Inventor · Atherton, CA, US

Bernard G. Jackson

24Patents
18h-index
13Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 9, 1992 → Jan 13, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5739811A Method and apparatus for controlling human-computer interface systems providing force feedback Electricity 485 Expired
US5576727A Electromechanical human-computer interface with force feedback Electricity 473 Expired
US5724264A Method and apparatus for tracking the position and orientation of a stylus and for digitizing a 3-D object Electricity 405 Expired
US5880714A Three-dimensional cursor control interface with force feedback Electricity 211 Expired
US5701140A Method and apparatus for providing a cursor control interface with force feedback Electricity 207 Expired
US6134506A Method and apparatus for tracking the position and orientation of a stylus and for digitizing a 3-D object Electricity 152 Expired
US6057828A Method and apparatus for providing force sensations in virtual environments in accordance with host software Electricity 141 Expired
US6125337A Probe apparatus and method for tracking the position and orientation of a stylus and controlling a cursor Electricity 125 Expired
US5438529A Percussion input device for personal computer systems Physics 108 Expired
US6437771B1 Force feedback device including flexure member between actuator and user object Physics 106 Expired
US6046727A Three dimensional position sensing interface with force output Electricity 98 Expired
US6987504B2 Interface device for sensing position and orientation and outputting force to a user Electricity 59 Expired
US6366273B1 Force feedback cursor control interface Electricity 56 Expired
US6697748B1 Digitizing system and rotary table for determining 3-D geometry of an object Physics 43 Expired
US7460105B2 Interface device for sensing position and orientation and outputting force feedback Electricity 33 Expired
US5189912A Ultrasonic wheel measuring apparatus and wheel balancer incorporating same Physics 25 Expired
US6015473A Method for producing a precision 3-D measuring apparatus Electricity 24 Expired
US5819526A Low power arcjet propellant feed system Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US7091950B2 Force feedback device including non-rigid coupling Physics 15 Expired
USRE36387E Percussion input device for personal computer systems General 11 Expired
US7054775B2 Digitizing system and rotary table for determining 3-D geometry of an object Physics 7 Expired
US5419193A Wheel balancer in which a sub-housing carrying a main shaft is pivotal from a horizontal to a vertical position for aligning a wheel on the main shaft Physics 6 Expired
US5867179A Interleaved-to-planar data conversion Electricity 0 Expired
US6341017B1 Interleaved-to-planar data conversion Electricity 0 Expired

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