Inventor · Boise, ID, US

Brian E. Hoffmann

14Patents
8h-index
21Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 19, 1994 → Feb 18, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5949964A Method and apparatus for halftoning of images in a printer Physics 45 Expired
US5852742A Configurable data processing pipeline Physics 31 Expired
US6178011A Adaptive image resolution enhancement technology Physics 29 Expired
US5898505A Resolution enhancement procedure and apparatus for a color laser printer Electricity 16 Expired
US6034711A Self-indicating test page for use in setting density level and color balance in a color laser printer Electricity 13 Expired
US5760920A System and method for generating calibrated dither matrices Electricity 13 Expired
US5657430A Software-based procedure for conversion of a scalable font character bitmap to a gray level bitmap Physics 13 Expired
US5793406A Adjustment of dot size for laser imagers Electricity 11 Expired
US8122447B2 Firmware installation Physics 7 Active
US7576878B2 Enhanced management of raster image processing resources Physics 2 Active
US7576880B2 Cooperative rasterization of print data in an enterprise network Physics 2 Active
US8966256B2 Transmitting a document Electricity 0 Active
US6826629B2 Apparatus and method for enhancing learning ability and behavior for a computer peripheral device Physics 0 Expired
US9461824B2 Transmitting a document Electricity 0 Active

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