IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS

摘要

An image coding method according to an aspect of the present invention includes: dividing a picture into tiles (S201); coding the tiles to generate pieces of coded data each of which corresponds to a different one of the tiles (S202); and generating a bitstream including the pieces of coded data (S203). The coding of the tiles (S202) includes: generating a first code string by coding a first tile which is one of the tiles, without referring to coding information used in coding another one of the tiles (S211); and adding a bit string after the first code string to make a bit length of first coded data which is one of the pieces of coded data, a multiple of a predetermined N bits, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2 (S213).