US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation on Jan. 13 for "Video encoding and decoding method and device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,442, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Video encoding and decoding method and device" was invented by Dong Gyu Sim (Seoul, South Korea), Sea Nae Park (Seoul, South Korea), Han Sol Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seung Wook Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Wha Pyeong Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For encoding and decoding images, an image encoding device divides each picture into sub-pictures that can be independently displayed, and signals...