Methods and apparatus for motion skip move with multiple inter-view reference pictures

An apparatus, comprising:

• a decoder for decoding an image block relating to multi-view video content by performing a selection, for the image block, of at least one of an inter-view reference picture list from a set of inter-view reference picture lists, an inter-view reference picture from among a set of inter-view reference pictures, and a disparity vector from among a set of disparity vectors corresponding to the inter-view reference picture, and extracting motion information for the image block based on at least one of the inter-view reference picture list, the inter-view reference picture, and disparity vector.

A storage media having video signal data encoded thereupon, comprising:

• an image block relating to multi-view video content encoded by performing a selection, for the image block, of at least one of an inter-view reference picture list from a set of inter-view reference picture lists, an inter-view reference picture from among a set of inter-view reference pictures, and a disparity vector from among a set of disparity vectors corresponding to the inter-view reference picture, and extracting motion information for the image block based on at least one of the inter-view reference picture list, the inter-view reference picture, and disparity vector.