MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202527098677 A) filed by Mediatek Inc. on October 13, 2025, for Methods And Apparatus Of Intra Merge Mode For Reference Line Intra Mode Prediction.

Inventors include Chiang, Man-Shu; Tseng, Hsin-Yi; Chuang, Cheng-Yen; Hsu, Chih-Wei; Chen, Ching-Yeh; and Chuang, Tzu-Der.

The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for video coding are disclosed. According to this method, input data associated with a current block is received, wherein the input data comprises pixel data to be encoded at an encoder side or data associated with the current block to be decoded at a decoder side. Inheritance information is obtained from a merge candidate list or from one or more merge candidates wherein the inheritance information is associated with Multiple Reference Line (MRL). Target prediction is generated for the current block by using the inheritance information. The current block is encoded or decoded by using the target prediction.

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