Patent ID: 9693032
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image encoding method comprising: generating a plurality of second sub-bitstreams from a plurality of first sub-bitstreams, the plurality of first sub-bitstreams (i) being obtained by encoding a plurality of images on a per layer basis and on a per view basis according to spatial scalable image encoding and multiview image encoding, and (ii) corresponding to a plurality of layers and a plurality of views, each of the plurality of second sub-bitstreams including at least one of the plurality of first sub-bitstreams corresponding to at least one of the plurality of layers and at least one of the plurality of views, and the plurality of second sub-bitstreams being different from the plurality of first sub-bitstreams; and generating, for each of the plurality of second sub-bitstreams, a descriptor, which (i) includes a first field indicating a minimum value for at least one layer identifier indicating the at least one of the plurality of layers, a second field indicating a maximum value for the at least one layer identifier, a third field indicating a minimum value for at least one view identifier indicating the at least one of the plurality of views, and a fourth field indicating a maximum value for the at least one view identifier, and (ii) is available in an MPEG-2 system.