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Holly C. Rickman

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Most Active Art Unit
1773
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1773, 1794, 1316, 1785
Total Applications
1337
Issued Applications
965
Pending Applications
66
Abandoned Applications
314

Applications

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17/579518
Image capturing device, biological information acquisition device, and image capturing method Jan 18, 2022 Issued
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17/574788
Image display apparatus, image display method, and image display program Jan 12, 2022 Issued
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17/573020
Image encoding method and image decoding method Jan 10, 2022 Issued
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17/571040
Video encoding method, video decoding method, and apparatus using same Jan 6, 2022 Issued
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17/566902
Luma mapping-based video or image coding Dec 30, 2021 Issued
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17/562206
Reference picture signaling Dec 26, 2021 Issued
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17/645608
Device and method for computing position of integer grid reference sample for block level boundary sample gradient computation Dec 21, 2021 Issued
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18/257550
POLARIZATION-BASED LIGHT EMISSION AND DETECTION IN A LIDAR SYSTEM Dec 16, 2021 Pending
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17/644062
Information processing method and device, apparatus, and storage medium Dec 12, 2021 Issued
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17/643522
Processing method for motion compensation, encoder, and decoder Dec 8, 2021 Issued
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17/457062
Enhanced real-time visual quality metric generation for video coding Nov 30, 2021 Issued
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18/035786
VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY DETERMINING CHROMA INTRA DIRECTIONAL PREDICTION MODE Nov 15, 2021 Pending
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17/525745
Rounding in pairwise average candidate calculations Nov 11, 2021 Issued
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17/518923
Encoder, a decoder and corresponding methods using an adaptive loop filter Nov 3, 2021 Issued
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17/453217
Methods and apparatus for maximizing codec bandwidth in video applications Nov 1, 2021 Issued
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17/500376
Methods and apparatuses for video coding Oct 12, 2021 Issued
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17/488179
Using neural network filtering in video coding Sep 27, 2021 Issued
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17/483820
Method and system for blending images captured under different strobe conditions Sep 23, 2021 Issued
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17/448060
Vehicular camera system with forward viewing camera Sep 19, 2021 Issued
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17/474919
Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction, and method for transmitting bitstream Sep 13, 2021 Issued
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