Darrell E. Stafford
16Patents
15h-index
26Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 17, 1977 → Dec 13, 1995
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5610815A | Integrated vehicle positioning and navigation system, apparatus and method | Physics | 411 | Expired |
| US5615116A | Apparatus and method for autonomous vehicle navigation using path data | Physics | 378 | Expired |
| US5390125A | Vehicle position determination system and method | Physics | 348 | Expired |
| US5838562A | System and a method for enabling a vehicle to track a preset path | Physics | 238 | Expired |
| US5375059A | Vehicle position determination system and method | Physics | 223 | Expired |
| US5956250A | Apparatus and method for autonomous vehicle navigation using absolute data | Physics | 217 | Expired |
| US5555503A | System and method for providing accurate vehicle positioning using spatial bias techniques | Physics | 189 | Expired |
| US5742915A | Position referenced data for monitoring and controlling | Physics | 151 | Expired |
| US5438517A | Vehicle position determination system and method | Physics | 144 | Expired |
| US5646845A | System and method for controlling an autonomously navigated vehicle | Physics | 122 | Expired |
| US5548516A | Multi-tasked navigation system and method for an autonomous land based vehicle | Physics | 109 | Expired |
| US5640323A | System and method for operating an autonomous navigation system | Physics | 93 | Expired |
| US5648901A | System and method for generating paths in an autonomous vehicle | Physics | 80 | Expired |
| US5629855A | System and method for using parabolic models to improve position estimates from a global positioning system | Physics | 77 | Expired |
| US5646843A | Apparatus and method for surface based vehicle control system | Physics | 60 | Expired |
| US4143629A | Speed controlled hydraulic lifter for internal combustion engines | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.