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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2012
Filed:
May. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Katsumi Tahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromi Yoshinari, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Katsumi Tahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromi Yoshinari, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2005.12); H04N 11/02 (2005.12); H04N 11/04 (2005.12); H04B 1/66 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A picture type identifier, indicating one of intra-picture coding (an I-picture), forward or backward predictive coding (a P-picture) and bi-directionally predictive coding (a B-picture), is included with a picture signal when the signal is encoded and when the signal is decoded. Each of initial and subsequent encoding and decoding is a function of the included picture type.