Patent ID: 8150240
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A decoding method for decoding a plurality of streams, the decoding method comprising: each of the streams being obtained by encoding i) a stereoscopic picture which includes a left eye image and a right eye image or ii) a non-stereoscopic picture; at least one of the streams including a stereoscopic picture identifier representing that an encoded picture is the stereoscopic picture or the non-stereoscopic picture; obtaining stereoscopic video arrangement information which represents whether or not the plurality of streams include the stereoscopic picture, and the stereoscopic video arrangement information is separated from the plurality of streams; determining whether the plurality of streams include the stereoscopic picture based on the stereoscopic video arrangement information; when the stereoscopic video arrangement information represents that the streams include the stereoscopic picture; obtaining the stereoscopic picture identifier; when the obtained stereoscopic picture identifier represents that the encoded picture is the stereoscopic picture; decoding the encoded picture and generating a decoded picture; outputting the decoded picture as the stereoscopic picture; when the obtained stereoscopic picture identifier represents that the encoded picture is the non-stereoscopic picture; decoding the encoded picture and generating the decoded picture; outputting the decoded picture as the non-stereoscopic picture, when the stereoscopic video arrangement information represents the streams do not include the stereoscopic picture, decoding the encoded picture and generating the decoded picture; outputting the decoded picture as the non-stereoscopic picture without outputting the decoded picture as the stereoscopic picture.