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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2022
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Virginie Drugeon, Darmstadt, DE;
Tadamasa Toma, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Nishi, Nara, JP;
Kiyofumi Abe, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Kato, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
An encoder includes memory and circuitry coupled to the memory. The circuitry is configured to: generate an encoded bitstream that includes a multi-layer structure; and store, in the encoded bitstream, a syntax element having a value indicating that a layer in the multi-layer structure to be output by a decoder is arbitrarily specified, the syntax element defining that at least one layer is to be output from among layers arbitrarily specifiable by the decoder.