MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202527096680 A) filed by Mediatek Inc. on October 07, 2025, for Refinement For Merge Mode Motion Vector Difference.

Inventors include Chiu, Shih-Chun; Lai, Chen-Yen; Chen, Guan-Hao; Lin, Wen-Chun; Chuang, Tzu-Der; Chen, Ching-Yeh; Hsu, Chih-Wei; and Chen, Yi-Wen.

The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.

Abstract: A method for refining merge mode motion vector difference (MMVD) prediction is provided. A video coder receives data to be encoded or decoded as a current block of pixels in a current picture of a video. The video coder selects a merge candidate from a plurality of merge candidates to obtain a ...