PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16399082
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["375", "240030"]

Abstract:
An image encoding method includes: determining whether a current picture is a TSA picture or a trailing picture; and encoding a plurality of pictures according to whether the current picture is the TSA picture or a trailing picture. The determining includes: determining the current picture to be the TSA picture when the current picture does not belong to the highest layer and corresponds to a first field, and determining the current picture to be the trailing picture when the current picture belongs to the highest layer or corresponds to a second field.

Claim (Index 2):
An image decoding method for decoding a plurality of pictures classified into a plurality of layers for which reference from a picture belonging to a higher layer to a picture belonging to a lower layer is prohibited, the plurality of pictures including at least one picture that is decoded as a temporal sub-layer access (TSA) picture for which predetermined reference is prohibited, the image decoding method comprising:\n identifying whether a current picture included in the plurality of pictures is the TSA picture; decoding the plurality of pictures according to whether the current picture is the TSA picture; and decoding a picture type indicating whether the current picture is the TSA picture; wherein the identifying includes identifying the current picture as the TSA picture according to the decoded picture type when the current picture does not belong to a highest layer in the plurality of layers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.57895
- Patent Class: 375.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15966444', '15496435', '14730552', '14236965', '14904750']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5441104927726128
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5355096678040143
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5432504102757529
- Mean Citation Score: 327.32517599999994
- Max Citation Score: 380.07864
- Similarity Product: 374.00847011761664

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test