ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,700, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and EWHA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for video coding for improving predicted signals of intra prediction" was invented by Je Won Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Kyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Na Young Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Seung Wook Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A video coding method and an apparatus for refining predicted signals in intra prediction are disclosed. The video coding method and apparatus generate refined pr...