US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on July 8 for "Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for determining prediction mode of chroma block by referring to luma sample position, and method for transmitting bitstream" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,954, issued on July 8, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for determining prediction mode of chroma block by referring to luma sample position, and method for transmitting bitstream" was invented by Hyeong Moon Jang (Seoul, South Korea) and Jin Heo (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 performed by an image decoding apparatus may comprise identifying a current chroma block by splitting an image, identifying whether a matrix based intra prediction mode applies to a firs...