Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Darwin Hu

56Patents
10h-index
23Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 21, 1991 → Feb 17, 2025

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7324080B1 Backlighting in liquid crystal flat panel display Physics 69 Expired
US5946110A Apparatus for multiple resolution scanning Electricity 55 Expired
US5361134A Integrated multifunctional document processing system for faxing, copying, printing, and scanning document information Electricity 49 Expired
US5459579A Multifunctional document processing system for receiving document signals from a local or a remote device Electricity 37 Expired
US6459506B1 Lightweight dual-mode mobile scanner powered from a universal serial bus port Electricity 26 Expired
US6271939A Transparent and flatbed scanner Electricity 19 Expired
US6115241A Attachment of a mobile scanner to a portable computer Electricity 18 Expired
USH1677H Control module for controlling the operation of a multifunctional General 17 Active
US6891979B2 Pocket scanners Physics 11 Expired
US6104510A Hybrid illumination system for accelerating light integration in image sensing systems Electricity 11 Expired
USD338033S Printer General 10 Expired
US6704124B2 Mobile scanners Electricity 9 Expired
US9946075B1 See-through display glasses for virtual reality and augmented reality applications Physics 8 Active
US6275309A Lightweight mobile scanners Electricity 5 Expired
US7990352B2 Monochromatic liquid crystal display for colors Physics 4 Active
US11282472B2 Voltage control for modulating both amplitude and phase in liquid crystals Physics 4 Active
US10761328B2 Display glasses using meta-surface planar lens Physics 4 Active
US8610970B1 Liquid crystal display (LCD) scanners Electricity 3 Active
US10147350B2 Method and apparatus for increasing perceived display resolutions from an input image Physics 2 Active
US10147349B2 Display devices with n-bit resolutions in gray levels Physics 2 Active
US8188957B2 LED backlighting for liquid crystal display (LCD) Physics 2 Active
US10311773B2 Circuitry for increasing perceived display resolutions from an input image Physics 2 Active
US9653015B2 Display devices with high resolution and spatial density modulation architecture Physics 2 Active
US6031639A Apparatus for scanning both opaque transparent originals Electricity 2 Expired
US11791900B1 Terahertz transceiver using laser sources Physics 1 Active

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