MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617073175 A) filed by Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd. on June 12, 2026, for Apparatus And Method For Encoding And Decoding Image By Using Template Matching.

Inventors include Choi, Giyong; Park, Minwoo; Park, Jeeyoon; and Choi, Kwangpyo.

The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.

Abstract: A method for decoding an image, according to an embodiment, may comprise the steps of: determining a transformed template of the current block by performing transformation on a template of the current block, and determining transformed templates of a plurality of candidate blocks by performing transformation on templates of the plurality of candidate blocks within a search area; comparing the transformed template of the current block with the transformed template of each of the plurality of candidate blocks; on the basis of the result of the comparison, determining a reference block of the current block from among the plurality of candidate blocks; generating a prediction block of the current block by using the reference block; and reconstructing the current block by using the prediction block of the current block.

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