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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2020
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Stephen Mark Keating, Basingstoke, GB;
Karl James Sharman, Basingstoke, GB;
Adrian Richard Browne, Basingstoke, GB;
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Image data encoding apparatus comprises an entropy encoder for selectively encoding data items representing image data to be encoded by a first, context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC), encoding system or by a second, bypass, encoding system, so as to generate encoded binarized symbols; the image data representing one or more pictures of a picture sequence, each picture comprising two or more output data units representing respective sub-sections of the picture, each sub-section being decodable and reconstructable independently of other sub-sections in that picture and picture sequence; in which each sub-section is subject to a respective minimum compression ratio.