Inventor · Wauconda, IL, US

Bruce Bernhardt

63Patents
7h-index
49Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 22, 1992 → Feb 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5641712A Method and structure for reducing capacitance between interconnect lines Electricity 83 Expired
US5447874A Method for making a semiconductor device comprising a dual metal gate using a chemical mechanical polish Electricity 42 Expired
US5937285A Method of fabricating submicron FETs with low temperature group III-V material Electricity 36 Expired
US7633389B2 Location enabled device with power saving control and method thereof Physics 34 Active
US9558660B1 Method and apparatus for providing state classification for a travel segment with multi-modal speed profiles Physics 19 Active
US10127811B2 Method, apparatus and computer program product for comprehensive management of signal phase and timing of traffic lights Physics 8 Active
US9576481B2 Method and system for intelligent traffic jam detection Electricity 7 Active
US5895929A Low subthreshold leakage current HFET Electricity 6 Expired
US5389564A Method of forming a GaAs FET having etched ohmic contacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US10152881B2 Automated traffic signal outage notification based on congestion without signal timing and phase information Physics 6 Active
US9121931B2 Mobile device location estimation Physics 5 Active
US5583355A Self-aligned FET having etched ohmic contacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US9507010B2 Method for improving clock accuracy in a wide area positioning pseudolite receiver system architecture Physics 4 Active
US10147316B2 Method, apparatus and computer program product for indexing traffic lanes for signal control and traffic flow management Physics 4 Active
US10140856B2 Automatic detection of lane closures using probe data Physics 4 Active
US10760918B2 Spatiotemporal lane maneuver delay for road navigation Physics 4 Active
US10181263B2 Method, apparatus and computer program product for estimation of road traffic condition using traffic signal data Physics 3 Active
US7642958B2 Satellite positioning system receivers and methods Physics 3 Expired
US10417906B2 Lane level traffic information and navigation Physics 3 Active
US11125575B2 Method and apparatus for estimating a location of a vehicle Physics 2 Active
US9953524B2 Method and system for intelligent traffic jam detection Electricity 2 Active
US11428535B2 System and method for determining a sign type of a road sign Physics 1 Active
US10393852B2 Method and system of location estimation and navigation of autonomous vehicles Physics 1 Active
US9959755B2 Dynamic multi-lane capacity optimization in a mixed vehicle environment Physics 1 Active
US11501637B2 Method, apparatus, and system for detecting lane-level slowdown events Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active

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