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YANAGIHARA NAOFUMI

JP84 patents
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SONY CORP

46 patents
US6211800B1Apr 3, 2001

Data decoding system and method, transfer device and method, and receiving device and method

SONY CORP192 citations99
US5899578AMay 4, 1999

Digital signal processor, processing method, digital signal recording/playback device and digital signal playback method

SONY CORP125 citations99
US5835668ANov 10, 1998

Transmission, recording and reproduction of digital data and time information in transport packets using a compression ratio

SONY CORP110 citations99
US6671319B1Dec 30, 2003

Methods and apparatus for motion estimation using neighboring macroblocks

SONY CORP75 citations98
US6233393B1May 15, 2001

Apparatus for transmitting data in isochronous and asynchronous manners, an apparatus for receiving the same, and a system and method for such transmitting and receiving of such data

SONY CORP142 citations98
US6172989B1Jan 9, 2001

Transmitting apparatus and method, receiving apparatus and method

SONY CORP119 citations98
US5416651AMay 16, 1995

Apparatus for magnetically recording digital data

SONY CORP126 citations98
US6539056B1Mar 25, 2003

Picture decoding method and apparatus

SONY CORP132 citations97
US5832085ANov 3, 1998

Method and apparatus storing multiple protocol, compressed audio video data

SONY CORP128 citations97
US6658157B1Dec 2, 2003

Method and apparatus for converting image information

SONY CORP150 citations96
US6532309B1Mar 11, 2003

Picture decoding method and apparatus

SONY CORP61 citations96
US6483876B1Nov 19, 2002

Methods and apparatus for reduction of prediction modes in motion estimation

SONY CORP63 citations96
US6285824B1Sep 4, 2001

Digital signal processor, processing method, digital signal recording/playback device and digital signal playback method

SONY CORP60 citations96
US6128047AOct 3, 2000

Motion estimation process and system using sparse search block-matching and integral projection

SONY CORP82 citations96
US5946446AAug 31, 1999

Recording and reproduction of variable-speed playback data using a specific area on each track of a recording medium

SONY CORP75 citations96
US5859949AJan 12, 1999

Transmission, recording and reproduction of digital data and time information in transport packets using a compression ratio

SONY CORP72 citations96
US5543932AAug 6, 1996

Digital video signal recording apparatus and digital video signal reproducing apparatus

SONY CORP55 citations96
US5321440AJun 14, 1994

High efficiency data compressed image encoding

SONY CORP107 citations96
US6697432B2Feb 24, 2004

Processing of packets in MPEG encoded transport streams using additional data attached to each packet

SONY CORP28 citations93
US6687296B1Feb 3, 2004

Apparatus and method for transforming picture information

SONY CORP46 citations93
US6370322B2Apr 9, 2002

Data decoding system, data decoding method, transmission method, transmission device, receiving device, and receiving method

SONY CORP28 citations93
US6115531ASep 5, 2000

Method and apparatus for reproducing/recording at variable speeds dependent upon the bit rate of the MPEG encoded signal

SONY CORP39 citations93
US6028726AFeb 22, 2000

Digital data recording/reproducing apparatus and method with means for adding arrival time to a data packet

SONY CORP53 citations93
US5850501ADec 15, 1998

Transmission recording and reproduction of digital data and time information in transport packets using a compression ratio

SONY CORP29 citations93
US5712946AJan 27, 1998

Recording/reproducing video signals with a plurality of playback speeds

SONY CORP24 citations93
US5699475ADec 16, 1997

Method and apparatus for encoding a digital image signal

SONY CORP47 citations93
US5557479ASep 17, 1996

Apparatus and method for recording and reproducing digital video signal data by dividing the data and encoding it on multiple coding paths

SONY CORP51 citations93
US5404168AApr 4, 1995

Method and apparatus for encoding an image signal using a multi-stage quantizing number determiner

SONY CORP35 citations93
US5347310ASep 13, 1994

Apparatus for compression encoding video signals

SONY CORP29 citations93
US5317413AMay 31, 1994

Digital high-definition video signal recording and reproducing apparatus

SONY CORP32 citations93
US6963606B1Nov 8, 2005

Digital signal conversion method and digital signal conversion device

SONY CORP19 citations92
US6748018B2Jun 8, 2004

Picture decoding method and apparatus

SONY CORP23 citations92
US6714592B1Mar 30, 2004

Picture information conversion method and apparatus

SONY CORP26 citations92
US6690728B1Feb 10, 2004

Methods and apparatus for motion estimation in compressed domain

SONY CORP50 citations92
US5684917ANov 4, 1997

Apparatus and method for recording and reproducing digital video data in a variable-speed mode

SONY CORP34 citations92
US5581360ADec 3, 1996

Methods and systems for dubbing a variable-length encoded digital video signal on a record medium

SONY CORP20 citations92
US5677734AOct 14, 1997

Method and apparatus for modifying the quantization step of each macro-block in a video segment

SONY CORP51 citations91
US5557420ASep 17, 1996

Method and apparatus for recording video signals on a record medium

SONY CORP40 citations90
US7705889B2Apr 27, 2010

Shutter time compensation

SONY CORP13 citations84
US6580830B1Jun 17, 2003

Picture decoding method and apparatus

SONY CORP13 citations84
US6493391B1Dec 10, 2002

Picture decoding method and apparatus

SONY CORP15 citations84
US6266375B1Jul 24, 2001

Method and apparatus for selecting a quantization table for encoding a digital image

SONY CORP18 citations84
US6111989AAug 29, 2000

1/4 size real time decoding of digital video

SONY CORP16 citations84
US6549670B1Apr 15, 2003

Picture decoding method and apparatus

SONY CORP17 citations83
US6078723AJun 20, 2000

Picture data recording and/or reproducing apparatus

SONY CORP14 citations82
US5845043ADec 1, 1998

Transmission recording and reproduction of digital data and time information in transport packets using a compression ratio

SONY CORP15 citations82

SONY ELECTRONICS INC

4 patents

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