MUMBAI, India, Oct. 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647120138 A) filed by Qualcomm Incorporated on October 07, 2026, for Adaptive Cost Function Selection In Merge Mode In Video Coding.

Inventors include Cui, Kai; Zhang, Zhi; Zhang, Yan; Huang, Han; Seregin, Vadim; and Karczewicz, Marta.

The application for the patent was published on October 16, 2026, under issue no. 42/2026.

Abstract: Example devices, methods, and computer readable media are described for adaptively selecting a cost function. An example device for decoding video data includes one or more memories configured to store the video data and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and operably coupled to the one or more memories...