WO2004045217A1 - Transmission system with colour depth scalability - Google Patents

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WO2004045217A1
WO2004045217A1 PCT/IB2003/004995 IB0304995W WO2004045217A1 WO 2004045217 A1 WO2004045217 A1 WO 2004045217A1 IB 0304995 W IB0304995 W IB 0304995W WO 2004045217 A1 WO2004045217 A1 WO 2004045217A1
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  • the invention relates, in general, to a system and a method for video encoding, transmission and display, with video scalability. It also relates to a storage unit storing a video content.
  • a transmission method comprises the steps of: - getting a basic encoded stream and optionally, depending on a target display colour depth, one or more enhancement encoded streams, said basic and enhancement encoded streams being derived from an original multi-component-video signal in which each component corresponds to a sequence of pixel information quantified on a certain number of bits including a group of basic bits and one or more groups of enhancement bits, said basic encoded stream resulting from an encoding of a basic multi-component video signal comprising said basic bits, and said enhancement streams resulting from the encoding of one or more enhancement multi-component video signals comprising said enhancement bits,
  • the colour depth of a display is defined as the number of bits used by the display unit to restore a pixel.
  • the pixel information contained in the multi- component video signals is quantified on 24 bits (8 bits for each of the three components Y, U and V). This corresponds to the colour depth of the standard television display unit.
  • other types of display units like wireless mobile display units
  • display units may have smaller colour depths.
  • display units may have a 12-bit colour depth (4 bits for each of the three components Y, U and V) or a 16-bit colour depth (6 bits for the luminance Y, and 5 bits for each of the chrominance components U and V).
  • Transmitting information that is not used by the receiver is a waste of the transmission capacity. This is especially critical in wireless environments.
  • the transmission method of the invention allows achieving colour depth scalability.
  • the transmitted video is adapted to a target display colour depth. If the display unit of the receiver has a small colour depth, only the basic encoded stream is transmitted. For receivers whose display unit has a higher colour depth, one or more enhancement encoded streams are transmitted with the basic encoded stream.
  • the target display colour depth is set by the video transmission application. When the video is transmitted on request of the receiver, the target display colour depth is advantageously transmitted by the receiver in the request.
  • Colour depth scalability is also achieved with a transmission system as defined in claims 1 and 2, a video encoding device as defined in claim 4, a video generation method as defined in claim 5, a video recovery method as defined in claim 8, a terminal as defined in claim 7, and a storage unit as defined in claim 9.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example of a transmission system according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a video encoding device according to the invention.
  • - figure 3 is a block diagram of a terminal according to the invention
  • - figure 4 is a diagram showing the steps of a video generation method, a transmission method and a video recovery method according to the invention.
  • a video transmission system 1 comprises a transmitter 2, a receiving terminal 3 having a display, and a transmission channel 5.
  • the transmitter 2 comprises a transmission/reception block 6a and it is hosting a video transmission application 6b.
  • the video transmission application 6b may be a video on demand service intended to transmit a video requested by a user. It may also be a conference broadcast service intended to transmit video to people who are attending a conference. It may also be an application run by a home server intended to transmit streams towards terminals or displays in the house (the transmitted streams may be recovered by the home server from the Internet or can be read from a storage unit, for instance, a disc).
  • the video transmission application 6b has access to a content 7 generated by a video encoding device 8.
  • the content 7 can be generated on the fly or it can be stored in a storage unit 9 and recovered from the storage unit 9.
  • the video encoding device 8 and the storage unit 9 may be included in the transmitter 2 but this is not mandatory.
  • the video encoding device 8 and the storage unit 9 may be located remote from the transmitter 2. For instance, the transmitter 2 may access the content 7 via the Internet network.
  • Said basic and enhancement encoded streams are derived from an original multi-componentvideo signal in which each component corresponds to a sequence of pixel information quantified on a certain number of bits including a group of basic bits and one or more groups of enhancement bits.
  • the basic and enhancement encoded streams are obtained in the following manner:
  • the basic encoded stream 7_B results from the encoding of a basic multi-component video signal that comprises the basic bits
  • the enhancement streams 7_Ei result from the encoding of N enhancement multi-component video signals (where N is an integer and N > 1 ), each enhancement multi-component video signal comprising a group of enhancement bits.
  • the basic bits are the most significant bits of the pixel information and the enhancement bits are the least significant bits of the pixel information. However, this is not mandatory. Other ways of splitting the original multi- component video signal may be used.
  • the pixel information of the original multi-component video signal is quantified on 24 bits, it can be divided: - into a basic multi-components video signal comprising the 12 most significant bits of the pixel information (the 4 most significant bits of each component), and an enhancement multi- component video stream comprising the 12 least significant bits of the pixel information (the 4 least significant bits of each component), - or into a basic multi-component video signal comprising the 16 most significant bits of the pixel information (the 6 most significant bits of the luminance component and the 5 most significant bits of the two chrominance components), and an enhancement multi-component video stream comprising the remaining 8 least significant bits of the pixel information (the 2 least significant bits of the luminance component and the 3 least significant bits of the two chrominance components), - or into a basic multi-component video signal comprising the 8 most significant bits of the pixel information ( the 4 most significant bits of the luminance component and the 2 most significant bits of the two chrominance components), a first enhancement multi- componentvideo signal comprising the 12 most
  • the video transmission application 6b is designed so as to get the basic encoded stream 7_B and optionally, depending on a target display colour depth TCD, one or more enhancement encoded streams 7_Ei.
  • the target display colour depth is set by the video transmission application 6b.
  • the target display units are portable display units.
  • the target colour depth TCD is set to such a level that only the basic encoded stream is transmitted.
  • the application 6b is a video on demand service
  • the target colour depth TCD is sent to the application in the user request R.
  • Figure 2 is a block diagram of an example of an encoding device according to the invention. The encoding device of Figure 2 generates only one enhancement stream. This is not restrictive.
  • the encoding device of Figure 2 comprises a pre-processing block 12 for pre- processing the images IM produced by a video acquisition system (not represented here).
  • This pre-processing block 12 consists mainly in a RGB to YUV conversion.
  • the three-component video signal YUV is then applied to a colour depth splitting block 14.
  • the colour depth splitting block 14 outputs a basic three-component video signal YUV_B and an enhancement three-component video signal YUV_E1 applied to a first and a second encoding block 16 and 18, respectively.
  • the first and the second encoding block 16 and 18 output a basic encoded stream 7_B and an enhancement encoded stream 7_E1, respectively.
  • the colour depth splitting block 14 selects the Qi-Pj most significant bits of the pixel information for each component Q so as to generate the basic three-component video signal. It selects the Pj least significant bits of the pixel information for each component so as to generate the enhancement three-component video signal.
  • the encoders are MPEG encoders.
  • the basic and the enhancement encoded streams are linked at the image level (the VOP in MPEG terminology), that is the colour information bits of the k th pixel in the j th image of the basic encoded stream 7_B are the complement of the colour information bits of the same k th pixel of the same j* image of the enhancement encoded stream 7_E1.
  • Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to the invention. Here again, the represented terminal is designed to receive only one enhancement stream. However, this is not restrictive.
  • the terminal of Figure 3 comprises means 20 for recovering a basic encoded stream 7_B' and an enhancement encoded stream 7_E ⁇
  • the means 20 may be reception means for receiving the basic and the enhancement streams 7_B' and 7_E1 ' via the transmission channel 5.
  • the means 20 may also be reading means for reading the basic and the enhancement streams 7_B' and 7_E1 ' in a storage unit (for instance, an optical disc).
  • the recovered basic and enhancement streams 7_B' and 7_E1 ' are applied to a first and a second decoder22 and 24, respectively.
  • the decoder 22 outputs a basic recovered three-component video signal YUB_B' and the decoder 24 outputs an enhancement three-components video signal YUV_E1 '.
  • the basic and the enhancement recovered three-components video signals are applied to a merging block 26.
  • the merging block 26 outputs a combined recovered three-components video signal YUV_C.
  • the combined recovered three-component video signal YUV_C is applied to a post-processing block 28.
  • the output of the post -processing block 28 is applied to a display unit 30.
  • Figure 4 is a diagram summarizing the steps of a video generation method to be implemented in an encoding device according to the invention, the steps of a transmission method to be implemented in a transmitter according to the invention, and the step of a video recovery method to be implemented in a terminal according to the invention.
  • a video generation method comprises: a step PE1 of splitting the original multi-component video signal into several partial multi- component video signals, comprising at least a basic multi-component video signal YUN_B and an enhancement multi-component video signal YUV_E1; a step PE2 of encoding each of said partial multi-component video signals, so as to generate at least a basic encoded stream 7_B and an enhancement encoded stream 7_E1; - a transmission method comprises: a step TRl of getting said basic encoded stream 7_B alone or together with said enhancement encoded stream 7_E1 depending on a target display colour depth TCD set by the application 6b; a step TR2 of transmitting the basic encoded stream 7_B and, if applicable, the enhancement encoded stream 7_E1; - and said video recovery method comprises: a step POl of recovering a basic encoded stream and optionally an enhancement encoded stream; a step P02 of decoding all recovered streams so as to generate a recovered basic multi- component video signal
  • the transmission method and the video generation and recovery methods of the invention are implemented by way of specific hardware and/or software executed on processors located in a transmitter, in an encoding device, and in a terminal, respectively, according to the invention.
  • processors located in a transmitter, in an encoding device, and in a terminal, respectively, according to the invention are implemented by way of specific hardware and/or software executed on processors located in a transmitter, in an encoding device, and in a terminal, respectively, according to the invention.
  • transmitter, encoding device, terminal and storage unit modifications or improvements may be proposed without departing from the scope of the invention. The invention is thus not limited to the examples provided.

Abstract

The object of the invention is to provide colour depth scalability. It consists in splitting the original multi-components video signal (YUV) into several partial multi-component s video signals: at least a basic multi-components video signal and an enhancement multi-components video signals that are complementary to each other. Depending on a target display colour depth, the application will transmit: - only a basic encoded stream generated from the basic multi-components video signal, - or both the basic encoded stream and an enhancement encoded stream generated from the enhancement multi-component video signal. At the reception the received streams are decoded and the recovered multi-components video signals are combined for display.

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Transmission system with colour depth scalability
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates, in general, to a system and a method for video encoding, transmission and display, with video scalability. It also relates to a storage unit storing a video content.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
US patent n° 6,263,022 assigned to Philips Electronics North America Corporation describes a video encoder allowing scalable video coding. Temporal, spatial and quality scalability are mentioned. Scalable video coding is presented in this patent as a desirable feature for applications and services employing decoders with a wide range of processing power. Scalability allows processors with low computational power to decode only a subset of the scalable video stream. Video scalability is also mentioned as a useful feature in environments with a variable transmission bandwidth. In these environments, receivers with low access bandwidth receive only a subset of the scalable video stream, where the amount of this subset is proportional to the available bandwidth. The invention proposes another type of scalability.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A transmission method according to the invention comprises the steps of: - getting a basic encoded stream and optionally, depending on a target display colour depth, one or more enhancement encoded streams, said basic and enhancement encoded streams being derived from an original multi-component-video signal in which each component corresponds to a sequence of pixel information quantified on a certain number of bits including a group of basic bits and one or more groups of enhancement bits, said basic encoded stream resulting from an encoding of a basic multi-component video signal comprising said basic bits, and said enhancement streams resulting from the encoding of one or more enhancement multi-component video signals comprising said enhancement bits,
- transmitting said encoded streams.
The colour depth of a display is defined as the number of bits used by the display unit to restore a pixel. Currently, the pixel information contained in the multi- component video signals is quantified on 24 bits (8 bits for each of the three components Y, U and V). This corresponds to the colour depth of the standard television display unit. However, other types of display units (like wireless mobile display units) may have smaller colour depths. For instance, display units may have a 12-bit colour depth (4 bits for each of the three components Y, U and V) or a 16-bit colour depth (6 bits for the luminance Y, and 5 bits for each of the chrominance components U and V). For such display units, an important part of the received information is not used. Transmitting information that is not used by the receiver is a waste of the transmission capacity. This is especially critical in wireless environments.
The transmission method of the invention allows achieving colour depth scalability. According to the invention, the transmitted video is adapted to a target display colour depth. If the display unit of the receiver has a small colour depth, only the basic encoded stream is transmitted. For receivers whose display unit has a higher colour depth, one or more enhancement encoded streams are transmitted with the basic encoded stream. The target display colour depth is set by the video transmission application. When the video is transmitted on request of the receiver, the target display colour depth is advantageously transmitted by the receiver in the request.
Colour depth scalability is also achieved with a transmission system as defined in claims 1 and 2, a video encoding device as defined in claim 4, a video generation method as defined in claim 5, a video recovery method as defined in claim 8, a terminal as defined in claim 7, and a storage unit as defined in claim 9.
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These and other aspects of the invention will be further described with reference to the following drawings, in which : - figure 1 is a block diagram of an example of a transmission system according to the invention,
- figure 2 is a block diagram of a video encoding device according to the invention,
- figure 3 is a block diagram of a terminal according to the invention, - figure 4 is a diagram showing the steps of a video generation method, a transmission method and a video recovery method according to the invention.
DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT As represented in Figure 1, a video transmission system 1 according to the invention comprises a transmitter 2, a receiving terminal 3 having a display, and a transmission channel 5. The transmitter 2 comprises a transmission/reception block 6a and it is hosting a video transmission application 6b.
For instance, the video transmission application 6b may be a video on demand service intended to transmit a video requested by a user. It may also be a conference broadcast service intended to transmit video to people who are attending a conference. It may also be an application run by a home server intended to transmit streams towards terminals or displays in the house (the transmitted streams may be recovered by the home server from the Internet or can be read from a storage unit, for instance, a disc). The video transmission application 6b has access to a content 7 generated by a video encoding device 8. The content 7 can be generated on the fly or it can be stored in a storage unit 9 and recovered from the storage unit 9. The video encoding device 8 and the storage unit 9 may be included in the transmitter 2 but this is not mandatory. The video encoding device 8 and the storage unit 9 may be located remote from the transmitter 2. For instance, the transmitter 2 may access the content 7 via the Internet network.
The content 7 comprises at least a basic encoded stream 7_B and one or more enhancement encoded streams 7_Ei (i=l to N). Said basic and enhancement encoded streams are derived from an original multi-componentvideo signal in which each component corresponds to a sequence of pixel information quantified on a certain number of bits including a group of basic bits and one or more groups of enhancement bits. The basic and enhancement encoded streams are obtained in the following manner:
- the basic encoded stream 7_B results from the encoding of a basic multi-component video signal that comprises the basic bits,
- the enhancement streams 7_Ei result from the encoding of N enhancement multi-component video signals (where N is an integer and N > 1 ), each enhancement multi-component video signal comprising a group of enhancement bits.
In the following description, the basic bits are the most significant bits of the pixel information and the enhancement bits are the least significant bits of the pixel information. However, this is not mandatory. Other ways of splitting the original multi- component video signal may be used.
For instance, if the pixel information of the original multi-component video signal is quantified on 24 bits, it can be divided: - into a basic multi-components video signal comprising the 12 most significant bits of the pixel information (the 4 most significant bits of each component), and an enhancement multi- component video stream comprising the 12 least significant bits of the pixel information (the 4 least significant bits of each component), - or into a basic multi-component video signal comprising the 16 most significant bits of the pixel information (the 6 most significant bits of the luminance component and the 5 most significant bits of the two chrominance components), and an enhancement multi-component video stream comprising the remaining 8 least significant bits of the pixel information (the 2 least significant bits of the luminance component and the 3 least significant bits of the two chrominance components), - or into a basic multi-component video signal comprising the 8 most significant bits of the pixel information ( the 4 most significant bits of the luminance component and the 2 most significant bits of the two chrominance components), a first enhancement multi- componentvideo signal comprising the next 8 most significant bits of the pixel information (the 4 next significant bits of the luminance component and the 2 next significant bits of the two chrominance components), and a second enhancement multi-componentvideo signal comprising the remaining 8 least significant bits of the pixel information (the 4 least significant bits of the luminance component and the 2 least significant bits of the two chrominance components). Of course, these are only examples and other types of subdivision could be used. According to the invention, the video transmission application 6b is designed so as to get the basic encoded stream 7_B and optionally, depending on a target display colour depth TCD, one or more enhancement encoded streams 7_Ei. The target display colour depth is set by the video transmission application 6b. For instance, when the application 6b is a conference broadcast service, the target display units are portable display units. Thus, the target colour depth TCD is set to such a level that only the basic encoded stream is transmitted. When the application 6b is a video on demand service, the target colour depth TCD is sent to the application in the user request R. Figure 2 is a block diagram of an example of an encoding device according to the invention. The encoding device of Figure 2 generates only one enhancement stream. This is not restrictive.
The encoding device of Figure 2 comprises a pre-processing block 12 for pre- processing the images IM produced by a video acquisition system (not represented here). This pre-processing block 12 consists mainly in a RGB to YUV conversion.
The three-component video signal YUV is then applied to a colour depth splitting block 14. The colour depth splitting block 14 outputs a basic three-component video signal YUV_B and an enhancement three-component video signal YUV_E1 applied to a first and a second encoding block 16 and 18, respectively. The first and the second encoding block 16 and 18 output a basic encoded stream 7_B and an enhancement encoded stream 7_E1, respectively.
It is also possible to use a single encoding block and to process the basic and the enhancement three-component video signals successively. The pixel information carried in each component Q (with Cι=Y, C2=U and
C =V) is quantified on Q\ bits. The colour depth splitting block 14 selects the Qi-Pj most significant bits of the pixel information for each component Q so as to generate the basic three-component video signal. It selects the Pj least significant bits of the pixel information for each component so as to generate the enhancement three-component video signal. Advantageously the encoders are MPEG encoders. The basic and the enhancement encoded streams are linked at the image level (the VOP in MPEG terminology), that is the colour information bits of the kth pixel in the jth image of the basic encoded stream 7_B are the complement of the colour information bits of the same kth pixel of the same j* image of the enhancement encoded stream 7_E1. Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to the invention. Here again, the represented terminal is designed to receive only one enhancement stream. However, this is not restrictive.
The terminal of Figure 3 comprises means 20 for recovering a basic encoded stream 7_B' and an enhancement encoded stream 7_E\ For instance, the means 20 may be reception means for receiving the basic and the enhancement streams 7_B' and 7_E1 ' via the transmission channel 5. The means 20 may also be reading means for reading the basic and the enhancement streams 7_B' and 7_E1 ' in a storage unit (for instance, an optical disc). The recovered basic and enhancement streams 7_B' and 7_E1 ' are applied to a first and a second decoder22 and 24, respectively. The decoder 22 outputs a basic recovered three-component video signal YUB_B' and the decoder 24 outputs an enhancement three-components video signal YUV_E1 '. The basic and the enhancement recovered three-components video signals are applied to a merging block 26. The merging block 26 outputs a combined recovered three-components video signal YUV_C. The combined recovered three-component video signal YUV_C is applied to a post-processing block 28. The output of the post -processing block 28 is applied to a display unit 30.
It is also possible to use a single decoding block and to process the basic and the enhancement encoded streams successively.
Figure 4 is a diagram summarizing the steps of a video generation method to be implemented in an encoding device according to the invention, the steps of a transmission method to be implemented in a transmitter according to the invention, and the step of a video recovery method to be implemented in a terminal according to the invention. According to Figure 4, a video generation method comprises: a step PE1 of splitting the original multi-component video signal into several partial multi- component video signals, comprising at least a basic multi-component video signal YUN_B and an enhancement multi-component video signal YUV_E1; a step PE2 of encoding each of said partial multi-component video signals, so as to generate at least a basic encoded stream 7_B and an enhancement encoded stream 7_E1; - a transmission method comprises: a step TRl of getting said basic encoded stream 7_B alone or together with said enhancement encoded stream 7_E1 depending on a target display colour depth TCD set by the application 6b; a step TR2 of transmitting the basic encoded stream 7_B and, if applicable, the enhancement encoded stream 7_E1; - and said video recovery method comprises: a step POl of recovering a basic encoded stream and optionally an enhancement encoded stream; a step P02 of decoding all recovered streams so as to generate a recovered basic multi- component video signal YUV_B' and, if applicable, a recovered enhancement multi- component video signal YUV_E1 '; and when applicable, a step P03 of combining said recovered basic multi-component video signal YUV_B' and said recovered enhancement multi-component video signal YUV_E1 ' so as to generate a combined recovered multi-component video signal YUN_C. The transmission method and the video generation and recovery methods of the invention are implemented by way of specific hardware and/or software executed on processors located in a transmitter, in an encoding device, and in a terminal, respectively, according to the invention. With respect to the described methods, transmitter, encoding device, terminal and storage unit, modifications or improvements may be proposed without departing from the scope of the invention. The invention is thus not limited to the examples provided.
Use of the verb "comprise" and its conjugations does not exclude the presence of elements or steps other than those stated in the claims. Use of the article "a" or "an" preceding an element or step does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements or steps.

Claims

1. A transmission system comprising a transmitter hosting a video transmission application, a transmission channel, and a receiving terminal having a display unit, said video transmission application being designed so as to:
- get a basic encoded stream and optionally, depending on a target display colour depth, one or more enhancement encoded streams, in view of their transmission, said basic and enhancement encoded streams being derived from an original multi-component video signal in which each component corresponds to a sequence of pixel information quantified on a certain number of bits including a group of basic bits and one or more groups of enhancement bits, said basic encoded stream resulting from an encoding of a basic multi-component video signal comprising said basic bits, and said enhancement encoding streams resulting from the encoding of one or more enhancement multi-component video signals comprising said enhancement bits;
- transmit said encoded streams.
2. A transmission system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the target display colour depth is set by the receiving terminal.
3. A transmission method comprising the steps of:
- getting a basic encoded stream and optionally, depending on a target display colour depth, one or more enhancement encoded streams, said basic and enhancement encoded streams being derived from an original multi-component video signal in which each component corresponds to a sequence of pixel information quantified on a certain number of bits including a group of basic bits and one or more groups of enhancement bits, said basic encoded stream resulting from an encoding of a basic multi-component video signal comprising said basic bits, and said enhancement encoded streams resulting from the encoding of one or more enhancement multi-component video signals comprising said enhancement bits,
- transmitting said encoded streams.
4. A video encoding device for encoding an original multi-component video signal in which each component corresponds to a sequence of pixel information quantified on a certain number of bits including a group of basic bits and one or more groups of enhancement bits, said encoder comprising: - a splitter for splitting said original multi-component video signal into at least a basic multi- component video signal comprising said basic bits, and one or more enhancement multi- component video signals comprising said enhancement bits,
- at least one video encoder for encoding separately said basic and said enhancement multi- component video signals so as to generate a basic encoded stream and one or more enhancement encoded streams.
5. A video generation method comprising the steps of:
- processing an original multi-component video signal in which each component corresponds to a sequence of pixel information quantified on a certain number of bits including a group of basic bits and one or more groups of enhancement bits, so as to generate a basic multi- component video signal comprising said basic bits, and at least one enhancement multi- component video signal comprising said enhancement bits, , - encoding separately said basic and said enhancement multi-component video signals so as to generate a basic encoded stream and one or more enhancement encoded streams.
6. A program comprising instructions for implementing a video generation method as claimed in claim 5 when said program is executed by a processor.
7. A terminal comprising: - means for recovering a basic encoded stream and one or more enhancement encoded streams, said basic and enhancement encoded streams being derived from an original multi- component video signal in which each component corresponds to a sequence of pixel information quantified on a certain number of bits including a group of basic bits and one or more groups of enhancement bits, said basic encoded stream resulting from an encoding of a basic multi-component video signal comprising said basic bits, and said enhancement streams resulting from the encoding of one or more enhancement multi-component video signals comprising said enhancement bits,
- means for decoding said basic and said enhancement encoded streams so as to generate a basic and one or more enhancement recovered multi-component video signals, - means for combining said basic and said enhancement recovered multi-components video signals so as to generate a combined recovered multi-component video signals,
- means for displaying said combined recovered multi-component video signal.
8. A video recovery method comprising the steps of:
- decoding a basic and one or more enhancement encoded streams so as to generate a basic and one or more enhancement recovered multi-component video signals, said basic and enhancement encoded streams being derived from an original multi-component video signal in which each component corresponds to a sequence of pixel information quantified on a certain number of bits including a group of basic bits and one or more groups of enhancement bits, said basic encoded stream resulting from an encoding of a basic multi-component video signal comprising said basic bits, and said enhancement streams resulting from the encoding of one or more enhancement multi-component video signals comprising said enhancement bits, - combining said basic and said enhancement recovered multi-component video signals so as to generate a combined recovered multi-component video signal.
9. A storage unit storing a content comprising at least a basic encoded stream and one or more enhancement encoded streams, said basic and enhancement encoded streams being derived from an original multi-component video signal in which each component corresponds to a sequence of pixel information quantified on a certain number of bits including a group of basic bits and one or more groups of enhancement bits, said basic encoded stream resulting from an encoding of a basic multi-component video signal comprising said basic bits, and said enhancement streams resulting from the encoding of one or more enhancement multi-component video signals comprising said enhancement bits, said basic encoded stream being intended to be used alone or together with one or more of said enhancement encoded streams depending on a target display colour depth.
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