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Alison T. Slater

Examiner (ID: 2627, Phone: (571)270-0375 , Office: P/2487 )

Most Active Art Unit
2487
Art Unit(s)
2487, 2615, 2647
Total Applications
371
Issued Applications
257
Pending Applications
23
Abandoned Applications
96

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/925169
Video encoding method, video decoding method and apparatus using same Mar 18, 2018 Issued
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15/915018
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Mar 6, 2018 Abandoned
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15/913878
Systems and methods for improved focus tracking using a hybrid mode light source Mar 5, 2018 Issued
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15/913362
3D reconstruction apparatus and method including material appearance modeling Mar 5, 2018 Issued
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16/475538
Method and device for processing video signal by means of affine prediction Jan 2, 2018 Issued
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15/860412
Video encoding and decoding method and apparatus using same Jan 1, 2018 Issued
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15/857379
Motion vector generation for affine motion model for video coding Dec 27, 2017 Issued
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15/855824
Coding tools for subjective quality improvements in video codecs Dec 26, 2017 Issued
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15/846295
Warped reference motion vectors for video compression Dec 18, 2017 Issued
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15/844894
Directional deblocking filter Dec 17, 2017 Issued
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15/842182
Methods and systems for controlling extent of light encountered by an image capture device of a self-driving vehicle Dec 13, 2017 Issued
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16/492948
Control device, endoscope system, processing method, and program Dec 10, 2017 Issued
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15/832204
Calibrating panoramic imaging system in multiple dimensions Dec 4, 2017 Issued
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15/832066
Distance sensor projecting parallel patterns Dec 4, 2017 Issued
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16/346600
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD DATA OF A FIELD TO BE SURVEYED Nov 1, 2017 Abandoned
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15/798495
Refined entropy coding for level maps Oct 30, 2017 Issued
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15/796313
Noise level control in video coding Oct 26, 2017 Issued
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16/343164
Apparatus and method for encoding or decoding video Oct 16, 2017 Issued
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16/342608
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIDEO ENCODING OR DECODING Oct 16, 2017 Abandoned
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15/783970
IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM; AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Oct 12, 2017 Abandoned
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