ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,822, issued on May 12, was assigned to OP Solutions LLC (Amherst, Mass.).

"Video and feature coding for multi-task machine learning" was invented by Hari Kalva (Boca Raton, Fla.), Borivoje Furht (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Velibor Adzic (Canton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for video and feature coding of neural-network structures used for multi-task machine learning includes an encoder, decoder and a decoder-compliant bitstream. A task-specific video decoder includes a first decoder receiving a bitstream having at least one feature and a description of a neural network backbone used to generate the bitstream, and...