Appeal No. 96-2696
Application 08/167,415
The claims
Claim 13, which is representative of the claims that are
directed to the encoding end, reads as follows:
13. An image encoding method, comprising the steps of:
dividing image data of one frame into a plurality of
macroblocks, one macroblock consisting of a two-dimensional
arrangement of a plurality of pixels;
encoding data of said macroblock by using a predetermined
data compressing method; and
adding an invalid code for preventing underflow of data
in a send buffer for the compressed data of said macroblock,
wherein said invalid code is formed with a staffing start
code consisting of synchronous codes specified to not allow
generation of the same pattern in the image data and a
staffing code indicating information about an attribute of
said macroblock.
Claim 1, which is representative of the claims that are
directed to the decoding end, reads as follows:
1. An image decoding apparatus for decoding transmitted
compressed image data, comprising:
a receiving buffer for temporarily storing said
compressed image data;
decoding means for reading compressed image data stored
in said receiving buffer corresponding to proceeding [sic,
preceding] conditions of a decoding process and decoding image
data of one frame within a period no longer than a frame
period of the image; and
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