Description
VVC (Versatile Video Coding), or H.266, is a next-generation video compression standard that exemplifies the strength of global collaboration. It was jointly developed by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) and the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) under the Joint Video Experts Team (JVET). This international consortium of experts combined efforts from both organizations to address the growing demands of ultra-high-definition and immersive media, culminating in the finalization of the VVC standard in 2020.
This report provides information on the VVC patent landscape. Searches were conducted across multiple patent databases, including paid or freely available databases, utilizing a range of search strings, IPC/CPC classifications, citations, assignees, and specific keywords.
The initial retrieved dataset consists of around 12k patents. After analyzing abstracts, summaries, and claims, over 6000 patents are categorized for VVC, which are more related to H.266 technology.
Unique patent families of VVC are analyzed for their top assignees in VVC. The focus is on contributions from major and top assignees such as Qualcomm, Samsung, LG, Huawei, Sony, Panasonic, Tencent, ETRI, Bytedance, Google, MediaTek, canon, SK Telecom etc. Figure 2 shows the top 20 assignees of VVC-related patents and it is shown that Qualcomm hold a large number of patents for VVC.
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