Image reproduction method and image reproduction apparatus
US8233781B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 1, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N9/877
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is provided an image reproduction apparatus for seamlessly reproducing a connected stream which is obtained by connecting plural streams that are respectively coded by different codec methods. An image reproduction apparatus (100) for reproducing a connected stream which is obtained by connecting plural streams of different codec methods such as an MPEG-2 method and an MPEG-4 AVC method is provided with a stream buffer (102) in which the connected stream Bst is stored, and plural decoders Dd1˜Ddn corresponding to the various kinds of codec methods, and a decoder for decoding each stream in the connected stream Bst that is outputted from the stream buffer (102) is selected from among the plural decoders according to the codec method of each stream.
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