ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,992, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Image decoding method and apparatus for coding image information including picture header" was invented by Hendry Hendry (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present document comprises the steps of: acquiring a flag indicating whether a picture header (PH) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit exists; acquiring a PH on the basis of the flag; and decoding a current picture related to the PH on the basis of the PH."

The patent was filed on May 31, 2024, under Applicat...