(19)
(11) EP 2 076 049 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
published in accordance with Art. 153(4) EPC

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
19.08.2009 Bulletin 2009/34

(43) Date of publication:
01.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/27

(21) Application number: 08720281.8

(22) Date of filing: 27.02.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 7/30(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/JP2008/000367
(87) International publication number:
WO 2008/120434 (09.10.2008 Gazette 2008/41)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 28.03.2007 JP 2007083752

(71) Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • YOSHIMATSU, Naoki
    7F OBP Panasonic Tower 1-61 Shiromi 2-chome Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi Osaka 540-6207 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Patentanwälte Stuntzstrasse 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) DECODING CIRCUIT, DECODING METHOD, ENCODING CIRCUIT, AND ENCODING METHOD


(57) To provide a decoding circuit that can perform, with a single circuit, decoding in association with various image encoding systems and has universality. A pattern storing unit 10 stores scan pattern data for a scan pattern, a control unit 19 writes scan pattern data for supplied encoded data in the pattern storing unit 10, a pattern readout control unit 11 reads out the scan pattern data stored in the pattern storing unit 10, a variable length decoding unit 21 restores coefficient data from the supplied encoded data, and an inverse scan processing unit 39 rearranges the restored coefficient data according to the scan pattern data read out from the pattern storing unit 10.