When an SAO parameter is indicated using the slice header syntax, parameters necessary for applying the SAO are transmitted over the SAO parameter syntax. The parameters to be transmitted include sao_split_param related to division of the SAO application region and sao_offset_param related to an offset to be applied in the SAO, as in the example shown in Table 4.
In the example shown in Table 4, when the value of sao_flag is 1, it means that the SAO can be applied (enabled) to at least a part of a current picture. When the value of sao_flag is 0, it means that the SAO cannot be applied (disabled) to the entire current picture. Therefore, when the value of sao_flag is 1, the SAO parameters may be indicated.
Table 5 schematically shows an example of a sao_split_param related to division out of the SAO parameters as a syntax structure for applying the SAO.