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Michael J. Hess

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523
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208
Pending Applications
116
Abandoned Applications
226

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18/570287
VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREIN Sep 14, 2022 Pending
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18/570287
VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREIN Sep 14, 2022 Pending
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17/945352
Three-dimensional data encoding method, three-dimensional data decoding method, three-dimensional data encoding device, and three-dimensional data decoding device Sep 14, 2022 Issued
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18/570287
VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREIN Sep 14, 2022 Pending
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17/942845
Adaptive loop filtering Sep 11, 2022 Issued
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18/689066
METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL BY USING LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION (LIC) MODE, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Sep 4, 2022 Pending
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18/689407
CHROMA PREDICTION FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING BASED ON TEMPLATE MATCHING Aug 28, 2022 Pending
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17/892363
Combined motion vector and reference index prediction for video coding Aug 21, 2022 Issued
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17/891057
Lossless image compression using block based prediction and optimized context adaptive entropy coding Aug 17, 2022 Issued
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17/888943
Image processing apparatus and method for curbing deterioration in coding efficiency Aug 15, 2022 Issued
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17/885553
Imaging apparatus Aug 10, 2022 Issued
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17/882359
Palette mode for local dual tree Aug 4, 2022 Issued
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17/873506
Video signal processing method and device for performing intra-prediction for an encoding/decoding target block Jul 25, 2022 Issued
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17/854540
Transform-based image coding method, and device for same Jun 29, 2022 Issued
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17/842025
Joint use of adaptive colour transform and differential coding of video Jun 15, 2022 Issued
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17/805793
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING VIDEO DATA IN TRANSFORM-SKIP MODE Jun 6, 2022 Pending
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18/568155
CODING OF LAST SIGNIFICANT COEFFICIENT IN A BLOCK OF A PICTURE May 22, 2022 Pending
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18/562257
Method, device, and medium for video processing May 18, 2022 Issued
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18/561690
METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING May 16, 2022 Pending
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17/730758
TRANSFORM-BASED IMAGE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Apr 26, 2022 Abandoned
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