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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Takahiro Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method configured to make it possible to improve the convenience of codestreams in which multiview images are encoded. A progression determining unitdetermines a progressive structure for a merged codestream on the basis of analysis results for progressive structures of input codestreamsfor respective views and externally supplied progressive structure instructions. A merging unitmerges the codestreams according to the determination so as to have the progressive structure. A progression information generatorgenerates progression information for the merged codestream, and embeds it at a given position. The present invention can be applied to an image processing apparatus, for example.