Inventor · Alresford, GB

Michael John Ludgate

18Patents
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18Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 17, 1991 → Oct 15, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5384869A Image processing apparatus Electricity 108 Expired
US5757973A Compression of image data seperated into frequency component data in a two dimensional spatial frequency domain Electricity 51 Expired
US6373895B1 Video data compression with trial encoder Electricity 35 Expired
US5543861A Multichannel video data storage including buffers for reading data at fast rates and supplying data at slower rates Electricity 24 Expired
US5404166A Variable-length to fixed-length data word reformatting apparatus Electricity 22 Expired
USD436959S Storage device enclosure General 15 Expired
US5506687A Digital signal recording and/or reproducing apparatus that evenly distributes field data across tracks Electricity 11 Expired
US5842171A Audio signal processor Electricity 10 Expired
US6044431A Data buffer using dummy data Physics 10 Expired
US5684896A Data compression Electricity 8 Expired
US5926612A Apparatus for recording data with a multi-level arrangement of error correction coding Electricity 6 Expired
US6133956A Dual standard video signals processor Electricity 5 Expired
US5892545A Video compression with code allocation based on image detail Electricity 5 Expired
US6124894A Audio signal processor Electricity 4 Expired
US6028633A Video data compression with trial encoder Electricity 3 Expired
US10645131B2 Seamless switching between multicast video streams Electricity 1 Active
US9942291B2 Seamless switching between multicast video streams Electricity 1 Active
US10135891B2 Seamless switching between multicast video streams Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.