Patent ID: 6757332
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A video decoding method for decoding coded streams obtained by coding picture data of a moving picture comprising a plurality of pictures for which specific times are set, said method comprising:a rearrangements operation comprising receiving coded data of the respective pictures as coded streams from a transmitting end, and outputting the received coded data of the respective pictures in chronological order of the specific times set on the respective pictures, at sending times corresponding to the respective pictures; and a decoding operation comprising performing decoding on the coded data of the respective pictures outputted in said rearrangement operation, thereby generating decoded picture data corresponding to the respective pictures; wherein, when said rearrangement operation receives coded data of a picture to be outputted at a first sending time, with a delay after a second sending time which is later than the first sending time, said rearrangement operation outputs coded data of pictures whose specific times are within a range from the first sending time to the second sending time.