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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Hideharu Kashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Hiranaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukio Yanagita, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A coding apparatus that can have a plurality of macro blocks processed concurrently. The apparatus includes a plurality of macro block processing sections for coding moving picture data concurrently on a macro block by macro block basis, and a state management section for managing the state of processing of each macro block in a single picture. The state management section being adapted to manage each macro block in a single picture in terms of being in a process completed state.