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H04N 19/00

Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals

Introduced: January 2014

Classification Context

Section:
ELECTRICITY
Class:
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Subclass:
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

Filing statistics

IPC H04N 19/00 belongs to the parent subclass H04N, which recorded 1,015,361 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 76,403 in 2013 to 85,701 in 2023 (+12%), peaking at 118,798 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class H04 are QUALCOMM (97,396 applications), HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY (96,502 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (86,981 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

BANDWIDTH reduction for television signal transmission

15 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • H04N 19/4 using video transcoding, i.e. partial or full decoding of a coded input stream followed by re-encoding of the decoded output stream
  • H04N 19/44 Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/48 using compressed domain processing techniques other than decoding, e.g. modification of transform coefficients, variable length coding [VLC] data or run-length data
  • H04N 19/7 characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. QUALCOMM US 97,396
  2. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
  5. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
  6. LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
  7. CANON 33,341
  8. SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
  9. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327