US Patent Issued to Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University on July 8 for "Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus using BDPCM, and recording medium storing bitstream" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,972, issued on July 8, was assigned to Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus using BDPCM, and recording medium storing bitstream" was invented by Byeung Woo Jeon (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jee Yoon Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing encoding/decoding using BDPCM are provided. The image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may comprise obtaining first information indicating whether block-based differential pulse coded modulation (BDPCM) is app...