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Lihua Zhu

Also filed as: ZHU LIHUA

59 granted patents·27 pending applications·310 citations·filing 2003–2025

98Inventor score

Technology areasH04N G06T H04L G06V G09G

Files withMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC53 MICROSOFT CORP9 INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS INC6 ZHU LIHUA6 THOMSON LICENSING5

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86 records

0199US10313698B2Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 4, 2019·31 cites·24 claims
0298US11665362B2Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted May 30, 2023·5 cites·20 claims
0397US11979600B2Encoder-side search ranges having horizontal bias or vertical biasMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2023·Granted May 7, 2024·3 cites·20 claims
0497US11910005B2Block vector prediction in video and image coding/decodingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 20, 2024·5 cites·20 claims
0597US11665361B2Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted May 30, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
0697US11595679B1Encoder-side search ranges having horizontal bias or vertical biasMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 28, 2023·3 cites·20 claims
0797US11451813B2Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 20, 2022·3 cites·20 claims
0897US10469863B2Block vector prediction in video and image coding/decodingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 5, 2019·52 cites·22 claims
0996US11979601B2Encoder-side search ranges having horizontal bias or vertical biasMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2023·Granted May 7, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
1096US11388433B2Block vector prediction in video and image coding/decodingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 12, 2022·13 cites·20 claims
1196US11284103B2Intra block copy prediction with asymmetric partitions and encoder-side search patterns, search ranges and approaches to partitioningMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 22, 2022·15 cites·19 claims
1296US9749646B2Encoding/decoding of high chroma resolution detailsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 29, 2017·27 cites·20 claims
1395US11943464B2Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Mar 26, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
1495US11943463B2Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Mar 26, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
1594US10390034B2Innovations in block vector prediction and estimation of reconstructed sample values within an overlap areaMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 20, 2019·17 cites·20 claims
1692US11070832B2Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 20, 2021·3 cites·20 claims
1792US10205966B2Syntax structures indicating completion of coded regionsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 12, 2019·6 cites·23 claims
1892US9179157B2Hypothetical reference decoder for scalable video codingZHU LIHUA·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 3, 2015·21 cites·11 claims
1991US8817179B2Chroma frame conversion for the video codecMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 26, 2014·12 cites·21 claims
2089US2025324079A1Encoder-side search ranges having horizontal bias or vertical biasMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
2189US2025324078A1Encoder-side search ranges having horizontal bias or vertical biasMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
2289US2025324080A1Encoder-side search ranges having horizontal bias or vertical biasMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
2387US12348756B2Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Jul 1, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
2487US12273551B2Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Apr 8, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
2587US12273550B2Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Apr 8, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
2687US9661341B2Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2013·Granted May 23, 2017·3 cites·25 claims
2786US12375711B2Encoder-side search ranges having horizontal bias or vertical biasMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Jul 29, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
2886US10390039B2Motion estimation for screen remoting scenariosMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 20, 2019·5 cites·40 claims
2985US9979960B2Frame packing and unpacking between frames of chroma sampling formats with different chroma resolutionsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2013·Granted May 22, 2018·5 cites·29 claims
3085US7646817B2Accelerating video decoding using a graphics processing unitMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 12, 2010·28 cites·39 claims
3185US2025106415A1Methods and apparatus for video usability information (vui) for scalable video coding (svc)INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
3283US12206871B2Methods and apparatus for video usability information (VUI) for scalable video coding (SVC)INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 21, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
3383US9854201B2Dynamically updating quality to higher chroma sampling rateMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 26, 2017·4 cites·24 claims
3483US2025227282A1Intra block copy prediction with asymmetric partitions and encoder-side search patterns, search ranges and approaches to partitioningMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
3583US2025227284A1Intra block copy prediction with asymmetric partitions and encoder-side search patterns, search ranges and approaches to partitioningMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
3683US2025227283A1Intra block copy prediction with asymmetric partitions and encoder-side search patterns, search ranges and approaches to partitioningMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
3783US2025227285A1Intra block copy prediction with asymmetric partitions and encoder-side search patterns, search ranges and approaches to partitioningMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
3882US11095877B2Local hash-based motion estimation for screen remoting scenariosMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 17, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
3982US9704066B2Multi-stage image classificationMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 11, 2017·5 cites·17 claims
4081US12413771B2Block vector prediction in video and image coding/decodingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Sep 9, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
4180US9800898B2Syntax structures indicating completion of coded regionsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 24, 2017·2 cites·22 claims
4280US2025159229A1Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
4380US2025168383A1Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
4480US2025159227A1Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
4580US2025159228A1Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
4679US9762912B2Gradual updating using transform coefficients for encoding and decodingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 12, 2017·4 cites·16 claims
4779US2025227287A1Block vector prediction in video and image coding/decodingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
4879US2025227286A1Block vector prediction in video and image coding/decodingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
4978US10044974B2Dynamically updating quality to higher chroma sampling rateMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 7, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
5078US8335394B2Image processing method for boundary resolution enhancementZHU LIHUA·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 18, 2012·6 cites·16 claims

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