking University. From 1991 to 1995, he was a professor of computer science at Harbin Institute of Technology and a professor at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has published five books and more than 600 technical articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings in the areas of image processing, video coding and communication, pattern recognition, multimedia information retrieval, multimodal interface, and bioinformatics. Dr. Gao has been on the editorial boards of several journals, including IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, EURASIP Journal of Image Communications, and Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation. He chaired a number of prestigious international conferences on multimedia and video signal processing, including IEEE ICME and ACM Multimedia. He has been in the advisory and technical committees of numerous professional organizations.

Abstract: Following the success of the audio video standard (AVS) for 2D video coding, in 2008, the China AVS workgroup started developing 3D video (3DV) coding techniques. In this paper, we discuss the background, technical features, and applications of AVS 3DV coding technology. We introduce two core techniques used in AVS 3DV coding: inter-view prediction and enhanced stereo packing coding. We elaborate on these techniques, which are used in the AVS real-time 3DV encoder. An application of the AVS 3DV coding system is presented to show the great practical value of this system. Simulation results show that the advanced techniques used in AVS 3DV coding provide remarkable coding gain compared with techniques used in a simulcast scheme.

Key words: AVS, 3D video coding, inter-view prediction, stereo packing

摘要: Following the success of the audio video standard (AVS) for 2D video coding, in 2008, the China AVS workgroup started developing 3D video (3DV) coding techniques. In this paper, we discuss the background, technical features, and applications of AVS 3DV coding technology. We introduce two core techniques used in AVS 3DV coding: inter-view prediction and enhanced stereo packing coding. We elaborate on these techniques, which are used in the AVS real-time 3DV encoder. An application of the AVS 3DV coding system is presented to show the great practical value of this system. Simulation results show that the advanced techniques used in AVS 3DV coding provide remarkable coding gain compared with techniques used in a simulcast scheme.

关键词: AVS, 3D video coding, inter-view prediction, stereo packing