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Heiner Kirchhoffer
Also filed as: KIRCHHOFFER HEINER
162 granted patents·47 pending applications·725 citations·filing 2007–2025
99Inventor score
Files withGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC145FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG49DOLBY VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC13WIEGAND THOMAS2
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209 records- 0199US11102518B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 24, 2021·21 cites·30 claims
- 0299US10893301B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 12, 2021·21 cites·30 claims
- 0399US10764608B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 1, 2020·38 cites·30 claims
- 0499US10721495B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 21, 2020·21 cites·30 claims
- 0599US10708628B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 7, 2020·24 cites·30 claims
- 0699US10687086B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 16, 2020·38 cites·30 claims
- 0799US10681390B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 9, 2020·38 cites·30 claims
- 0899US10250913B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 2, 2019·39 cites·16 claims
- 0999US9596488B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 14, 2017·38 cites·18 claims
- 1099US9591335B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 7, 2017·42 cites·15 claims
- 1198US10855990B2Inter-plane predictionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 1, 2020·26 cites·32 claims
- 1298US10848767B2Inter-plane predictionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 24, 2020·19 cites·19 claims
- 1398US10771822B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 8, 2020·38 cites·65 claims
- 1498US9455744B2Context initialization in entropy codingGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 27, 2016·65 cites·32 claims
- 1598US8907823B2Entropy codingFRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 9, 2014·52 cites·70 claims
- 1697US11736738B2Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using subdivisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 22, 2023·2 cites·4 claims
- 1797US10630988B2Entropy coding of motion vector differencesGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 21, 2020·10 cites·20 claims
- 1897US10477210B2Scalable video coding using inter-layer prediction contribution to enhancement layer predictionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 12, 2019·16 cites·19 claims
- 1997US10212419B2Scalable video coding using derivation of subblock subdivision for prediction from base layerGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 19, 2019·15 cites·23 claims
- 2097US9930371B2Entropy coding of motion vector differencesGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 27, 2018·10 cites·28 claims
- 2196US11765363B2Inter-plane reuse of coding parametersGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 19, 2023·3 cites·30 claims
- 2296US11134255B2Scalable video coding using inter-layer prediction contribution to enhancement layer predictionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 28, 2021·8 cites·20 claims
- 2396US8947273B2Entropy codingFRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 3, 2015·34 cites·45 claims
- 2495US11856240B1Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-divisionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 26, 2023·1 cites·25 claims
- 2594US12120316B2Inter-plane predictionGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Oct 15, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 2694US11128875B2Coding of significance maps and transform coefficient blocksGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 21, 2021·2 cites·30 claims
- 2794US10855999B2Coding of significance maps and transform coefficient blocksGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 1, 2020·4 cites·30 claims
- 2894US9930368B2Coding concept allowing parallel processing, transport demultiplexer and video bitstreamGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 27, 2018·12 cites·11 claims
- 2994US9596469B2Sample array coding for low-delayGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 14, 2017·10 cites·14 claims
- 3093US10212420B2Scalable video coding using inter-layer prediction of spatial intra prediction parametersGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 19, 2019·6 cites·16 claims
- 3193US9473170B2Entropy coding of motion vector differencesGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 18, 2016·6 cites·31 claims
- 3293US2025385688A1Apparatuses for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values, methods for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values and computer program for implementing these methodsFRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3393US2025385689A1Apparatuses for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values, methods for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values and computer program for implementing these methodsFRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3493US2025385691A1Apparatuses for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values, methods for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values and computer program for implementing these methodsFRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3593US2025385690A1Apparatuses for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values, methods for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values and computer program for implementing these methodsFRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3693US2025385692A1Apparatuses for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values, methods for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values and computer program for implementing these methodsFRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3792US12431916B2Apparatuses for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values, methods for encoding and decoding a sequence of integer values and computer program for implementing these methodsFRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 30, 2025·1 cites·32 claims
- 3892US9788009B2Picture coding supporting block merging and skip modeGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 10, 2017·5 cites·17 claims
- 3991US11277614B2Entropy coding supporting mode switchingGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 15, 2022·2 cites·24 claims
- 4091US10873766B2Coding concept allowing parallel processing, transport demultiplexer and video bitstreamGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 22, 2020·4 cites·26 claims
- 4191US10694182B2Scalable video coding using base-layer hints for enhancement layer motion parametersGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 23, 2020·4 cites·10 claims
- 4290US11589062B2Scalable video coding using subblock-based coding of transform coefficient blocks in the enhancement layerGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 21, 2023·2 cites·17 claims
- 4390US10771800B2Sample array coding for low-delayGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 8, 2020·2 cites·30 claims
- 4490US10440364B2Context initialization in entropy codingGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 8, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 4590US2025330644A1Transform coefficient codingDOLBY VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4689US10681348B2Scalable video coding using inter-layer prediction of spatial intra prediction parametersGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 9, 2020·2 cites·16 claims
- 4789US10027976B2Picture coding supporting block merging and skip modeGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 17, 2018·3 cites·26 claims
- 4889US9918090B2Entropy coding supporting mode switchingGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 13, 2018·3 cites·24 claims
- 4989US9743090B2Entropy coding of motion vector differencesGE VIDEO COMPRESSION LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 22, 2017·2 cites·30 claims
- 5089US9113167B2Coding a video signal based on a transform coefficient for each scan position determined by summing contribution values across quality layersWIEGAND THOMAS·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 18, 2015·11 cites·19 claims
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