Patent ID: 7746931
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A moving picture encoding apparatus for encoding a stereoscopic moving picture in which right-eye pictures and left-eye pictures are arranged alternately in every other column and an interlaced moving picture in which pictures of odd number row and pictures of even number row are arranged alternately in every other row, the apparatus comprising: a moving picture type judgment section configured to judge whether the moving picture to be encoded is a stereoscopic moving picture; a moving picture rotation section configured to rotate the moving picture in a predetermined direction by predetermined angles such that the vertical direction in the moving picture changes to the horizontal direction when the moving picture to be encoded is judged to be a stereoscopic moving picture; a moving picture interlaced encoding section configured to perform interlaced encoding of a moving picture judged not to be a stereoscopic moving picture and the moving picture judged to be a stereoscopic moving picture and rotated by the predetermined angles; a stereoscopic picture identifier encoding section configured to encode a stereoscopic picture identifier indicating whether the moving picture to be encoded is a stereoscopic moving picture; and a multiplexing section configured to produce a multiplexed encoded bit stream by multiplexing an encoded bit stream obtained by the interlaced encoding performed by the moving picture interlaced encoding section and the code of a stereoscopic picture identifier obtained by the encoding performed by the stereoscopic picture identifier encoding section.