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Synchronization of a stereoscopic video sequence
Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
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Filing: 1996-10-24
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Granted: 1999-03-23
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Expires: 2016-10-24
Abstract
Abstract In a stereoscopic video transmission system, video pictures of lower and enhancement layers are transmitted in a particular order such that the number of pictures which must be temporarily stored prior to presentation is minimized. Furthermore, a decode time stamp (DTS) and presentation time stamp (PTS) for each picture can be determined to provide synchronization between the lower layer and enhancement layer pictures. Decoding may occur either sequentially or in parallel. In particular, a method is presented where the enhancement layer includes disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures. The video pictures are ordered such that the disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after the corresponding respective lower layer pictures. The scheme is illustrated with a number of different specific examples.
Inventors
- 👤 Xuemin Chen
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 02:26
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N19/00; H04N19/85; H04N19/89; H04N19/895; G; G06; G06T; G06T9/00; G06T9/004; H04N13/00; H04N13/10; H04N13/106; H04N13/161; H04N13/167; H04N19/50; H04N19/597; H04N13/189; H04N13/194; H04N13/20; H04N13/204; H04N13/207; H04N13/218; H04N13/239; H04N13/296; H04N2013/0074; H04N2013/0081; H04N2013/0085
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 36
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes only intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , I Li+1 , and I Li+2 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 , and H Ei+2 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , I Li+1 , H Ei , I Li+2 .
Claim 2
Independent Claim
131 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes only intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , I Li+1 , and I Li+2 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 , and H Ei+2 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , I Li+1 , H Ei , I Li+2 .
Claim 3
Independent Claim
123 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes only intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li and I Li+1 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei and H Ei+1 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , H Ei , I Li+1 , H Ei+1 .
Claim 4
Independent Claim
123 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes only intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li and I Li+1 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei and H Ei+1 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , H Ei , I Li+1 , H Ei+1 .
Claim 5
Independent Claim
135 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes only intra-coded pictures (I-pictures) and predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , P Li+1 , and P Li+2 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 , and H Ei+2 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer picture in the order: I Li , P Li+1 , H Ei , P Li+2 .
Claim 6
Independent Claim
135 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes only intra-coded pictures (I-pictures) and predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , P Li+1 , and P Li+2 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 , and H Ei+2 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer picture in the order: I Li , P Li+1 , H Ei , P Li+2 .
Claim 7
Independent Claim
127 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes only intra-coded pictures (I-pictures) and predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li and P Li+1 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei and H Ei+1 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , H Ei , P Li+1 , H Ei+1 .
Claim 8
Independent Claim
127 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes only intra-coded pictures (I-pictures) and predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li and P Li+1 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei and H Ei+1 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , H Ei , P Li+1 , H Ei+1 .
Claim 9
Independent Claim
140 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and non-consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 and P Li+2 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 and H Ei+2 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , P Li+2 , B Li+1 , H Ei , H Ei+1 .
Claim 10
Independent Claim
140 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and non-consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 and P Li+2 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 and H Ei+2 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , P Li+2 , B Li+1 , H Ei , H Ei+1 .
Claim 11
Independent Claim
143 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and non-consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 and P Li+2 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 and H Ei+2 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , H Ei , P Li+2 , B Li+1 , H Ei+1 , H Ei+2 .
Claim 12
Independent Claim
143 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and non-consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 and P Li+2 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 and H Ei+2 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , H Ei , P Li+2 , B Li+1 , H Ei+1 , H Ei+2 .
Claim 13
Independent Claim
140 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and non-consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 and P Li+2 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 and H Ei+2 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , P Li+2 , H Ei , B Li+1 , H Ei+1 .
Claim 14
Independent Claim
140 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and non-consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 and P Li+2 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 and H Ei+2 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , P Li+2 , H Ei , B Li+1 , H Ei+1 .
Claim 15
Independent Claim
153 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 , B Li+2 and P Li+3 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 , H Ei+2 , and H Ei+3 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , P Li+3 , B Li+1 , H Ei , B Li+2 , H Ei+1 , H Ei+2 .
Claim 16
Independent Claim
153 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 , B Li+2 and P Li+3 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 , H Ei+2 , and H Ei+3 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , P Li+3 , B Li+1 , H Ei , B Li+2 , H Ei+1 , H Ei+2 .
Claim 17
Independent Claim
156 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 , B Li+2 and P Li+3 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 , H Ei+2 , and H Ei+3 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , H Ei , P Li+3 , B Li+1 , H Ei+1 , B Li+2 , H Ei+2 , H Ei+3 .
Claim 18
Independent Claim
156 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 , B Li+2 and P Li+3 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 , H Ei+2 , and H Ei+3 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , H Ei , P Li+3 , B Li+1 , H Ei+1 , B Li+2 , H Ei+2 , H Ei+3 .
Claim 19
Independent Claim
153 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 , B Li+2 and P Li+3 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 , H Ei+2 , and H Ei+3 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , P Li+3 , H Ei , B Li+1 , H Ei+1 , B Li+2 , H Ei+2 .
Claim 20
Independent Claim
153 words
A method for re-ordering of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer (L) and an enhancement layer (E) of a stereoscopic video signal for transmission to a decoder, said enhancement layer including disparity-predicted pictures which are predicted using corresponding lower layer pictures, wherein said lower layer includes intra-coded pictures (I-pictures), predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), and consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), including consecutive pictures I Li , B Li+1 , B Li+2 and P Li+3 , and corresponding enhancement layer pictures are represented by H Ei , H Ei+1 , H Ei+2 , and H Ei+3 , respectively, and H designates a generic picture type, comprising the step of: re-ordering said video pictures such that said disparity-predicted enhancement layer pictures are transmitted after said corresponding respective lower layer pictures in the order: I Li , P Li+3 , H Ei , B Li+1 , H Ei+1 , B Li+2 , H Ei+2 .
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
149 words
An encoding method to allow decoding in parallel of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer and an enhancement layer of a stereoscopic video signal, wherein said lower layer includes at least one of intra-coded pictures (I-pictures) and predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), but no bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), comprising the step of: providing said pictures with decode time stamps (DTS) and presentation time stamps (PTS) for indicating, respectively, a time to decode and present each of said pictures; wherein: the DTS of the ith lower layer picture is DTS Li ; the PTS of the ith lower layer picture is PTS Li ; the DTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is DTS Hi ; the PTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is PTS Hi ; F is a time interval between the presentation of successive pictures; and PTS Li =DTS Hi =PTS Hi =DTS Li +F.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
149 words
An encoding method to allow decoding in parallel of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer and an enhancement layer of a stereoscopic video signal, wherein said lower layer includes at least one of intra-coded pictures (I-pictures) and predictive-coded pictures (P-pictures), but no bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), comprising the step of: providing said pictures with decode time stamps (DTS) and presentation time stamps (PTS) for indicating, respectively, a time to decode and present each of said pictures; wherein: the DTS of the ith lower layer picture is DTS Li ; the PTS of the ith lower layer picture is PTS Li ; the DTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is DTS Hi ; the PTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is PTS Hi ; F is a time interval between the presentation of successive pictures; and PTS Li =DTS Hi =PTS Hi =DTS Li +F.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
149 words
An encoding method to allow decoding in parallel of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer and an enhancement layer of a stereoscopic video signal, wherein said lower layer includes non-consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), comprising the step of: providing said pictures with decode time stamps (DTS) and presentation time stamps (PTS) for indicating, respectively, a time to decode and present each of said pictures; wherein: the DTS of the ith lower layer picture is DTS Li ; the PTS of the ith lower layer picture is PTS Li ; the DTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is DTS Hi ; the PTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is PTS Hi ; F is a time interval between the presentation of successive pictures; and PTS Li =DTS Li +2F when the ith lower layer picture is an intra-coded picture (I-picture) with a closed GOP indicator.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
149 words
An encoding method to allow decoding in parallel of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer and an enhancement layer of a stereoscopic video signal, wherein said lower layer includes non-consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), comprising the step of: providing said pictures with decode time stamps (DTS) and presentation time stamps (PTS) for indicating, respectively, a time to decode and present each of said pictures; wherein: the DTS of the ith lower layer picture is DTS Li ; the PTS of the ith lower layer picture is PTS Li ; the DTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is DTS Hi ; the PTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is PTS Hi ; F is a time interval between the presentation of successive pictures; and PTS Li =DTS Li +2F when the ith lower layer picture is an intra-coded picture (I-picture) with a closed GOP indicator.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 12, wherein: PTS Li =DTS Li +2F when the ith lower layer picture is a predictive-coded picture (P-picture) and the (i+1)th lower layer picture is an I-picture with a closed GOP indicator.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 12, wherein: PTS Li =DTS Li +3F when the ith lower layer picture is a P-picture indicator and the (i+1)th lower layer picture is not an I-picture with a closed GOP indicator.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 12, wherein: PTS Li =DTS Li +3F when the ith lower layer picture is an I-picture with an open GOP indicator and the (i+1)th lower layer picture is not an I-picture with a closed GOP indicator.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 12, wherein: PTS Li =DTS Li +F when the ith lower layer picture is a B-picture.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 12, wherein: DTS Hi =PTS Hi=PTS Li =DTS Li +2F.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
155 words
An encoding method to allow decoding in parallel of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer and an enhancement layer of a stereoscopic video signal, wherein said lower layer includes at least one group of two consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), comprising the step of: providing said pictures with decode time stamps (DTS) and presentation time stamps (PTS) for indicating, respectively, a time to decode and present each of said pictures; wherein: the DTS of the ith lower layer picture is DTS Li ; the PTS of the ith lower layer picture is PTS Li ; the DTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is DTS Hi ; the PTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is PTS Hi ; F is a time interval between the presentation of successive pictures; and PTS Li =DTS Li +2F when the ith lower layer picture is an intra-coded picture (I-picture) with a closed GOP indicator.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
155 words
An encoding method to allow decoding in parallel of a sequence of video pictures in a lower layer and an enhancement layer of a stereoscopic video signal, wherein said lower layer includes at least one group of two consecutive bi-directional predictive-coded pictures (B-pictures), comprising the step of: providing said pictures with decode time stamps (DTS) and presentation time stamps (PTS) for indicating, respectively, a time to decode and present each of said pictures; wherein: the DTS of the ith lower layer picture is DTS Li ; the PTS of the ith lower layer picture is PTS Li ; the DTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is DTS Hi ; the PTS of the ith enhancement layer picture is PTS Hi ; F is a time interval between the presentation of successive pictures; and PTS Li =DTS Li +2F when the ith lower layer picture is an intra-coded picture (I-picture) with a closed GOP indicator.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 18, wherein: PTS Li =DTS Li +2F when the ith lower layer picture is a predictive-coded picture (P-picture) and the (i+1)th lower layer picture is an I-picture with a closed GOP indicator.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 18, wherein: PTS Li =DTS Li +4F when the ith lower layer picture is a P-picture indicator and the (i+1)th lower layer picture is not an I-picture with a closed GOP indicator.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 18, wherein: PTS Li =DTS Li +4F when the ith lower layer picture is an I-picture with an open GOP indicator and the (i+1)th lower layer picture is not an I-picture with a closed GOP indicator.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 18, wherein: PTS Li =DTS Li +F when the ith lower layer picture is a B-picture.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 18, wherein: DTS Hi =PTS Hi =PTS Li =DTS Li +2F.
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