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Picture coding and decoding

US8861587B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 2011
Grant dateOct 14, 2014
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Expiry dateJun 15, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2053/0491
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A picture (1) with multiple slices (2-5) is encoded by generating a coded slice representation for each of the slices. A slice flag is set to a first value for the first slice (2) in the picture (1) and corresponding slice flags of the remaining slices (3-5) are set to a second defined value. A respective slice address is generated for each remaining slice (3-5) to enable identification of the slice start position within the picture (1) for the slice. A coded picture representation (50) of the picture (1) comprises the coded slice representations, the slice addresses and the slice flags. The slice flags enable differentiation between slices (3-5) for which slice addresses are required and the slice (2) per picture (1) for which no slice address is needed to identify its slice start position.

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