Patent ID: 8625143

Claim:
A decoding device comprising: a plurality of input units corresponding to a plurality of data transmission channels and configured to accept inputs of encoded compressed data through the corresponding data transmission channels; a plurality of buffers configured to correspond to the data transmission channels; a specifying unit configured to, check whether there is free space in each of the plurality of buffers so as to specify a data transmission channel corresponding to a buffer having a free space, and cause the input unit corresponding to the specified data transmission channel to accept the input of encoded compressed data; a detecting unit configured to, analyze codes of the compressed data received from the input unit corresponding to the specified data transmission channels and detect a delimit position in the compressed data based on the analysis; an expanding unit configured to expand the compressed data based on the delimit position detected by the detecting unit and independently from other inputs of encoded compressed data; and a sorting unit configured to sort and store the expanded data into the buffer corresponding to the specified data transmission channel, wherein the specifying unit is further configured to, in response to detection of the delimit position, cancel the specified data transmission channel and then specify a next data transmission channel.