US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Dec. 30 for "Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus using user-defined palette entry, and method for transmitting bitstream" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,299, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus using user-defined palette entry, and method for transmitting bitstream" was invented by Hyeong Moon Jang (Seoul, South Korea) and Seethal Paluri (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure may include: obtaining palette information and palette index prediction information of a current block from a bitstream; constructing a palette predictor for the current block based on the pale...