ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,499, issued on May 19, was assigned to Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method and device for determining reference unit" was invented by Sung Chang Lim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hui Yong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Se Yoon Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Suk Hee Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Ho Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ha Hyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Ho Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Soo Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Woong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Chie Teuk Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inter prediction method according to the present invent...