Patent ID: 9654812
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A decoding method comprising steps of: receiving a bit stream including encoded data and delay information, the encoded data including a group of a plurality of frames, the delay information including first delay information prescribing delay time from providing a first frame of the encoded data to an encoder buffer until providing the first frame of the encoded data from a decoder buffer, and the delay information including second delay information prescribing delay time from providing a second frame and subsequent frames of the encoded data from the decoder buffer with respect to a time that a preceding frame of the encoded data has been provided from the decoder buffer; controlling to delay the timing of providing the encoded data from the decoder buffer by a value indicated in the offset information received in said receiving step; and decoding the encoded data, using a single decoder, delayed in said controlling step and provided from the decoder buffer, wherein said bit stream includes a plurality of bit streams including an audio bit stream and a video bit stream, the plurality of bit streams is received from a plurality of encoder buffers, the delay time of the first delay information is greater than the delay times of the second delay information.