US Patent Issued to Varjo Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Image encoding based on cross-analysis of multiple channels" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,436, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Varjo Technologies Oy (Helsinki).

"Image encoding based on cross-analysis of multiple channels" was invented by Ari Antti Erik Peuhkurinen (Helsinki) and Timo Suoranta (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an encoder for encoding images, the encoder having a processor configured to obtain colour data of colour channels of a given image and other data of at least one other channel of the given image, wherein the at least one other channel comprises at least one of: an alpha channel, a depth channel, a velocity channel of the given image; divide the given image into blocks, wherein ...