Patent ID: 8649441
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for video decoding, comprising: receiving a Dependency Parameter Set (DPS) pertaining to a coded video sequence in a layered format and comprising a plurality of layer descriptions, each identified by a first layer_id_and including at least one property of the layer; receiving a Network Adaptation Layer (NAL) unit header comprising a second layer_id and a temporal id; identifying one of the plurality of layer descriptions of the DPS by matching the second layer_id with the first layer_id; and determining at least one property of the layer that the NAL unit belongs to from the identified one of the plurality of layer descriptions; wherein the DPS includes a dependency parameter set id, the dependency parameter set id being referred to from a slice header; wherein the DPS is activated once in the coded video sequence and pertains to all pictures of the coded video sequence; wherein the NAL unit header does not include the at least one property; and wherein the at least one property comprises at least one of: a dependency id, a quality id, a view id, a depth map flag, and a dependent flag.