ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,656, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SATURN LICENSING LLC (New York).

"Transmitting device, transmitting method, receiving device, and receiving method" was invented by Ikuo Tsukagoshi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Display with an appropriate luminance dynamic range is realizable on a receiving side. A gamma curve is applied to input video data having a level range from 0% to 100%*N (N: a number larger than 1) to obtain transmission video data. This transmission video data is transmitted together with auxiliary information used for converting a high-luminance level on the receiving side. A high-level side level range of ...