US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 18 for "Image encoding/decoding method and device using palette mode, and method for transmitting bitstream" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,090, issued on March 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Image encoding/decoding method and device using palette mode, and method for transmitting bitstream" was invented by Hyeong Moon Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Sunmi Yoo (Seoul, South Korea) and Jung Hak Nam (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 obtaining palette information and palette index prediction information of a current block from a bitstream, based on a palette mode applying for the current blo...