Patent ID: 7012962
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating information over a network, comprising: (1) partitioning picture information of one block group into respective information regions; (2) forming a partition table having length information indicating a length of each of the information regions; (3) encoding a picture signal to include the partition table and the information regions; and (4) transmitting the picture signal through the network, wherein the length information in the partition table includes a plurality of bit-length numbers, each representing a number of bits allocated to a respective one of the information regions in the transmitted picture signal, wherein the information regions include: a header region having a group of respective headers of a plurality of macro blocks; a motion vector region having a group of respective motion vectors of the plurality of macro blocks, and a discrete cosine transform coefficient region having a group of respective discrete cosine transform coefficients of the plurality of macro blocks.