Patent ID: 7835451

Claim:
A method of decoding a current field block by selecting a reference field picture by a moving picture decoder, comprising: obtaining, by the moving picture decoder, a reference frame picture list of multiple reference frame pictures; determining, by the moving picture decoder, a reference frame picture index based on display order information for the multiple reference frame pictures; obtaining, by the moving picture decoder, a reference field picture index associated with the current field block; reordering, by the moving picture decoder, a reference frame picture index allocated to each reference frame picture in the reference frame picture list; determining, by the moving picture decoder, a reference frame picture of the reference frame pictures included in the reference frame picture list based on the obtained reference field picture index divided by 2 and the reordered reference frame picture index; selecting, by the moving picture decoder, a reference field picture having a same parity as the current field block if the obtained reference field picture index is an even value, otherwise selecting a reference field picture having a different field parity as the current field block; and decoding, by the moving picture decoder, the current field block by referring to the selected reference field picture.