Moreover, a display unit that displays a picture decoded by the picture decoding device may be added, as a display device, to the configuration. In that case, the display unit reads out a decoded picture signal constructed by the decoded picture signal superimposer 207 and stored in the decoded picture memory 208, and displays the signal on the screen.
Moreover, an imaging unit may be added to the configuration so as to function as an imaging device by inputting a captured picture to the picture coding device. In that case, the imaging unit inputs the captured picture signal to the block split unit 101.