Patent ID: 8976868
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A motion picture decoding method for making an inter-field motion compensation prediction and executing a decoding process on a motion picture signal by using a motion vector, wherein each frame is composed of two fields being a top field and a bottom field, respectively, a reference field is the top field and a decoding field is the bottom field, a number of pixels of a chrominance vertical component is different than a number of pixels of a luminance vertical component, a horizontal component and a vertical component of a luminance motion vector indicating vertical displacement of one luminance pixel of a field image by a value of “4” of a vector component of the luminance motion vector as units are MVx and MVy, respectively, and a horizontal component and a vertical component of a chrominance motion vector indicating vertical displacement of one chrominance pixel of a field image by a value of “8” of a vector component of the chrominance motion vector as units are MVCx and MVCy, respectively, the method comprising: making the inter-field motion compensation prediction so as to satisfy: