Method for decoding variable length codes and corresponding receiver

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for decoding Variable Length Codes (30) used to encode data having a predefined type, preferably image or video data, said encoded data consisting in a sequence of codewords belonging to a predefined set of codewords. According to the present invention, the method comprises the steps of: building at least one partial decoded codeword sequence comprising at least two decoded codewords (321); checking if said partial decoded codeword sequence fulfils at least one property intrinsic to said predefined type of data (322). <IMAGE>