MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGE RECEIVING METHOD, MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGE RECEIVING DEVICE, AND MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGE RECEIVING PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that when an encoded multi-viewpoint image signal is received and decoded, a buffer is required for sorting the signals by viewpoint and delay is therefore caused.

SOLUTION: Encoded data obtained by encoding a multi-viewpoint image signal are received by a separation unit 21 through a network etc., and separated into first encoded data in which subsidiary information (SEI) and the number V of viewpoints of the multi-viewpoint image signal are encoded respectively and second encoded data wherein a decoded image output order number (o) and the multi-viewpoint image signal are encoded respectively. Those encoded data are individually decoded. A decoded image management unit 211 specifies viewpoints with numbers (v) for respective decoded image signals stored in a decoded image buffer 210, and manages the output order of decoded images at the respective viewpoints with a number (d) to output images having the same value of numbers (d) of decoded image signals at the respective viewpoints while synchronizing the viewpoints with one another so that the images are output simultaneously or successively.

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