Patent ID: 11917170
Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. A video encoding apparatus, comprising:
an encoding module configured to:
encode a first picture, a slice header of a second picture that is a next picture of the first picture, and a transmission unit header of a transmission unit for the first picture, and
generate a bitstream that includes the encoded first picture and the encoded slice header,
wherein the slice header of the second picture includes reference picture information indicating whether the first picture is a reference picture,
wherein the first picture is marked as a reference picture,
wherein the reference picture information included in the slice header of the second picture is encoded based on whether the first picture marked as a reference picture is a reference picture or a non-reference picture,
wherein the first picture marked as a reference picture is marked as a non-reference picture when the reference picture information indicates that the first picture is a non-reference picture;
wherein the transmission unit header does not comprise flag information indicating whether the transmission unit for the first picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture, and
wherein the transmission unit header comprises information identifying a layer.