Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Ajay Luthra

181Patents
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57Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 5, 1983 → Jun 4, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5991447A Prediction and coding of bi-directionally predicted video object planes for interlaced digital video Electricity 310 Expired
US6057884A Temporal and spatial scaleable coding for video object planes Electricity 296 Expired
US6005980A Motion estimation and compensation of video object planes for interlaced digital video Electricity 236 Expired
US6980596B2 Macroblock level adaptive frame/field coding for digital video content Electricity 215 Expired
US6167084A Dynamic bit allocation for statistical multiplexing of compressed and uncompressed digital video signals Electricity 203 Expired
US5974184A Intra-macroblock DC and AC coefficient prediction for interlaced digital video Electricity 193 Expired
US6026195A Motion estimation and compensation of video object planes for interlaced digital video Electricity 188 Expired
US6259741A Method of architecture for converting MPEG-2 4:2:2-profile bitstreams into main-profile bitstreams Electricity 125 Expired
US6434197B1 Multi-functional transcoder for compressed bit streams Electricity 117 Expired
US6441754B1 Apparatus and methods for transcoder-based adaptive quantization Electricity 112 Expired
US6570922B1 Rate control for an MPEG transcoder without a priori knowledge of picture type Electricity 101 Expired
US5228098A Adaptive spatio-temporal compression/decompression of video image signals Electricity 95 Expired
USRE38563E1 Prediction and coding of bi-directionally predicted video object planes for interlaced digital video General 86 Expired
US4604697A Body imaging using vectorial addition of acoustic reflection to achieve effect of scanning beam continuously focused in range Physics 81 Expired
US6580754B1 Video compression for multicast environments using spatial scalability and simulcast coding Electricity 76 Expired
US6096798A Non-thrombogenic and anti-thrombogenic polymers Chemistry; Metallurgy 55 Expired
US6406687B1 Non-thrombogenic and anti-thrombogenic polymers Chemistry; Metallurgy 43 Expired
US5274372A Sampling rate conversion using polyphase filters with interpolation Electricity 43 Expired
US6987888B2 Frequency coefficient scanning paths for coding digital video content Electricity 38 Expired
US6287707A Biocompatible lubricious hydrophilic materials for medical devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US7177475B2 Frequency coefficient scanning paths for coding digital video content Electricity 35 Active
US6925501B2 Multi-rate transcoder for digital streams Electricity 31 Expired
US6847656B1 Statistical remultiplexing with bandwidth allocation among different transcoding channels Electricity 28 Expired
US9420023B2 Managing adaptive streaming of data via a communication connection Electricity 28 Active
US5200749A Format converter architecture Electricity 24 Expired

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