Patent ID: 7742524
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of decoding an enhanced layer of a scalable video coded bitstream using inter-layer prediction, comprising: obtaining inter-layer prediction information from the scalable video coded bitstream, the inter-layer prediction information indicating whether the inter-layer prediction is used for decoding a current slice in the enhanced layer; obtaining quality identification information from the scalable video coded bitstream, the quality identification information identifying an image quality of a picture including the current slice; obtaining prediction restriction information from a header area of the current slice when the inter-layer prediction information indicates that the inter-layer prediction is used for the current slice and the quality identification information identifies that the current slice has a lowest image quality among slices in the scalable video coded bitstream, the prediction restriction information indicating whether an intra-coded sample of a reference block in a base layer is used for deriving a prediction value of a current block in the enhanced layer when the reference block overlaps with at least two slices in the base layer, the reference block being referred by the current block in the current slice; checking whether the reference block overlaps with the at least two slices in the base layer; deriving the prediction value of the current block using a prediction mode other than an intra-base prediction mode when the prediction restriction information indicates that the intra-coded sample of the reference block is not used for deriving the prediction value of the current block and the reference block overlaps with the at least two slices in the base layer, the intra-base prediction mode indicating the prediction mode for deriving the prediction value of the current block from the intra-coded sample of the reference block; and reconstructing the current block using the prediction value of the current block.