Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing a video signal. The method comprises: acquiring an inter-view motion vector from a neighboring block of a current texture block; and decoding the current texture block using the acquired inter-view motion vector. The neighboring block includes a spatial neighboring block and a temporal neighboring block. The acquired inter-view motion vectors are compared with each other to determine the inter-view motion vector of the current texture block. The method and apparatus of the present invention may reduce the complexity for acquiring an inter-view motion vector and improve the accuracy of inter-view inter prediction.

Abstract: A method for processing a video signal, according to the present invention, performs inter-view inter prediction for a current texture block by searching for a block coded to a reference view motion vector for neighboring blocks of the current texture block, storing a reference inter-view motion vector corresponding to the retrieved reference view motion vector of a spatial neighboring block in a candidate list, inducing an inter-view motion vector of the current texture block by using any one of the reference inter-view motion vectors stored in the candidate list, and using the induced inter-view motion vector. The present invention can improve coding efficiency by enabling a more accurate prediction of an inter-view motion vector among various inter-view motion vector candidates to thereby reduce the amount of residual data to be transmitted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing a video signal, which involve acquiring the prediction value for the current texture block and performing an inter-view compensation on the prediction value for the current texture block using a first compensation coefficient and a second compensation coefficient. The first compensation coefficient is acquired using the neighboring pixel of the current texture block, the neighboring pixel of the reference block, and the first compensation coefficient. The method and apparatus for the present invention compensate for inter-view differences caused by imaging conditions, such as lighting or a camera, during the capture of multiview images so as to achieve improved accuracy in inter-view inter prediction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inter-view residual prediction and is characterized by obtaining residual data of a first reference block by using a motion vector of a neighboring block, obtaining residual data of a second reference block by using a reference view motion vector or a disparity vector, obtaining a residual data prediction value by using the residual data of the first reference block and the residual data of the second reference block, and coding a current texture block by using the residual data prediction value. The present invention can perform inter-view residual prediction by using a prediction value obtained using coded data of another view point belonging to the same time band to increase the accuracy of video data prediction by using a correlation between view points and reduce the amount of residual data to be transmitted, thereby improving the coding efficiency.

Abstract: A method for processing a video signal according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a motion vector list comprising at least one of a spatial motion vector, a temporal motion vector, and a mutation vector as a motion vector candidate of a target block; extracting motion vector identification information for specifying the motion vector candidate to be used as a predicted motion vector of the target block; setting the motion vector candidate corresponding to the motion vector identification information as the predicted motion vector of the target block; and performing motion compensation based on the predicted motion vector. The present invention forms the motion vector candidate and derives the motion vector of the target and derives the motion vector of the target block therefrom, thus enabling a more accurate prediction of the motion vector, and thereby reduces the amount of transmitted residual data and improves coding efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention variably adjusts the maximum splitting information of a conversion unit according to the type of prediction unit and the splitting information on a coding unit and selects the optimal splitting information on the conversion unit. The present invention determines the maximum splitting information on the conversion unit of a depth block by using the maximum splitting information on the conversion unit for texture data. The present invention may lower complexity without a loss in efficiency by variably adjusting the maximum splitting information on the conversion unit in consideration of the characteristics of the depth data. The present invention may lower complexity by determining the maximum splitting information on the conversion unit of the depth data by using similar characteristics between the texture data and the depth data.

Abstract: The method for processing video signals according to the present invention involves deriving an inter-view motion vector of the current texture block from one of inter-view motion vector candidates in consideration of a priority among the inter-view motion vector candidates of the current texture block, and performing inter-view inter-prediction for the current texture block using the derived inter-view motion vector. The present invention enables more accurate inter-view motion vector prediction from among various inter-view motion vector candidates, and thus a reduction in the amount of residual data being transmitted, thereby improving coding efficiency.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a method of processing a video signal includes the steps of: receiving the depth data corresponding to a given block containing present pixels; determining a variation of the depth data; comparing the variation of the depth data with a predetermined value; if the variation is less than the predetermined value, coding the present pixels by using a first partial filter, and if the variation is greater than the predetermined value, coding the present pixels by using a second partial filter; wherein the second partial filter is applied to a wider range than the first partial filter. Accordingly the image quality of improved; the complexity according to the filter application is reduced; and at the same time variable filtering may improve the coding efficiency.

Abstract: The method for processing video signals according to the present invention determines a motion vector list including at least one of spatial motion vectors, temporal motion vectors, and variation vectors as motion vector candidates of a target block, extracts motion vector identifying information which specifies the motion vector candidates used as the predicted motion vectors of the target block, determines the motion vector candidates corresponding to the motion vector identifying information as the predicted motion vectors of the target block, and performs motion compensation on the basis of the predicted motion vectors. The present invention enables accurate motion vector prediction by forming motion vector candidates and induces motion vectors of a target block therefrom, and can enhance coding efficiency by reducing the amount of transmitted residual data.

Abstract: The present invention encodes a warp map by using a video codec such as a multi-view texture image by a warp converter, and decodes a warp map by using a video codec such as a multi-view texture image by using a warp inverter. The present invention may incur less additional costs because it does not use a dedicated warp map coder. In addition, the present invention may convert a warp map by using a warp map converter and send the converted map to an encoder and invert decoded warp map information by using a warp map inverter so that the warp map is encoded and decoded by using a video codec such as a multi-view texture image. In addition, it is possible to increase compatibility by enabling various kinds of supplementary data to be used. In addition, it is possible to increase technique compatibility by simply applying a warp map scheme to a 3D video coding technique using a depth map.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding method and an image decoding method. An image encoding method according to the present invention comprises: a step of determining motion information of a current block; and a step of transmitting information for inducing the motion information, wherein the step of determining motion information of the current block determines the motion information of the current block by reusing motion information of a reference block.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an intra prediction method for predicting pixel values within a prediction target block on the basis of a plurality of peripheral pixels adjacent to the prediction target block. The intra prediction method according to the present invention includes the steps of: receiving and decoding encoded image information; determining a target boundary by determining a plurality of boundary pixels representing the target boundary within the prediction target block on the basis of the decoded image information; determining a plurality of prediction target regions partitioned on the basis of the target boundary within the prediction target block; and performing a prediction for each of the plurality of prediction target regions on the basis of peripheral pixels differing from each other selected from among the plurality of the peripheral pixels.

Abstract: Disclosed are an encoding/decoding method and apparatus using a skip mode. The image decoding method comprises: generating a warping prediction depth image unit, and then decoding skip information regarding an image unit to be decoded; and decoding the image unit to be decoded using a skip mode based on the skip information. The skip information may be determined based on depth information of the warping prediction depth image unit, depth information of the image unit to be decoded, or edge information of a text picture image unit corresponding to the image unit to be decoded. Thus, an unnecessary prediction process need not be performed during the encoding and decoding of the image unit, thereby improving image encoding and decoding efficiency.