ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,150, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Video decoding apparatus and video coding apparatus" was invented by Yukinobu Yasugi (Sakai, Japan), Tomohiro Ikai (Sakai, Japan) and Tomoko Aono (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "ObjectA video coding and decoding apparatus that can enhance coding efficiency is provided.SolutionA video decoding apparatus includes an OOB determination unit configured to determine whether a reference block is a target of OOB processing by comparing coordinates of the reference block with coordinates of a picture, and an OOB mask derivation unit configured to derive mask data i...