Patent ID: 9723317
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: generating a media file using a media file format; providing a slice index box, wherein the media file format includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion is placed after the first portion in the media file format, wherein the second portion includes NAL unit data in which a set of pictures including one or more pictures is coded and stored such that each picture is divided, in coding order, into two or more slices, and coded data of each slice is stored; and dividing each slice into two or more rectangular-shaped tiles and coding the two or more rectangular-shaped tiles, and wherein a slice index box is provided in the first portion of the media file format such that a value indicating an ordinal position of each slice to which each tile belongs in each picture is described in the slice index box.