| CPC H04N 19/13 (2014.11) [H04N 19/17 (2014.11); H04N 19/186 (2014.11); H04N 19/91 (2014.11)] | 14 Claims |

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1. An image data decoding apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to decode data items representing image data by decoding systems selected from a plurality of decoding systems including a context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) decoding system and a bypass decoding system,
wherein the data items include (i) a first data item including a first binary flag and a second binary flag indicating whether a multi-direction linear model (MDLM) chroma mode applies to a current image region, and (ii) a second data item indicating a processing direction for operation of the MDLM chroma mode; and
wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to, based on an intra-chroma prediction mode, decode instances of the first flag using the CABAC decoding system using a first CABAC context, decode instances of the second flag using the bypass decoding system, and decode instances of the second data item using the CABAC decoding system using a second CABAC context, the first CABAC context being different from the second CABAC context.
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