ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,037, issued on March 25, was assigned to TENCENT AMERICA LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Method for adaptation parameter set reference and constraints in coded video stream" was invented by Byeongdoo Choi (Palo Alto, Calif.), Shan Liu (San Jose, Calif.) and Stephan Wenger (Hillsborough, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of decoding an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, including: obtaining from the encoded video bitstream a coded video sequence including a picture unit corresponding to a coded picture; obtaining a picture header (PH) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit included in the picture unit; obtaini...