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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
James Alexander Gamei, Kingston-Upon-Thames, GB;
Karl James Sharman, East Ilsley, GB;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/13 (2014.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/91 (2014.01); H04N 19/14 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/13 (2014.11); H04N 19/14 (2014.11); H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/91 (2014.11);
Abstract
A data encoding method includes encoding an array of data values as data sets and escape codes for values not encoded by the data sets, an escape code including a prefix portion and a non-unary coded suffix portion having a length, in bits, dependent upon a value encoded by the prefix portion according to a relationship such that, for at least some values encoded by the prefix portion, the length of the non-unary coded suffix portion is greater than the length, in bits, of the prefix portion.