ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,439, issued on May 19, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Image coding method and device for carrying out MRL-based intra prediction" was invented by Jin Heo (Seoul, South Korea), Sunmi Yoo (Seoul, South Korea), Ling Li (Seoul, South Korea), Jangwon Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Jungah Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image decoding method includes: configuring a MPM list including candidate intra prediction modes for a current block; deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block from the MPM list on the basis of MPM index information indicating an...