Reference Picture List Management Syntax for Multiple View Video Coding

Abstract

A picture reference list ordering process is defined for a multiview coder for coding moving pictures, where the picture list has the coding order of reference pictures used to code a picture specified in relationship to whether a picture to be coded is associated with a view. The ordering of the picture list will therefore change the coding order of the reference pictures in the picture reference list depending on the temporal relationships the reference pictures have with the picture to be coded and views associated with the reference picture.

1 . A method for the ordering of a reference picture list for coding operation for a picture characterized in that the coding operation is a multiview based coding operation, the method comprising:
 determining whether a picture to be coded is associated with a view from a plurality of views from different view points;   ordering the coding order of at least one stored reference picture in a reference picture list as to consider the corresponding view point representing the view of said picture to be coded and to consider whether at least one reference picture is a temporal reference picture for said picture to be coded.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said ordering step considers whether the view of said picture to be coded is the same view as the view associated with said at least one reference picture. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein said ordering step will order reference pictures of any view. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein one reference picture list is used if said picture to be coded is a “P” picture, and two reference picture lists are used is said picture to be coded is a “B” picture. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said picture to be coded is coded by using the order of reference pictures specified in said list. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the ordering of said reference picture list is also determined by whether said picture to be coded will be an anchor picture or a non-anchor picture.