Apparatus and method for scalable video coding for realistic broadcasting

Abstract

A scalable video coding apparatus and method for realistic broadcasting are provided. The scalable video coding apparatus may include a spatial scalable coding unit to perform intra-view predictive coding in base layers of a color image and a depth image and prediction in enhancement layers by referencing motion information of the base layer, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) scalable coding unit to perform coding using quantization which is a method for SNR scalability of the color image, and a motion estimation device to code the base layer of the depth image using the motion information of the base layer of the color image as prediction data.

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