Patent ID: 8149923

Claim:
An image decoding method of decoding a multiview video, comprising: parsing NAL units including an image included in view components of a base view; decoding the image included in the view components of the base view; parsing NAL unit header MVC extension parameters of a non-base view; searching the view components of the base view for prefix NAL units; computing NAL unit header MVC extension parameters for the base view when no prefix NAL units are present in the view components of the base view; parsing, when prefix NAL units are present in the view components of the base view, the NAL unit header MVC extension parameters of the base view, with reference to the prefix NAL units; parsing NAL units including an image included in view components of the non-base view; and decoding the image included in the view components of the non-base view, using (i) the computed or parsed NAL unit header MVC extension parameters of the base view and (ii) the parsed NAL unit header MVC extension parameters of the non-base view.