US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on May 19 for "MDMVR-based image coding method and device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,505, issued on May 19, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"MDMVR-based image coding method and device" was invented by Seethal Paluri (Seoul, South Korea) and Seunghwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image decoding method performed by a decoding device is provided. The method comprises the steps of: determining whether to use a multi-layer decoder-side motion vector refinement (MDMVR) for a current block; deriving a refined motion vector for the current block on the basis of using the MDMVR for the current block; deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the ref...