SELECTING VIEWPOINTS FOR GENERATING ADDITIONAL VIEWS IN 3D VIDEO Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC G06T9/00 G06T15/00 

FIELD: physics, video.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to video encoding techniques. Disclosed is a method of encoding a 3D video signal. The method includes a step of providing at least a first image of a scene as seen from a first viewpoint. The method also includes providing rendering information for enabling a decoder to generate at least one rendered image of the scene as seen from a rendering viewpoint, different from the first viewpoint. The method also includes providing a preferred direction indicator defining a preferred orientation of the rendering viewpoint relative to the first viewpoint.

EFFECT: high quality of generating images from different viewpoints by generating a preferred direction indicator.

13 cl, 4 dwg