- Patent Title: Image coding method, image decoding method, memory managing method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, memory managing apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus
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Application No.: US16830678Application Date: 2020-03-26
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Publication No.: US11044489B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Takahiro Nishi , Youji Shibahara , Hisao Sasai , Toshiyasu Sugio
- Applicant: Sun Patent Trust
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
- Current Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H04N19/50
- IPC: H04N19/50 ; H04N19/172 ; H04N19/187 ; H04N19/31 ; H04N19/423 ; H04N19/174 ; H04N19/44

Abstract:
With an image coding method which allows reduction of processing loads, when pictures included in a video signal are classified into layers so as to belong to their respective layers, a picture that belongs to the second layer that is located in a range restricted according to the first layer to which a current picture to be coded that is one of the pictures belongs, is referred to as a reference picture for the current picture, and the current picture is coded based on the reference picture.
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