Inventor
SAUNDERS NICHOLAS IAN
GB64 patents
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SONY CORP
32 patentsUS9674531B2Jun 6, 2017
Data encoding and decoding
SONY CORP17 citations96
US6167085ADec 26, 2000
Image data compression
SONY CORP62 citations96
US6263114B1Jul 17, 2001
Apparatus and method for compressing image data by determining a quantization factor which provides more efficient use of an available bit rate
SONY CORP29 citations93
US5768431AJun 16, 1998
Video data compression
SONY CORP33 citations93
US10827169B2Nov 3, 2020
Method and apparatus for chrominance processing in video coding and decoding
SONY CORP5 citations92
US9948929B2Apr 17, 2018
Quantization for different color sampling schemes
SONY CORP11 citations92
US9826231B2Nov 21, 2017
Intra prediction mode derivation for chrominance values
SONY CORP12 citations92
US6373895B2Apr 16, 2002
Video data compression with trial encoder
SONY CORP43 citations92
US10244232B2Mar 26, 2019
Data encoding and decoding
SONY CORP2 citations84
US10097834B2Oct 9, 2018
Selection of the maximum dynamic range of transformed data and the data precision of transform matrices according to the bit depth of input data
SONY CORP6 citations84
US9693058B2Jun 27, 2017
Filtering of prediction units according to intra prediction direction
SONY CORP5 citations84
US9686547B2Jun 20, 2017
Mode-dependent coefficient scanning and directional transforms for different colour sampling formats
SONY CORP5 citations84
US5995149ANov 30, 1999
Image data compression
SONY CORP17 citations84
US5987183ANov 16, 1999
Image activity data compression and decompression method and apparatus
SONY CORP19 citations84
US11252402B2Feb 15, 2022
Mode-dependent coefficient scanning and directional transforms for different colour sampling formats
SONY CORP0 citations73
US11109019B2Aug 31, 2021
Data encoding and decoding
SONY CORP0 citations73
US10863176B2Dec 8, 2020
Intra encoding and decoding with variable intra prediction direction sets
SONY CORP2 citations73
US10841572B2Nov 17, 2020
Intra prediction mode derivation for chrominance values
SONY CORP1 citations73
US10097844B2Oct 9, 2018
Data encoding and decoding
SONY CORP5 citations73
US6028633AFeb 22, 2000
Video data compression with trial encoder
SONY CORP8 citations73
US5892545AApr 6, 1999
Video compression with code allocation based on image detail
SONY CORP8 citations73
US11463698B2Oct 4, 2022
Selection of the maximum dynamic range of transformed data and the data precision of transform matrices according to the bit depth of input data
SONY CORP0 citations63
US11039142B2Jun 15, 2021
Encoding and decoding of significant coefficients in dependence upon a parameter of the significant coefficients
SONY CORP0 citations63
US10674144B2Jun 2, 2020
Filtering of prediction units according to intra prediction direction
SONY CORP0 citations63
US10616572B2Apr 7, 2020
Quantization for different color sampling schemes
SONY CORP0 citations63
US10531083B2Jan 7, 2020
Intra prediction mode derivation for chrominance values
SONY CORP0 citations63
US10499052B2Dec 3, 2019
Data encoding and decoding
SONY CORP0 citations63
US10440358B2Oct 8, 2019
Data encoding and decoding
SONY CORP0 citations63
US10419750B2Sep 17, 2019
Filtering of prediction units according to intra prediction direction
SONY CORP0 citations63
US10291909B2May 14, 2019
Quantization for different color sampling schemes
SONY CORP0 citations63
US10205941B2Feb 12, 2019
Mode-dependent coefficient scanning and directional transforms for different colour sampling formats
SONY CORP0 citations63
US9686548B2Jun 20, 2017
Data encoding and decoding
SONY CORP1 citations63
SONY UK LTD
16 patentsUS6529555B1Mar 4, 2003
Signal processor
SONY UK LTD63 citations96
US6983015B1Jan 3, 2006
Signal processor
SONY UK LTD26 citations93
US6642967B1Nov 4, 2003
Video data formatting and storage employing data allocation to control transcoding to intermediate video signal
SONY UK LTD38 citations93
US6351226B1Feb 26, 2002
Block-by-block data compression with quantization control
SONY UK LTD48 citations93
US7227900B2Jun 5, 2007
Differential encoding
SONY UK LTD32 citations92
US6760377B1Jul 6, 2004
Signal processing
SONY UK LTD25 citations92
US6741747B1May 25, 2004
Data compression
SONY UK LTD21 citations92
US6567128B1May 20, 2003
Video signal processing in which first video information and additional video information are combined to produce frames that are encoded with different picture qualities for edge and non-edge regions
SONY UK LTD35 citations92
US7352811B2Apr 1, 2008
Data encoding apparatus and method
SONY UK LTD20 citations84
US6847681B2Jan 25, 2005
Data processing system and method of data processing
SONY UK LTD16 citations84
US6608866B1Aug 19, 2003
Digital video processing
SONY UK LTD19 citations84
US6993080B2Jan 31, 2006
Signal processing
SONY UK LTD9 citations74
US6812865B2Nov 2, 2004
Data compression
SONY UK LTD11 citations74
US6643325B2Nov 4, 2003
Video signal processing
SONY UK LTD8 citations73
US6415059B1Jul 2, 2002
Data compression
SONY UK LTD6 citations63
US8050252B2Nov 1, 2011
Packet-based video network indicating video signal synchronization and methodology thereof
SONY UK LTD2 citations62
SONY GROUP CORP
1 patentSHARMAN KARL
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