ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,445, issued on May 19, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Image decoding method, image encoding method, method of transmitting bitstream, recording medium" was invented by Hyeong Moon Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus includes: determining that bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) or prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF) is applied to a current block; generating a prediction sample of the current block from a reference picture of the current block based on motion information of the current...