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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2005
Takahiro Nishi, Nara, JP;
Satoshi Kondo, Kyoto, JP;
Masayasu Iguchi, Hyogo, JP;
Tadamasa Toma, Osaka, JP;
Hisao Sasai, Osaka, JP;
Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Nishi, Nara, JP;
Satoshi Kondo, Kyoto, JP;
Masayasu Iguchi, Hyogo, JP;
Tadamasa Toma, Osaka, JP;
Hisao Sasai, Osaka, JP;
Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image reproduction apparatus for seamlessly reproducing a connected stream which is obtained by connecting plural streams that are respectively coded by different codec methods. An image reproduction apparatus () for reproducing a connected stream which is obtained by connecting plural streams of different codec methods such as an MPEG-2 method and an MPEG-4 AVC method is provided with a stream buffer () in which the connected stream Bst is stored, and plural decoders Dd˜Ddn corresponding to the various kinds of codec methods, and a decoder for decoding each stream in the connected stream Bst that is outputted from the stream buffer () is selected from among the plural decoders according to the codec method of each stream.