Inventor · disambiguated record

Toru Kumakura

Also filed as: KUMAKURA TORU

72 granted patents·17 pending applications·100 citations·filing 2006–2025

98Inventor score

Technology areasH04N G06T

Files withJVCKENWOOD CORP35 JVC KENWOOD CORP27 GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 112 GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE16 FUNAI ELECTRIC CO5

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89 records

0195US11856190B2Dynamic image decoding device, dynamic image decoding method, dynamic image decoding program, dynamic image encoding device, dynamic image encoding method, and dynamic image encoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 26, 2023·2 cites·7 claims
0294US9912963B2Picture decoding device, picture decoding method and picture decoding programJVC KENWOOD CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 6, 2018·8 cites·3 claims
0394US9807420B2Picture decoding device, picture decoding method and picture decoding programJVC KENWOOD CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 31, 2017·9 cites·3 claims
0493US9743101B1Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, and picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programJVC KENWOOD CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 22, 2017·6 cites·3 claims
0592US8149914B2Video-signal layered coding and decoding methods, apparatuses, and programsSHIMAUCHI KAZUHIRO·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 3, 2012·23 cites·6 claims
0690US11870998B2Video encoding device, video encoding method, video encoding program, video decoding device, video decoding method, and video decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 9, 2024·2 cites·6 claims
0790US9667977B2Picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programJVC KENWOOD CORP·Filed 2014·Granted May 30, 2017·6 cites·3 claims
0890US9204147B2Moving picture encoding device, moving picture encoding method and moving picture encoding program as well as moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method and moving picture decoding programJVC KENWOOD CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 1, 2015·7 cites·6 claims
0990US2025373840A1Picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding program with history-based candidate selectionGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
1088US9918100B2Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, and picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programJVC KENWOOD CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 13, 2018·3 cites·3 claims
1186US11516500B2Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 29, 2022·3 cites·6 claims
1286US11503283B2Dynamic image decoding device, dynamic image decoding method, dynamic image decoding program, dynamic image encoding device, dynamic image encoding method, and dynamic image encoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 15, 2022·2 cites·6 claims
1386US9667973B2Moving picture encoding device, moving picture encoding method and moving picture encoding program as well as moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method and moving picture decoding programJVC KENWOOD CORP·Filed 2016·Granted May 30, 2017·3 cites·3 claims
1486US7864219B2Video-signal layered coding and decoding methods, apparatuses, and programs with spatial-resolution enhancementVICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 4, 2011·10 cites·5 claims
1585US12425635B2Picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding program with history-based candidate selectionGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1·Filed 2024·Granted Sep 23, 2025·0 cites·7 claims
1685US7853088B2Moving-picture layered coding and decoding methods, apparatuses, and programsVICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 14, 2010·9 cites·10 claims
1784US11595680B2Picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding program with history-based candidate selectionGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 28, 2023·2 cites·6 claims
1884US2025337913A1Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method and picture decoding programGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
1981US12495140B2Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2024·Granted Dec 9, 2025·0 cites·8 claims
2081US12382058B2Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method and picture decoding programGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1·Filed 2024·Granted Aug 5, 2025·0 cites·7 claims
2181US9516318B2Moving picture encoding device, moving picture encoding method and moving picture encoding program as well as moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method and moving picture decoding programJVC KENWOOD CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 6, 2016·2 cites·3 claims
2280US2025088626A1Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
2379US12335475B2Picture encoding device, picture encoding method, and picture encoding program, and picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE1·Filed 2024·Granted Jun 17, 2025·0 cites·7 claims
2479US2025286999A1Picture encoding device, picture encoding method, and picture encoding program, and picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE1·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
2578US12192447B2Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 7, 2025·0 cites·8 claims
2678US10200686B2Picture coding device, picture coding method and picture coding program as well as picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programFUNAI ELECTRIC CO·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 5, 2019·1 cites·3 claims
2778US10063885B2Picture decoding device, picture decoding method and picture decoding programJVC KENWOOD CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 28, 2018·1 cites·3 claims
2877US12143572B2Device for deriving affine merge candidateJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 12, 2024·0 cites·8 claims
2977US12137212B2Device for deriving affine merge candidateJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 5, 2024·0 cites·8 claims
3077US12101471B2Dynamic image decoding device, dynamic image decoding method, dynamic image decoding program, dynamic image encoding device, dynamic image encoding method, and dynamic image encoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 24, 2024·0 cites·9 claims
3177US12088798B2Dynamic image decoding device, dynamic image decoding method, dynamic image decoding program, dynamic image encoding device, dynamic image encoding method, and dynamic image encoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 10, 2024·0 cites·9 claims
3277US12088818B2Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method and picture decoding programGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 10, 2024·0 cites·9 claims
3377US11979562B2Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2023·Granted May 7, 2024·0 cites·8 claims
3476US12137211B2Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 5, 2024·0 cites·8 claims
3576US9800890B2Moving picture encoding device, moving picture encoding method and moving picture encoding program as well as moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method and moving picture decoding programJVC KENWOOD CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 24, 2017·1 cites·3 claims
3676US2025310514A1Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
3774US12355945B2Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2024·Granted Jul 8, 2025·0 cites·8 claims
3874US11917133B2Device for deriving affine merge candidateJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 27, 2024·0 cites·7 claims
3974US11812029B2Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method and picture decoding programGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 7, 2023·0 cites·7 claims
4074US11785211B2Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 10, 2023·0 cites·7 claims
4174US2025119531A1Moving image encoding device, moving image encoding method, moving image encoding program, moving image decoding device, moving image decoding method, and moving image decoding programGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
4273US12003755B2Picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding program with history-based candidate selectionGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 4, 2024·0 cites·9 claims
4373US11973946B2Picture encoding device, picture encoding method, and picture encoding program, and picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE1·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 30, 2024·0 cites·9 claims
4473US2025168322A1Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
4573US2025159138A1Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
4673US2025159242A1Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
4773US2025159243A1Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
4873US2025159241A1Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
4971US11122284B2Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, and picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding programJVCKENWOOD CORP·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 14, 2021·0 cites·6 claims
5070US12212737B2Moving image encoding device, moving image encoding method, moving image encoding program, moving image decoding device, moving image decoding method, and moving image decoding programGODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 28, 2025·0 cites·9 claims

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