Enhancing Intra Block Copy Prediction for Plenoptic 2.0 Video Coding under Macropixel Constraints

In this paper we introduce a novel approach to better utilize the intra block copy (IBC) prediction tool in encoding lenslet light field video (LFV) captured using plenoptic 2.0 cameras. Although the IBC tool has been recognized as promising for encoding LFV content, its fundamental limit due to its original design rooted for encoding conventional videos suggests slight modification possibility to better suit the property of LFV content. Observing the inherently large amount of repetitive image patterns due to the microlens array (MLA) structure of plenoptic cameras, several techniques are suggested in this paper to enhance the IBC coding tool itself for more efficiently encoding LFV contents. Our experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method significantly enhances the IBC coding performance in case of encoding LFV contents while concurrently reducing encoding time.