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Priority claimed from PCT/JP2003/004805external-prioritypatent/WO2003090473A1/en
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When a block (MB22) referred to by a motion vector has a plurality of motion vectors in a direct mode, a scaling is performed on a value obtained by selecting an average or one of the plurality of motion vectors to thereby determine two motion vectors (MV23) and (MV24) used for the picture-to-picture prediction of a picture (P23) to be encoded.