US Patent Issued to KDDI on Dec. 16 for "Image decoding device, image decoding method, and program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,054, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KDDI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image decoding device, image decoding method, and program" was invented by Yoshitaka Kidani (Fujimino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image decoding device according to the present invention includes a circuit, wherein the circuit controls decoding of syntax that specifies whether or not merge with motion vector difference is applied to a partitioned region 0, which is partitioned in a geometric partitioning mode of a decoding target block, in accordance with a value of syntax that specifies whether or not a prediction mode of the partitioned region 0 is an intra p...