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Akihiro Watabe
Also filed as: WATABE AKIHIRO
20 granted patents·12 pending applications·264 citations·filing 1993–2011
95Inventor score
Files withMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD19PANASONIC CORP4WATABE AKIHIRO3MIYAGOSHI EIJI2FUKUYAMA MASAYUKI1
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32 records- 0179US6580755B1Apparatus and method for encodingMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 17, 2003·28 cites·11 claims
- 0277US7359615B2Method and device for ensuring storage time for digital broadcastMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 15, 2008·13 cites·27 claims
- 0367US6064803AImage information decoder with a reduced capacity frame memoryMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1996·Granted May 16, 2000·44 cites·12 claims
- 0466US7940799B2Code conversion method and device thereofPANASONIC CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 10, 2011·8 cites·11 claims
- 0562US6393204B2Digital motion picture decoding apparatus and digital motion picture decoding methodMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted May 21, 2002·21 cites·8 claims
- 0662US6330365B1Decoding method and apparatus using bitstreams and a hierarchical structureMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 11, 2001·25 cites·11 claims
- 0760US6356317B1Image processorMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 12, 2002·23 cites·12 claims
- 0857US7739437B2Access arbiter and arbitrable condition verification devicePANASONIC CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 15, 2010·2 cites·8 claims
- 0957US6950462B2Video encoding apparatus, video encoding method, and frame rate conversion apparatusMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 27, 2005·3 cites·5 claims
- 1056US6728475B2Digital motion picture decoding apparatus and digital motion picture decoding methodMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 27, 2004·2 cites·14 claims
- 1156US6047027APacketized data stream decoder using timing information extraction and insertionMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 4, 2000·16 cites·4 claims
- 1255US7113644B2Image coding apparatus and image coding methodMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 26, 2006·2 cites·13 claims
- 1355US5394354ASemiconductor memory and its layout designMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 28, 1995·16 cites·8 claims
- 1455US2008163327A1Method and device for ensuring storage time for digital broadcastMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 1554US6549671B1Picture data encoding apparatus with bit amount adjustmentMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 15, 2003·17 cites·14 claims
- 1653US7412154B2Digital motion picture decoding apparatus and digital motion picture decoding methodMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 12, 2008·1 cites·122 claims
- 1749US7349476B2Digital motion picture decoding apparatus and digital motion picture decoding methodMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 25, 2008·0 cites·65 claims
- 1849US2009052873A1Recording/playback terminalMIYAGOSHI EIJI·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 1948US6996122B1Method and apparatus for decodingMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 7, 2006·13 cites·6 claims
- 2048US6137838AVideo encoding apparatus and methodMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 24, 2000·13 cites·10 claims
- 2148US2008145017A1Audio visual data recording/reproducing deviceMIYAGOSHI EIJI·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2248US2009109810A1Recording/reproduction apparatusFUKUYAMA MASAYUKI·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2347US2009097372A1Content data recording/reproducing deviceWATABE AKIHIRO·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2445US2008163295A1Content providing device and image outputting deviceWATABE AKIHIRO·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2545US2009129759A1Format Converter, Format Conversion Method and Moving Picture Decoding SystemMIZUGUCHI NOBORU·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2643US5714949APriority encoder and variable length encoder using the sameMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 3, 1998·10 cites·17 claims
- 2742US2008320046A1Video data management apparatusWATABE AKIHIRO·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2841US2002196855A1DVMPEG converterMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 2941US2011050963A1Image capturing apparatus and image encoding apparatusPANASONIC CORP·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 3040US6741651B1Variable-length encoderMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1999·Granted May 25, 2004·7 cites·7 claims
- 3140US2004247032A1Motion vector detection device and motion vector detection methodFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 3240US2011147472A1Removable medium and medium management devicePANASONIC CORP·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
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