ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,332, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Dongguan, China).
"Prediction image generation device, moving image decoding device, and moving image coding device" was invented by Tomohiro Ikai (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coding efficiency is improved. A motion compensation filter unit acts on a motion vector applied image obtained by acting a motion vector on a reference image. The motion compensation filter unit causes filter coefficients mcFilter[i][k] designated by a phase i and a filter coefficient position k to act on the motion vector applied image. The filter coef...