ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,044, issued on April 14, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Video content distribution methods" was invented by Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for entropy encoding syntax elements of transform coefficient levels in a video encoder to generate a compressed video bit stream is provided that includes selecting a context for a first significant coefficient flag corresponding to a first transform coefficient level in a 32x32 transform block, wherein the first transform coefficient level is at a lowest frequency position in the 32x32 transform block, entropy encoding the first signifi...