Inventor
Nicholas Ian Saunders
Inventor
Basingstoke, GB
Overview
Patents· 64 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
H04Nprimary
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television85%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general4%
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer4%
H03MCoding4%
H04BTransmission1%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication1%
PatentTitleYear
11,109,019Data encoding and decoding202111,039,142Encoding and decoding of significant coefficients in dependence upon a parameter of the significant coefficients202110,863,176Intra encoding and decoding with variable intra prediction direction sets202010,841,572Intra prediction mode derivation for chrominance values202010,827,169Method and apparatus for chrominance processing in video coding and decoding202010,674,147Image data encoding and decoding202010,674,144Filtering of prediction units according to intra prediction direction202010,616,572Quantization for different color sampling schemes202010,531,083Intra prediction mode derivation for chrominance values202010,499,052Data encoding and decoding201910,440,358Data encoding and decoding201910,419,750Filtering of prediction units according to intra prediction direction201910,382,752Image processing device and method201910,291,909Quantization for different color sampling schemes201910,244,232Data encoding and decoding201910,205,941Mode-dependent coefficient scanning and directional transforms for different colour sampling formats201910,136,136Encoding and decoding of significant coefficients in dependence upon a parameter of the significant coefficients201810,097,834Selection of the maximum dynamic range of transformed data and the data precision of transform matrices according to the bit depth of input data201810,097,844Data encoding and decoding20189,948,929Quantization for different color sampling schemes20189,826,231'Intra prediction mode derivation for chrominance values'20179,693,058'Filtering of prediction units according to intra prediction direction'20179,686,547'Mode-dependent coefficient scanning and directional transforms for different colour sampling formats'20179,686,548'Data encoding and decoding'20179,674,531'Data encoding and decoding'20178,743,281'Alias avoidance in image processing'20148,730,359'Image processing'20148,532,177'Motion adaptive image processing'20138,243,196'Motion adaptive image processing'20128,212,920'Apparatus and method of motion adaptive image processing'20128,086,075'Motion adaptive image processing'20118,055,094'Apparatus and method of motion adaptive image processing'20118,050,252'Packet-based video network indicating video signal synchronization and methodology thereof'20117,490,123'Data compression'20097,352,811'Data encoding apparatus and method'20087,227,900'Differential encoding'20076,993,080'Signal processing'20066,983,015'Signal processor'20066,847,681'Data processing system and method of data processing'20056,812,865'Data compression'20046,760,377'Signal processing'20046,757,333'Video signal processing'20046,741,747'Data compression'20046,724,436'Video signal processing'20046,683,910'Video data compression'20046,642,967'Video data formatting and storage employing data allocation to control transcoding to intermediate video signal'20036,643,325'Video signal processing'20036,608,866'Digital video processing'20036,570,923'Video signal processing'20036,567,128'Video signal processing in which first video information and additional video information are combined to produce frames that are encoded with different picture qualities for edge and non-edge regions'20036,529,555'Signal processor'20036,415,059'Data compression'20026,373,895'Video data compression with trial encoder'20026,351,226'Block-by-block data compression with quantization control'20026,263,114'Apparatus and method for compressing image data by determining a quantization factor which provides more efficient use of an available bit rate'20016,167,085'Image data compression'20006,028,633'Video data compression with trial encoder'20005,995,149'Image data compression'19995,987,183'Image activity data compression and decompression method and apparatus'19995,892,545'Video compression with code allocation based on image detail'19995,768,431'Video data compression'19985,363,146'Motion compensated image processing'19945,347,312'Motion compensated video signal processing'19945,208,667'Motion compensated video standards converter and method of deriving motion vectors'1993Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1993–2021Based in Basingstoke, GB· patent location history
1994–2014Patents assigned to SONY UK LTD (37)· patent assignee history
1998–2021Patents assigned to SONY CORP (34)· patent assignee history
2004Based in Basingsoke, GB· patent location history
2011–2014Patents assigned to SAUNDERS NICHOLAS IAN (6)· patent assignee history
2011–2014Patents assigned to BURNS JAMES EDWARD (5)· patent assignee history
2011–2014Patents assigned to SHARMAN KARL JAMES (5)· patent assignee history
2018Based in Hampshire, GB· patent location history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| SONY UK LTD | 37 | 1994–2014 |
| SONY CORP | 34 | 1998–2021 |
| SAUNDERS NICHOLAS IANself | 6 | 2011–2014 |
| BURNS JAMES EDWARD | 5 | 2011–2014 |
| SHARMAN KARL JAMES | 5 | 2011–2014 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke, GB | 62 | 1993–2021 |
| Hampshire, GB | 1 | 2018 |
| Basingsoke, GB | 1 | 2004 |