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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2007
Hiroshi Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Kiyofumi Abe, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Kiyofumi Abe, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a moving picture decoding device () including a direct mode availability judging unit (), when a decoding target block should be decoded in a temporal direct mode, judging whether or not a reference picture for a decoded picture, which is in a vicinity of the decoding target block in terms of display time, is usable as a forward reference picture for the decoding target block. Further, the moving picture decoding device () includes a substitute process performing unit () decoding the decoding target block in the temporal direct mode using a picture other than the reference picture, or decoding the decoding target block in other encoding mode.