ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,139, issued on July 14, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).
"Video decoding apparatus and video coding apparatus" was invented by Yukinobu Yasugi (Sakai City, Japan), Tomohiro Ikai (Sakai City, Japan) and Tomoko Aono (Sakai City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Video coding and decoding apparatuses that can enhance coding efficiency are provided. A video decoding apparatus includes an OOB determination unit configured to determine whether a reference block is targeted for OOB processing by comparing coordinates of the reference block with coordinates of a picture, and an OOB mask derivation unit configured to derive ...