MULTIHYPOTHESIS B-PICTURE VIRTUAL DISPLAY BUFFER BY STEALING SPACE IN THE H.264 POST DECODER BUFFER.

摘要

An input image is coded and then decoded by referencing an image stored in a picture buffer. The decoded image is checked whether it is a reference image or output image. The decoded image is stored in the picture buffer based upon the checking result. An independent claim is also included for image decoding method.