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 1):
An image encoding method for encoding 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 encoded as a temporal sub-layer access (TSA) picture for which predetermined reference is prohibited, the image encoding method comprising:\n determining whether a current picture included in the plurality of pictures is the TSA picture; encoding the plurality of pictures according to whether the current picture is the TSA picture; and encoding a picture type indicating whether the current picture is the TSA picture, wherein the determining includes determining the current picture to be the TSA picture 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): 0.5441568393779346
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5354848674213489
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.543289642182276
- Mean Citation Score: 327.32517599999994
- Max Citation Score: 380.07864
- Similarity Product: 372.5144316413068

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