US Patent Issued to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG on Oct. 20 for "Intra-prediction concept for multi-component picture coding including matrix-based intra prediction modes" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,830, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Intra-prediction concept for multi-component picture coding including matrix-based intra prediction modes" was invented by Benjamin Bross (Berlin), Detlev Marpe (Berlin), Philipp Merkle (Berlin), Jonathan Pfaff (Berlin), Heiko Schwarz (Berlin), Bjorn Stallenberger (Berlin), Adam Wieckowski (Berlin) and Thomas Wiegand (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Concepts for applying intra-prediction in multi-component or color picture or video coding in a manner achieving a more efficient coding are described. A decoder f...