Christopher Andrew Segall

Title: Christopher Andrew Segall: Video-Coding Inventor

Introduction

Christopher Andrew Segall is an inventor based in Vancouver, Washington. His work includes inventions related to video processing and compression. He is associated with Sharp Corporation and holds 3 patents.

Latest Patents

Segall’s recent patent work addresses techniques for processing and compressing video data.

“Systems and Methods for Applying Deblocking Filters to Reconstructed Video Data” describes applying multiple passes of a deblocking filter to samples in adjacent reconstructed video blocks. The number of processing or construction operations for each sample may depend on the pass’s index or order.

“Systems and Methods for Compression of Feature Data Using Joint Coding in Coding of Multi-Dimensional Data” describes generating feature data for video pictures, concatenating that data across channels, reducing the channel count, and encoding the resulting data into a bitstream.

Career Highlights

Segall’s listed inventions focus on video-coding methods, including reconstructed-image filtering and efficient compression of multidimensional feature data. These approaches address different stages of video processing, from improving reconstructed blocks to preparing feature data for encoding.

Collaborations

Segall’s listed coworkers include Frank Bossen and Kiran Mukesh Misra. His company affiliation is Sharp Corporation.

Conclusion

Christopher Andrew Segall’s patent work reflects contributions to video filtering and feature-data compression, with a focus on methods that support the processing and encoding of video.