Inventor · Irving, TX, US

Donald B. Doherty

48Patents
23h-index
29Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 19, 1993 → Dec 17, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5448314A Method and apparatus for sequential color imaging Physics 428 Expired
US5497172A Pulse width modulation for spatial light modulator with split reset addressing Physics 367 Expired
US5526051A Digital television system Electricity 332 Expired
US5365283A Color phase control for projection display using spatial light modulator Physics 306 Expired
US5497197A System and method for packaging data into video processor Electricity 245 Expired
US5657099A Color phase control for projection display using spatial light modulator Physics 227 Expired
US6480177B2 Blocked stepped address voltage for micromechanical devices Physics 208 Expired
US6778155B2 Display operation with inserted block clears Physics 195 Expired
US5592188A Method and system for accentuating intense white display areas in sequential DMD video systems Physics 133 Expired
US5488431A Video data formatter for a multi-channel digital television system without overlap Electricity 100 Expired
US5619228A Method for reducing temporal artifacts in digital video systems Physics 92 Expired
US5751379A Method to reduce perceptual contouring in display systems Electricity 77 Expired
US6201521A Divided reset for addressing spatial light modulator Physics 76 Expired
US5969710A Bit-splitting for pulse width modulated spatial light modulator Electricity 71 Expired
US5519450A Graphics subsystem for digital television Physics 62 Expired
US6008785A Generating load/reset sequences for spatial light modulator Physics 55 Expired
US5598188A Memory architecture for reformatting and storing display data in standard TV and HDTV systems Electricity 28 Expired
US5680156A Memory architecture for reformatting and storing display data in standard TV and HDTV systems Electricity 28 Expired
US5726718A Error diffusion filter for DMD display Physics 27 Expired
US5528317A Timing circuit for video display having a spatial light modulator Electricity 27 Expired
US5912712A Time expansion of pulse width modulation sequences by clock dropping Physics 24 Expired
US7164397B2 Discrete light color processor Physics 23 Expired
US6310591A Spatial-temporal multiplexing for high bit-depth resolution displays Physics 23 Expired
US5838385A Sampling analog video signal for secondary images Electricity 21 Expired
US6115083A Load/reset sequence controller for spatial light modulator Electricity 19 Expired

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