H04N 19/51
Motion estimation or motion compensation
H04N19/51 (Motion estimation or motion compensation) appears on 14,853 US grants and 17,514 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 14,853
- Published applications
- 17,514
- Assignees
- 1,451
- Inventors
- 9,079
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 35 | 0 |
| 1992 | 42 | 0 |
| 1993 | 50 | 0 |
| 1994 | 49 | 0 |
| 1995 | 87 | 0 |
| 1996 | 122 | 0 |
| 1997 | 138 | 0 |
| 1998 | 207 | 0 |
| 1999 | 175 | 0 |
| 2000 | 164 | 0 |
| 2001 | 153 | 73 |
| 2002 | 164 | 196 |
| 2003 | 170 | 282 |
| 2004 | 152 | 304 |
| 2005 | 162 | 437 |
| 2006 | 199 | 410 |
| 2007 | 182 | 520 |
| 2008 | 194 | 496 |
| 2009 | 172 | 593 |
| 2010 | 374 | 723 |
| 2011 | 345 | 402 |
| 2012 | 526 | 454 |
| 2013 | 505 | 643 |
| 2014 | 608 | 722 |
| 2015 | 539 | 862 |
| 2016 | 661 | 650 |
| 2017 | 720 | 618 |
| 2018 | 706 | 658 |
| 2019 | 697 | 757 |
| 2020 | 852 | 973 |
| 2021 | 790 | 1114 |
| 2022 | 891 | 1142 |
| 2023 | 979 | 1034 |
| 2024 | 1179 | 1348 |
| 2025 | 1078 | 1199 |
| 2026 | 699 | 904 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 19/513Processing of motion vectors7,900
- H04N 19/577Motion compensation with bidirectional frame interpolation, i.e. using b-pictures2,971
- H04N 19/573Motion compensation with multiple frame prediction using two or more reference frames2,033
- H04N 19/523With sub-pixel accuracy1,516
- H04N 19/537Motion estimation other than block-based1,433
- H04N 19/56Motion estimation with initialisation of the vector search1,213
- H04N 19/527Global motion vector estimation1,039
- H04N 19/58Motion compensation with long-term prediction, i.e. the reference frame for a current971
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- H04N 19/53Multi-resolution motion estimation709
- H04N 19/55Motion estimation with spatial constraints573
- H04N 19/57Motion estimation characterised by a search window with variable size or shape557
- H04N 19/567Motion estimation based on rate distortion criteria437
- H04N 19/533Motion estimation using multistep search398
- H04N 19/583Motion compensation with overlapping blocks320
- H04N 19/563Motion estimation with padding, i.e. with filling of non-object values in an312
- H04N 19/547Motion estimation performed in a transform domain276
- H04N 19/557Motion estimation characterised by stopping computation or iteration based on certain criteria134
- H04N 19/553Motion estimation dealing with occlusions119
Recent patents
- Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding program6 Oct 2026US 12,756,819 B2JVCKENWOOD Corporation
- Method and apparatus for reconstructing image using image partitioning with rotation information6 Oct 2026US 12,756,821 B2B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc.
- Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,756,822 B2Sun Patent Trust
- Predictive motion vector coding6 Oct 2026US 12,756,837 B2Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Video codec buffer quantity reduction6 Oct 2026US 12,756,839 B2Apple Inc.
- Video signal processing method and apparatus therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313117 A1Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc.
- Affine motion compensated temporal filter8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313150 A1InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for video coding8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313151 A1Mediatek Inc.
- Image encoding/decoding method and recording medium storing bitstream8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313152 A1Kt Corporation
- Method and apparatus of bi-directional optical flow displacement fusion for video coding8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313153 A1Mediatek Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Moving image compression quality enhancement using displacement filters with negative lobes497US 6,728,317 B1Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation · 2004
- Pixel interpolation filters for video decompression processor462US 5,638,128 AGeneral Instrument Corporation of Delaware · 1997
- Encoding/decoding moving images with forward and backward keyframes for forward and reverse display409US 5,267,334 AApple Computer, Inc. · 1993
- Method and apparatus for modifying encoded digital video for improved channel utilization405US 5,956,088 AImedia Corporation · 1999
- Adaptive coding and decoding of frames and fields of video387US 5,227,878 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1993