ENCODER, DECODER, AND MEDIUM

Abstract: an encoder includes memory and circuitry coupled to the memory. the circuitry is configured to: generate an encoded bitstream that includes a multi-layer structure; and store, in the encoded bitstream, a syntax element having a value indicating that a layer in the multi-layer structure to be output by a decoder is arbitrarily specified, the syntax element defining that at least one layer is to be output from among layers arbitrarily specifiable by the decoder.

Inventor(s): Virginie DRUGEON, Tadamasa TOMA, Takahiro NISHI, Kiyofumi ABE, Yusuke KATO

CPC Classification: H04N19/30 (using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability ( takes precedence))

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