Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Yoshihiro Kikuchi

275Patents
33h-index
45Co-inventors
90Inventor score

Filing activity: May 29, 1992 → Dec 24, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5317397A Predictive coding using spatial-temporal filtering and plural motion vectors Electricity 235 Expired
US7023914B2 Video encoding apparatus and method Electricity 191 Expired
US6104754A Moving picture coding and/or decoding systems, and variable-length coding and/or decoding system Electricity 174 Expired
US6002802A Video encoding and decoding apparatus Electricity 163 Expired
US5467136A Video decoder for determining a motion vector from a scaled vector and a difference vector Electricity 158 Expired
US5731840A Video coding/decoding apparatus which transmits different accuracy prediction levels Electricity 149 Expired
US6317461A Moving picture coding and/or decoding systems, and variable-length coding and/or decoding system Electricity 114 Expired
US5852469A Moving picture coding and/or decoding systems, and variable-length coding and/or decoding system Electricity 110 Expired
US6122318A Video encoding apparatus and video decoding apparatus Electricity 106 Expired
US5436665A Motion picture coding apparatus Electricity 104 Expired
US5424779A Video coding apparatus Electricity 99 Expired
US7680184B2 Video encoding/decoding method and apparatus Electricity 94 Active
US5677735A Motion picture coding apparatus Electricity 91 Expired
US5647049A Video recording/reproducing apparatus which uses a differential motion vector determined using two other motion vectors Electricity 88 Expired
US6052150A Video data signal including a code string having a plurality of components which are arranged in a descending order of importance Electricity 86 Expired
US5485399A Spectacle lens supply method Physics 78 Expired
US5418570A Motion picture coding apparatus Electricity 74 Expired
US7450643B2 Video encoding/decoding method and apparatus Electricity 74 Active
US7242716B2 Video encoding method and apparatus and video decoding method and apparatus Electricity 67 Expired
US6064776A Image processing apparatus Electricity 64 Expired
US6310897A Information transmitting method, encoder/decoder of information transmitting system using the method, and encoding multiplexer/decoding inverse multiplexer Electricity 60 Expired
US6452579B1 Display apparatus Physics 46 Expired
US7010032B1 Moving image coding apparatus and decoding apparatus Electricity 45 Expired
US8130839B2 Information processing apparatus with video encoding process control based on detected load Electricity 42 Active
US5978514A Image data coding and decoding system for efficiently compressing information using the shape and position of the image content Electricity 39 Expired

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