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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Yasuda, Nagaokakyoshi, JP;
Akihiro Watabe, Udagun, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ; G06K 9/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ; G06K 9/46 ;
Abstract
A decoding method includes using a plurality of first bitstreams that are obtained by dividing a main bitstream with a hierarchical structure as inputs, successively arranging the plurality of first bitstreams and arranging selected second bitstreams before first hierarchical information of specified bitstreams among bitstreams constituting a specified hierarchy in the main bistream. Each second bitstream includes at least one of a plurality of codes including portions of the second bitstreams that do not corresond to specified code tables that are used for decoding bistreams, thereby forming a third bitstream.