3D scanning-based compression technique for digital hologram video

In this paper, we proposed an efficient coding method for digital hologram video using a three-dimensional (3D) scanning method and two-dimensional (2D) video compression technique. It consists of separation of the captured 3D image into R, G, and B color space components, localization by segmenting the fringe pattern in to M×N [pixel2], frequency-transform by 2D discrete cosine transform (2D DCT), 3D-scanning the segments to form a video sequence, classification of coefficients, and hybrid video coding with H.264/AVC, differential pulse code modulation (DPCM), and lossless coding method. The experimental results with this method showed that the proposed method has compression ratios of 8–16 times higher than the previous researches. Thus, we expect it to contribute to reduce the amount of digital hologram data for communication or storage.