Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Alpha Hou

17Patents
9h-index
9Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 30, 1997 → Feb 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6054707A Portable scanners capable of scanning both opaque and transparent materials Electricity 27 Expired
US6459506B1 Lightweight dual-mode mobile scanner powered from a universal serial bus port Electricity 26 Expired
US6587145B1 Image sensors generating digital signals from light integration processes Electricity 24 Expired
US6249618A Circuit architecture and method for switching sensor resolution Electricity 21 Expired
US6271939A Transparent and flatbed scanner Electricity 19 Expired
US6546152B1 Method and apparatus for providing images in portable 2-D scanners Physics 15 Expired
US6891979B2 Pocket scanners Physics 11 Expired
US6104510A Hybrid illumination system for accelerating light integration in image sensing systems Electricity 11 Expired
US6704124B2 Mobile scanners Electricity 9 Expired
US6836361B2 Method and apparatus to increase visual contrast for video projection screen Physics 7 Expired
US6646682B1 Linear tri-color image sensors Electricity 7 Expired
US6596979B2 Method and apparatus for scanning colors using multiple arrays of photodetectors Electricity 6 Expired
US6275309A Lightweight mobile scanners Electricity 5 Expired
US6922284B1 Method for automatically controlling the length of projection screen and multi-purpose apparatus thereof Physics 2 Expired
US6031639A Apparatus for scanning both opaque transparent originals Electricity 2 Expired
US12217564B2 Banknote validation device and processing inspection apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US6603108B2 Image sensing modules for portable optical scanners Electricity 0 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.