MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND APPARATUSES OF THE SAME

摘要

A moving picture coding method according to the present invention is a moving picture coding method for coding a moving picture which includes pictures, the method including: partitioning a picture into blocks each of which includes pixels; selecting a scanning scheme from among plural scanning schemes; scanning the blocks according to the selected scanning scheme; and coding the blocks in an order in which the blocks are scanned. In doing so, in the partitioning, the picture is partitioned into rows and columns of macroblocks each of which is partitioned into the blocks. The plural scanning schemes include a first scanning scheme for scanning the blocks in the macroblock per row of blocks.