ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,308, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Image encoding method and image decoding method" was invented by Takuya Shimizu (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "More suitable image encoding technique and image decoding technique are provided. An image encoding method for encoding an image includes: a predicted image generation step of generating a predicted image of a synthesis prediction by performing synthesis processing of synthesizing a predicted image of an inter prediction and a predicted image of an intra prediction to an encoding-target block; and an encoding step of encoding a difference betw...