摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately and effectively utilize the maximum value of a reference index and a command also for field encoding in frame/field switching encoding in a macro block unit. <P>SOLUTION: In the motion picture encoding method for performing encoding by switching frame encoding to field encoding or vice versa in the block unit within a picture, the frame reference index designating a reference frame and a frame command serving as an offset to the number of a frame to be a reference are assigned to the reference frame (S11), and the number of field reference indexes is determined on the basis of the number of frame reference indexes. Within the range of the determined number, the field reference index designating the reference field is assigned to the field (S12, S13). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI</p> |