Partial Inter-Frame Coding for Dynamic Meshes

The MPEG-3DGH group is advancing a new standard for dynamic mesh encoding, known as Video-based Dynamic Mesh Coding (V-DMC). While V-DMC improves efficiency by toggling between intra- and inter-frame coding, it struggles with dynamic meshes that change inconsistently across frames. To address this issue, we introduce a novel partial inter-frame coding mode within the V-DMC framework. The method initiates by partitioning the adjacent frames into temporally aligned segments. These segments are then classified as suitable for either intra-frame or inter-frame coding based on the detection of inconsistent changes. Leveraging these segmentations, we introduce a partial inter-frame coding mode that allows for the selective application of intra- and inter-frame coding at the level of individual segments. Experiments on the MPEG V-DMC test sequences demonstrate that our method can achieve BD-rate improvement over the anchor in terms of D1, D2, Luma, Cb, and Cr PSNRs by -2.1%,-2.7%,-4.7%,-5.4%, and -4.5%, respectively.