  Depth data has a widespread use since the popularity of high-resolution 3D
sensors. In multi-view sequences, depth information is used to supplement the
color data of each view. This article proposes a joint encoding of multiple
depth maps with a unique representation. Color and depth images of each view
are segmented independently and combined in an optimal Rate-Distortion fashion.
The resulting partitions are projected to a reference view where a coherent
hierarchy for the multiple views is built. A Rate-Distortionoptimization is
applied to obtain the final segmentation choosing nodes of the hierarchy. The
consistent segmentation is used to robustly encode depth maps of multiple views
obtaining competitive results with HEVC coding standards. Available at:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11042-017-5409-z
