Compression of 3D Video Using Huffman Coding

With the recent development of 3D display technologies, there is an increasing demand for realistic 3D video. However, efficient transmission and storage of depth data still presents a challenging task to the research community in these applications. Consequently a new method, called 3D Image Warping Based Depth Video Compression (IWDVC) is proposed for fast and efficient compression of 3D video by using Huffman coding. The IW-DVC method is to exploit the special properties of the depth data to achieve a high compression ratio which preserves the quality of the captured images. This method combines the egomotion estimation and 3D image warping techniques and includes a lossless coding scheme which is capable of adapting to depth data with a high dynamic range. IWDVC operates in high-speed, suitable for real-time applications, and is able to attain an enhanced motion compensation accuracy compared with the conventional approaches. Also, it removes the existing redundant information between the depth frames to further increase compression efficiency without sacrificing image quality.