ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,099, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Video encoding method and apparatus, video decoding method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device" was invented by Xinwei Gao (Guangdong, China) and Chenchen Gu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A video encoding method and a video decoding method are provided. In the video decoding method, a first resolution of a to-be-decoded block in a to-be-decoded video frame is obtained and a second resolution of a reference block referenced by the to-be-decoded block in a decoded video frame is obtained. Resolutions of the to-be-...