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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Kazuyasu Imahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Kitazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuyasu Imahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Kitazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating an encoded data stream representing a number of pictures or frames and having a number of layers including a picture layer in which time code information attached to the original data is described or inserted therein for each picture. Such time code information may be inserted into a user data area of the picture layer of the encoded data stream.