Inventor
WATABE AKIHIRO
JP20 patents
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MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD
17 patentsUS6356317B1Mar 12, 2002
Image processor
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD23 citations92
US6330365B1Dec 11, 2001
Decoding method and apparatus using bitstreams and a hierarchical structure
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD25 citations92
US6064803AMay 16, 2000
Image information decoder with a reduced capacity frame memory
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD44 citations90
US6580755B1Jun 17, 2003
Apparatus and method for encoding
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD28 citations86
US7359615B2Apr 15, 2008
Method and device for ensuring storage time for digital broadcast
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD13 citations83
US6996122B1Feb 7, 2006
Method and apparatus for decoding
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD13 citations83
US6549671B1Apr 15, 2003
Picture data encoding apparatus with bit amount adjustment
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD17 citations83
US6047027AApr 4, 2000
Packetized data stream decoder using timing information extraction and insertion
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD16 citations77
US5394354AFeb 28, 1995
Semiconductor memory and its layout design
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD16 citations74
US6741651B1May 25, 2004
Variable-length encoder
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD7 citations73
US6137838AOct 24, 2000
Video encoding apparatus and method
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD13 citations73
US5714949AFeb 3, 1998
Priority encoder and variable length encoder using the same
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD10 citations73
US7113644B2Sep 26, 2006
Image coding apparatus and image coding method
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD2 citations62
US6950462B2Sep 27, 2005
Video encoding apparatus, video encoding method, and frame rate conversion apparatus
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD3 citations62
US7412154B2Aug 12, 2008
Digital motion picture decoding apparatus and digital motion picture decoding method
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD1 citations60
US6728475B2Apr 27, 2004
Digital motion picture decoding apparatus and digital motion picture decoding method
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD2 citations60
US7349476B2Mar 25, 2008
Digital motion picture decoding apparatus and digital motion picture decoding method
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD0 citations49