US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 25 for "Inter prediction-based image coding method and apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,048, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Inter prediction-based image coding method and apparatus" was invented by Naeri Park (Seoul, South Korea), Junghak Nam (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyeongmoon Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise the steps of: deriving an inter prediction mode from encoded information; configuring reference picture lists, deriving motion information comprising reference picture indexes for symmetric motion vector differences (SMVD); and generating prediction samples on the basis of...