ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,170, issued on July 14, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).
"Video decoding apparatus and video coding apparatus" was invented by Tomonori Hashimoto (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 according to an aspect of the present invention is a video decoding apparatus including a parameter decoder configured to decode, from coded data, syntax (mts_idx) of a target block. The parameter decoder decodes mts_idx depending on a block siz...