Patent ID: 8570361

Claim:
A decoding method of an input video bitstream including a first bitstream and a second bitstream, each of the first bitstream and the second bitstream containing a plurality of pictures, the decoding method comprising: decoding a first picture in the first bitstream; after a required decoded data derived from decoding the first picture is ready for a first decoding operation of a second picture in the first bitstream, performing the first decoding operation; and after a required decoded data derived from decoding the first picture is ready for a second decoding operation of a picture in the second bitstream, performing the second decoding operation, wherein the first bitstream contains pictures of a first view for a three-dimensional (3D) video presentation, the second bitstream contains pictures of a second view for the 3D video presentation, and a time period of decoding the second picture in the first bitstream and a time period of decoding the picture in the second bitstream are overlapped in time.