US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Sept. 16 for "Inter-prediction mode-based image processing method and device therefor" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,664, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Inter-prediction mode-based image processing method and device therefor" was invented by Hyeongmoon Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a method for encoding a video signal and a device therefor. Specifically, a method for decoding an image based on an inter prediction mode comprises: generating a merging candidate list by using a spatial merge candidate and a temporal merge candidate of a current block; obtaining a merge index indicating a certain merge candidate in the merging candidate list; and generating a predi...