ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,042, issued on April 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Layer information signaling-based image coding device and method" was invented by Hendry Hendry (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment (embodiments) of the present document, multilayer-based coding may be executed. In the multilayer-based coding, a decoded picture based on a target output layer can be output, and, for example, the target output layer can be determined on the basis of an external means or signaled information. According to an embodiment according to the present document, image information acquire...