Abstract: An aroma container for adding an aroma substance to an air flow flowing through the aroma container comprises an upper wall (12), a lower wall (14) as well as at least one side wall (16, 18), which surrounds the aroma chamber, at least one air inlet opening (48) into the aroma chamber as well as at least one air outlet opening (24) from the aroma chamber, wherein an aroma substance, preferably in the form of an aroma concentrate, is present in the aroma chamber, the aroma substance being preferably applied to a carrier substance (42), wherein the aroma container further comprises a means for improved release of the aroma substance to the air flow flowing through the aroma container.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relates to an apparatus for associating a video block partitioning pattern to a video coding block, wherein the apparatus comprises: an obtainer adapted to obtain values of a set of segmentation mask samples, wherein each segmentation sample of the set of segmentation mask samples represents a different position in a segmentation mask adapted to define video coding block partitions of the video coding block; a selector adapted to select a video block partitioning pattern from a predetermined group of video block partitioning patterns based on the values of segmentation mask samples of the set of segmentation mask samples; and an associator adapted to associate the selected video block partitioning pattern to the video coding block.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for decoding an encoded texture block of a texture image, the decoding apparatus comprising: a partitioner (510) adapted to determine a partitioning mask (332) for the encoded texture block (312?) based on depth information (322) associated to the encoded texture block, wherein the partitioning mask (332) is adapted to define a plurality of partitions (P1, P2) and to associate a texture block element of the encoded texture block to a partition of the plurality of partitions of the encoded texture block; and a decoder (720) adapted to decode the partitions of the plurality of partitions of the encoded texture block based on the partitioning mask.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for decoding an encoded texture block of a texture image, the decoding apparatus comprising: a partitioner (510) adapted to determine a partitioning mask (332) for the encoded texture block (312?) based on depth information (322) associated to the encoded texture block, wherein the partitioning mask (332) is adapted to define a plurality of partitions (P1, P2) and to associate a texture block element of the encoded texture block to a partition of the plurality of partitions of the encoded texture block; and a decoder (720) adapted to decode the partitions of the plurality of partitions of the encoded texture block based on the partitioning mask.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a texture block using depth based block partitioning, which includes an apparatus for decoding an encoded texture block of a texture image, and a partitioner, determines a partitioning mask for the encoded texture block based on depth information associated to the encoded texture block, and the partitioning mask defines a plurality of partitions and to associate a texture block element of the encoded texture block to a partition of the plurality of partitions of the encoded texture block, and a decoder decode the partitions of the plurality of partitions of the encoded texture block based on the partitioning mask.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for coding a depth lookup table, DLT, (201, 211), the depth lookup table comprising depth value information of at least a part of a 3D picture, the method (100) comprising: selecting (101) a reference depth lookup table (203, 213); determining (103) a difference depth lookup table (205, 215) based on a comparison between depth value information of the depth lookup table to be coded (201, 211) and depth value information of the reference depth lookup table (203, 213); and coding (105) depth value information of the difference depth lookup table (205, 215) according to a predetermined coding rule.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method (200) for sub-range based coding a depth lookup table (300), the depth lookup table comprising depth values of a 3D video sequence, the depth values being constrained within a range (301), the method comprising: partitioning (201) the range (301) into a plurality of sub-ranges, a first sub-range (303) comprising a first set of the depth values and a second sub-range (305) comprising a second set of the depth values; and coding (203) the depth values of each of the sub-ranges of the depth lookup table (300) separately according to a predetermined coding rule.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus for coding a bit stream representing a three-dimensional video comprising a sequence of views, wherein a depth map is associated to each view, the depth map comprising depth information of the view with respect to a position to the camera capturing the view, the apparatus comprising: a partitioner for partitioning the depth map into coding units; a determiner for determining a type of model function for each coding unit based on the depth information of the coding unit; a reducer for reducing the coding unit to a single residual value for each segment generated by model function; and a signaler for signaling the model function used and the residual value into the bitstream.

Abstract: A depth image filtering method, and a filtering threshold obtaining method and apparatus are provided. The method in the embodiments of the present invention includes: determining, for each pixel in an adjacent area of a pixel of a to-be-filtered depth image, whether the pixel meets a preset condition; determining a set of pixels meeting the preset condition; and determining a pixel value of the pixel of the to-be-filtered depth image according to pixel values of the pixels in the set. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a ringing effect at an edge of a depth image is effectively removed, and discontinuity of the depth image is reduced, thereby improving quality of a video image.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relates to an apparatus for associating a video block partitioning pattern to a video coding block, wherein the apparatus comprises: an obtainer adapted to obtain values of a set of segmentation mask samples, wherein each segmentation sample of the set of segmentation mask samples represents a different position in a segmentation mask adapted to define video coding block partitions of the video coding block; a selector adapted to select a video block partitioning pattern from a predetermined group of video block partitioning patterns based on the values of segmentation mask samples of the set of segmentation mask samples; and an associator adapted to associate the selected video block partitioning pattern to the video coding block.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide multi-view video coding and coding methods and corresponding apparatuses. The multi-view video coding method includes: minimizing an error between a currently coded view image and a warped view image of a front view image to obtain an optimal warping offset; calculating disparity information between the front view image and the currently coded view image by using the optimal warping offset, a camera parameter of a view, and depth image information of the front view image; and calculating the warped view image of the front view image by using the disparity information and the front view image, and predicting a current view image by using the warped view image as a prediction signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a texture block using depth based block portioning, which includes an apparatus for decoding an encoded texture block of a texture image, and a partitioner, determines a portioning mask for the encoded texture block based on depth information associated to the encoded texture block, and the portioning mask defines a plurality of partitions and to associate a texture block element of the encoded texture block to a partition of the plurality of partitions of the encoded texture block, and a decoder decode the partitions of the plurality of partitions of the encoded texture block based on the portioning mask.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for coding a depth lookup table, DLT, (201, 211), the depth lookup table comprising depth value information of at least a part of a 3D picture, the method (100) comprising: selecting (101) a reference depth lookup table (203, 213); determining (103) a difference depth lookup table (205, 215) based on a comparison between depth value information of the depth lookup table to be coded (201, 211) and depth value information of the reference depth lookup table (203, 213); and coding (105) depth value information of the difference depth lookup table (205, 215) according to a predetermined coding rule.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method (200) for sub-range based coding a depth lookup table (300), the depth lookup table comprising depth values of a 3D video sequence, the depth values being constrained within a range (301), the method comprising: partitioning (201) the range (301) into a plurality of sub-ranges, a first sub-range (303) comprising a first set of the depth values and a second sub-range (305) comprising a second set of the depth values; and coding (203) the depth values of each of the sub-ranges of the depth lookup table (300) separately according to a predetermined coding rule.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus for coding a bit stream representing a three-dimensional video comprising a sequence of views, wherein a depth map is associated to each view, the depth map comprising depth information of the view with respect to a position to the camera capturing the view, the apparatus comprising: a partitioner for partitioning the depth map into coding units; a determiner for determining a type of model function for each coding unit based on the depth information of the coding unit; a reducer for reducing the coding unit to a single residual value for each segment generated by model function; and a signaler for signaling the model function used and the residual value into the bitstream.

Abstract: A depth image filtering method, and a filtering threshold obtaining method and apparatus are provided. The method in the embodiments of the present invention includes: determining, for each pixel in an adjacent area of a pixel of a to-be-filtered depth image, whether the pixel meets a preset condition; determining a set of pixels meeting the preset condition; and determining a pixel value of the pixel of the to-be-filtered depth image according to pixel values of the pixels in the set. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a ringing effect at an edge of a depth image is effectively removed, and discontinuity of the depth image is reduced, thereby improving quality of a video image.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide multi-view video coding and coding methods and corresponding apparatuses. The multi-view video coding method includes: minimizing an error between a currently coded view image and a warped view image of a front view image to obtain an optimal warping offset; calculating disparity information between the front view image and the currently coded view image by using the optimal warping offset, a camera parameter of a view, and depth image information of the front view image; and calculating the warped view image of the front view image by using the disparity information and the front view image, and predicting a current view image by using the warped view image as a prediction signal.