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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2018
Sun Patent Trust, New York, NY (US);
Daisaku Komiya, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Nishi, Nara, JP;
Youji Shibahara, Tokyo, JP;
Kyoko Tanikawa, Osaka, JP;
Hisao Sasai, Osaka, JP;
Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka, JP;
Kengo Terada, Osaka, JP;
Toru Matsunobu, Osaka, JP;
SUN PATENT TRUST, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An image encoding method according to an aspect of the present invention includes: generating, from a plurality of first sub-bitstreams which are obtained by encoding a plurality of images on a per layer basis according to spatial scalable image encoding, a second sub-bitstream including two or more first sub-bitstreams corresponding to two or more layers, the two or more first sub-bitstreams being included in the plurality of first sub-bitstreams; and generating a descriptor including a first field indicating a minimum value for two or more layer identifiers indicating the two or more layers and a second field indicating a maximum value for the two or more layer identifiers.