Inventor · Santa Monica, CA, US

Bernard H. Soffer

18Patents
14h-index
17Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 8, 1980 → Mar 18, 1991

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5151814A Phased array for optical beam control Physics 57 Expired
US4937539A Phased array for optical beam control Physics 45 Expired
US4679910A Dual liquid-crystal cell-based visible-to-infrared dynamic image converter Physics 42 Expired
US4750153A Associative holographic memory apparatus employing phase conjugate mirrors and a two-wave mixing contra-directional coherent image amplifier Physics 32 Expired
US4351589A Method and apparatus for optical computing and logic processing by mapping of input optical intensity into position of an optical image Physics 28 Expired
US4961615A Associative memory system with spatial light modulator Physics 23 Expired
US4934782A Optical thresholding apparatus and method Physics 23 Expired
US4871232A Method and apparatus for ultra high frequency spectrum analysis Physics 22 Expired
US4860253A Associative memory system with spatial light modulator and feedback for adjustable thresholding and enhancement Physics 22 Expired
US4739496A Associative holographic memory apparatus employing phase conjugate mirrors Physics 21 Expired
US4888724A Optical analog data processing systems for handling bipolar and complex data Physics 18 Expired
US4747069A Programmable multistage lensless optical data processing system Physics 17 Expired
US4764891A Programmable methods of performing complex optical computations using data processing system Physics 14 Expired
US4958914A Optical intensity-to-position mapping and light deflector apparatus and method Physics 14 Expired
US4800519A Optical data processing systems and methods for matrix inversion, multiplication, and addition Physics 13 Expired
US5051571A Cascaded adaptive optics system Physics 11 Expired
US5048935A Method for adaptive correction of the phase non-uniformity of a liquid crystal light valve Physics 8 Expired
US4686647A Numerical division of two arrays by optical processing Physics 4 Expired

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