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YANAGIHARA NAOFUMI
JP84 patents
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SONY CORP
46 patentsUS6211800B1Apr 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 patentsUS6130912AOct 10, 2000
Hierarchical motion estimation process and system using block-matching and integral projection
SONY ELECTRONICS INC105 citations98
US6438319B1Aug 20, 2002
Recording digital video signals and redundancy signals for error correction
SONY ELECTRONICS INC25 citations93
US6996176B1Feb 7, 2006
Motion estimation process and system using sparse search block-matching and integral protection
SONY ELECTRONICS INC34 citations92
US6137916AOct 24, 2000
Method and system for improved digital video data processing using 8-point discrete cosine transforms
SONY ELECTRONICS INC26 citations92
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