US Patent Issued to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG on May 20 for "Video codec allowing sub-picture or region wise random access and concept for video composition using the same" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,431, issued on May 20, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Video codec allowing sub-picture or region wise random access and concept for video composition using the same" was invented by Robert Skupin (Berlin), Yago Sanchez De La Fuente (Berlin), Cornelius Hellge (Berlin), Thomas Schierl (Berlin), Karsten Suehring (Berlin) and Thomas Wiegand (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Video codec concepts which allows more effective video composition/merging and/or a more effective implementation of gradual decoding refresh are described along with concepts of allowing video com...