Stereo Video Retargeting with Representative Seams in a Group of Stereoscopic Frames. Issue 6 (4th December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nguyen, Hai Thanh; Won, Chee Sun
• Is Part Of: ETRI journal. Volume 35:Issue 6(2013)
• Page Start: 980
• Page End: 989
• Publication Date: 2013-12-04
• Subjects: Stereo video, stereo video retargeting, stereo video resizing, seam carving; Telecommunication -- Periodicals; Electronics -- Periodicals; Electronics; Telecommunication; Periodicals; Periodicals; 621.38205
• DOI: 10.4218/etrij.13.2013.0032
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1225-6463

Abstract

Abstract : The important requirements for stereo video retargeting are threefold: keeping temporal coherence, preventing depth distortion, and minimizing shape distortions of the retargeted video. To meet these requirements, the left and right video sequences are divided into groups of frames (GoFs), where the GoF is a basic unit for the seam carving and we assign a set of fixed seams for all frames within the GoF. To determine the fixed seams for each GoF, we need to find the GoF boundary in the video first. Then, the representative frame for each GoF is generated by considering the spatial saliency and temporal coherence. Also, the confidence of the stereoscopic correspondence between the left and right frames is considered to prevent depth distortion.