Patent ID: 8817886
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A decoding device, comprising: a memory configured to store a toolbox that includes a plurality of functional units which independently perform a predetermined decoding process and which are distinguished by CSCI (Control Signal and Context Information) control information and connection control information, wherein the toolbox includes sub-toolboxes which are sets of functional units formed based on the application standard field, and the functional units performing a same function with a different performance method are bound up into one group; a decoder description storing memory configured to store a decoder description that is divided into partial decoder descriptions; and a connection controller configured to: wherein the decoder forming device is configured to: wherein the identification information of each functional unit includes a combination of the application standard field and each of: a list field (LIST) specifying a plurality of application standards, a role field (ROLE) according to a function distinction, a name field (NAME) corresponding to a functional unit algorithm, a property field (PROPERTY) indicating a functional unit property or information related to a process, a size field (SIZE) indicating a size of a block to be processed by a functional unit, and an implementation field (IMPLEMENTATION) indicating additional information related to a functional unit performance, wherein the partial decoder descriptions stored at the description storing memory include at least one of: a functional unit list (FL), a functional unit rule table (F-RT), a functional unit CSCIT (FU-CSCIT), a control signal and context information table (CSCIT), a syntax element table (SET), a syntax-rule table (S-RT), and a default value table (DVT), wherein at least one of the CSCIT, the SET, the S-RT, and the DVT is used to generate the CSCI control information, and wherein at least one of the FL, F-RT, the FU-CSCIT, the S-RT, and the DVT is used to generate the connection control information.