Interactive multiview image coding

The authors propose a novel multiview compression method for multiview images. The algorithm supports random access for interactive applications and has low storage requirements. The fundamental component of the method is the layer-based representation, which partitions the dataset into redundant layers characterized by a constant depth value. We exploit the redundant property of each layer and remove the side information uncertainty using Distributed Source Coding (DSC) principles. In comparison to independent coding, our method achieves a PSNR improvement of 3dB. Furthermore, we present a rate-distortion (RD) analysis which demonstrates that the proposed algorithm can achieve a better performance in comparison to independent coding.