US Patent Issued to Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, CHIPS & MEDIA on Oct. 7 for "Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for throughput enhancement using motion vector refinement" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,077, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, South Korea) and CHIPS & MEDIA INC (Seoul, South Korea).

"Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for throughput enhancement using motion vector refinement" was invented by Sung Chang Lim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Won Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Ha Hyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Ho Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Hui Yong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Dae Yeon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Jin Park (Seoul, South Korea), Myoung Hun Jang (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Wook Je Jeong (Gwacheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademar...