Inventor · Berryville, AR, US

David C. Winkle

93Patents
18h-index
25Co-inventors
76Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 4, 2016 → Oct 30, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9801517B2 Shopping facility assistance object detection systems, devices and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 80 Active
US10130232B2 Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Active
US9896315B2 Systems, devices and methods of controlling motorized transport units in fulfilling product orders Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Active
US9875503B2 Method and apparatus for transporting a plurality of stacked motorized transport units Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Active
US10071891B2 Systems, devices, and methods for providing passenger transport Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Active
US10071893B2 Shopping facility assistance system and method to retrieve in-store abandoned mobile item containers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Active
US9908760B2 Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to drive movable item containers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Active
US9994434B2 Overriding control of motorize transport unit systems, devices and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Active
US10081525B2 Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to address ground and weather conditions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US10071892B2 Apparatus and method of obtaining location information of a motorized transport unit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US10274952B2 Geographic area monitoring systems and methods through interchanging tool systems between unmanned vehicles Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Active
US10280054B2 Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Active
US10351399B2 Systems, devices and methods of controlling motorized transport units in fulfilling product orders Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Active
US10189691B2 Shopping facility track system and method of routing motorized transport units Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Active
US11046562B2 Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US10293938B2 Unmanned aircraft systems with a customer interface system and methods of delivery utilizing unmanned aircraft systems Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Active
US10591306B2 Systems and methods for delivery vehicle monitoring Physics 20 Active
US10614503B2 Apparatus and method for surveying premises of a customer Physics 18 Active
US10570000B2 Shopping facility assistance object detection systems, devices and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US10552792B2 Systems and methods for residual inventory management with mobile modular displays Physics 16 Active
US10336592B2 Shopping facility assistance systems, devices, and methods to facilitate returning items to their respective departments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US10189642B2 Systems and methods for distributed autonomous robot interfacing using live image feeds Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US10246187B2 Systems and methods to interchangeably couple tool systems with unmanned vehicles Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Active
US10435279B2 Shopping space route guidance systems, devices and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US10515555B2 System and method for managing a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Active

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