US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Aug. 11 for "Advanced motion vector prediction (Amvp)-merge mode-based image encoding/ decoding method, device, and recording medium for storing bitstream" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,039, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Advanced motion vector prediction (Amvp)-merge mode-based image encoding/ decoding method, device, and recording medium for storing bitstream" was invented by Hyeong Moon Jang (Seoul, South Korea) and Nae Ri Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. The image decoding method may comprise selecting a first prediction candidate for a first prediction direction of a current block from a first prediction candidate list, selecting a second prediction candidate for a second predictio...