IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE

摘要

An image encoding method for encoding a multiview video is provided. The method includes: determining a maximum number of per-picture pixels (127) and a maximum buffer size (128) which corresponds to a maximum number of candidate reference images for use in a non-multiview coding, based on a level signal (126) representing a coding level with reference to a table (T1) (S101); calculating a maximum number of candidate reference views (129) for use in inter-view predictive coding using the maximum number of per-picture pixels (127), an image size of an input image (125), and a scale factor for use in multiview video coding (S102); and calculating an MVC maximum buffer size (130) corresponding to a maximum number of candidate reference images for use in multiview video coding, using the maximum number of views (129), and the maximum buffer size (128) (S103).