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Lynette F. Smith

Examiner (ID: 10689)

Most Active Art Unit
1813
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1648, 1645, 1813, 1649, 1661, 1806
Total Applications
356
Issued Applications
174
Pending Applications
30
Abandoned Applications
152

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/073597
Method, an image processing device for dividing an array of pixels into slices and tiles, and a system for encoding the slices and tiles into a video stream Dec 1, 2022 Issued
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18/072395
Planar prediction mode Nov 29, 2022 Issued
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17/989016
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE USING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION Nov 16, 2022 Abandoned
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17/984948
Decoder-side motion vector refinement and bi-directional optical flow in subblock-based temporal motion vector prediction (SBTMVP) Nov 9, 2022 Issued
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18/053494
Method and apparatus for adaptive multi-hypothesis probability model for arithmetic coding Nov 7, 2022 Issued
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17/981056
Method and device for generating a panoramic image Nov 3, 2022 Issued
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17/981114
Reusing reference sample memory based on flexible partition type Nov 3, 2022 Issued
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18/050460
Deriving affine merge candidates when neighboring blocks are outside of current coding unit Oct 26, 2022 Issued
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17/973678
Wireless Vehicular Security Camera System Oct 25, 2022 Abandoned
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17/971886
Method and apparatus for video encoding and decoding based on adaptive coefficient group Oct 23, 2022 Issued
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17/970027
Transform in intra prediction-based image coding Oct 19, 2022 Issued
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17/968219
Picture encoding device, picture encoding method, and picture encoding program, and picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding program Oct 17, 2022 Issued
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17/963446
Transform for matrix-based intra-prediction in image coding Oct 10, 2022 Issued
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17/960260
Systems and methods for coding transform coefficient level values Oct 4, 2022 Issued
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17/955734
Frame selection for streaming applications Sep 28, 2022 Issued
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17/954861
Picture processing method and apparatus Sep 27, 2022 Issued
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17/947479
Systems and methods for performing binary arithmetic coding in video coding Sep 18, 2022 Issued
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17/933318
Adaptive determination of multiple transform candidates for video coding Sep 18, 2022 Issued
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18/682453
Image processing apparatus and method Sep 13, 2022 Issued
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17/944742
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TRAFFIC ANOMALY, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Sep 13, 2022 Abandoned
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