Patent ID: 7577304
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for decoding coded image data in a reproducing device including a controller and a decoder, the method comprising: receiving the coded image data, wherein some of the coded image data includes identifier information of a reference image for specifying the reference image among previous images, and other coded image data does not include the identifier information of the reference image, and wherein said some of the coded image data including the identifier includes a predetermined time; detecting, via the controller, the reference image based on the identifier information when the coded image data has the identifier information; and decoding, via the decoder, the coded image data based on the detected reference image when the coded image data includes the identifying information of the reference image, and decoding the coded image data based on the coded image data itself when the coded image data does not include the identifying information.