A content adaptive complexity reduction scheme for HEVC-based 3D video coding

3D-HEVC is aiming at utilizing the advanced tools present in HEVC to efficiently code multiview video content. The computational complexity of this codec is significantly increased and is a challenge for real-time applications. In our study, we propose an adaptive early-termination inter and intra prediction mode search that reduces the 3D-HEVC coding complexity by utilizing the correlations between views, while maintaining the overall video quality.