US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation on July 7 for "Method and apparatus for video coding using implicit arbitrary block partition and prediction according thereto" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,960, issued on July 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for video coding using implicit arbitrary block partition and prediction according thereto" was invented by Dong Gyu Sim (Seoul, South Korea), Min Hun Lee (Uijeongbu, South Korea), Myung Oh Hong (Gwangmyeong, South Korea), Jin Heo (Yongin, South Korea) and Seung Wook Park (Yongi, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for video coding use implicit arbitrary block partitioning and prediction...