Video decoding apparatus and method

1. A video decoding apparatus for performing a decoding process on coded image data comprising image data subjected to a prescribed coding scheme for adaptively performing field-structured coding or frame-structured coding, the video decoding apparatus comprising:

decoding means for decoding the coded image data;

control means for controlling, in a high-speed reproduction mode, the decoding means to perform the decoding process only on intra-frame coded pictures of the coded image data subjected to the frame-structured coding or on intra-field coded pictures of the coded image data subjected to the field-structured coding to obtain decoded image data; and

field/frame conversion means for copying a first field of the decoded image data decoded in the decoding means into a second field of the decoded image data to create image data of a decoded picture.

2. The video decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

filtering means for performing a prescribed filtering process on decoded image data obtained by performing the decoding process on the coded image data, wherein the control means controls, in the high-speed reproduction mode, the filtering means so as not to perform the filtering process on the decoded image data.

3. The video decoding apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the filtering process is a deblock filtering process to reduce block noise.

4. A video decoding method for performing a decoding process on coded image data comprising image data subjected to a prescribed coding scheme for adaptively performing field-structured coding or frame-structured coding, the video decoding method being performed by a video decoding apparatus and comprising:

performing the decoding process, in a high-speed reproduction mode, only on intra-frame coded pictures of the coded image data subjected to the frame-structured coding or on intra-field coded pictures of the coded image data subjected to the field structured coding to obtain decoded image data; and

copying a first field of the decoded image data into a second field of the decoded image data to create image data of a decoded picture.

5. The video decoding method according to claim 4 , wherein

a prescribed filtering process is applied to decoded image data obtained by performing the decoding process on the coded image data in a normal-speed reproduction mode, and the filtering process is not performed on the decoded image data in the high-speed reproduction mode.

6. The video decoding method according to claim 5 , wherein

the filtering process is a deblock filtering process to reduce block noise.

7. A video decoding apparatus for decoding coded image data, the apparatus comprising:

a decoding unit for decoding the coded image data subjected to frame-structured coding or field-structured coding to create decoded image data without performing a deblock filtering process, the decoded image data including a first field and a second field; and

a field/frame conversion unit for copying the first field in the second field to create converted decoded image data.

8. The video decoding apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a digital/analog converter converting the converted decoded image data into a reproduction video signal.

9. The video decoding apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the decoding unit comprises:

an intra prediction unit creating intra-predicted image data; and

an adder adding the intra-predicted image data with difference image data to obtain the decoded image data.

10. The video decoding apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the decoding unit comprises:

a motion prediction/compensation unit creating reference image data; and

an adder adding the reference image data with difference image data to obtain the decoded image data.