UK, London - Kingston University, 2014. — 102 p. — ISBN: 978-87-403-0810-5.Description
3D video provides us the sensation of depth by adding a depth dimension to already existing 2D video. This provides the users, improved quality of experience (QoE), natural viewing conditions and a supportive platform for human interaction. On the other hand, 3D video in medical applications (e.g., robotic surgery, minimal invasive surgery (MIS)) could improve the diagnosis and accuracy of surgical procedures. However, the demand for resources (e.g., a large storage and high bandwidth for communication) is hindering the deployment of 3D video applications into a wider market. This book elaborates on the major components of end-to-end 3D video communication chain and discusses the current issues and potential solutions using existing technologies and infrastructures. The main topics covered in this book are different 3D-video formats, 3D video capture technologies, 3D video encoding methods, 3D video transmission approaches, and 3D video quality evaluation aspects.
Content
Introduction
Stereo vision, 3D video capture and scene representations
- Different 3D video representations
- Stereoscopic video and capture technologies
- 3D Image Warping
Stereoscopic 3D video compression
- 2D Video Coding
- Scalable Video Coding
- 3D Video Coding
- Stereoscopic Video Coding
- Performance analysis of different encoding approaches for colour plus depth based 3D video and comparison of left and right view encoding vs. colour plus depth map video encoding
The transmission aspects of 3D video
3D video display technologies
Quality evaluation of 3D video
- Real-time 3D video quality evaluation strategies
- Challenges for real-time 3D video quality evaluation
Conclusion
- Areas for future research
About the Author
Dr. Chaminda T.E.R. Hewage received the B.Sc. Engineering (Hons.) degree in Electrical and Information Engineering from University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. During 2004-2005, he worked as a Telecommunication Engineer for Sri Lanka Telecom in the field of Data Communications. He obtained his Ph.D. (Thesis title: "Perceptual quality driven 3D video over networks") from Centre for Communication Systems Research (CCSR), University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. At present, he is attached to Wireless Multimedia & Networking Research (WMN) Group at Kingston University-London, UK. His current research interests are 2D/3D video processing and communications, error resilience/concealment, real-time image/video quality evaluation and related fields in multimedia communications.
