Inventor · Rochester, NY, US

Douglas E. Proctor

22Patents
5h-index
41Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 28, 1995 → Jan 30, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7467879B2 Document illuminator with stepped optical element Electricity 12 Active
US5616989A Fluorescent lamp system including an integrated heater/power harness Electricity 8 Expired
US7706030B2 Document illuminator with parabolic optical element Electricity 8 Active
US7755811B2 Document illuminator Physics 7 Active
US6559956B2 Butted sensor array with supplemental chip in abutment region Electricity 7 Expired
US6396218B1 Multisegment electroluminescent source for a scanner Electricity 4 Expired
US7545543B2 Scanner illuminator systems and methods Electricity 3 Active
US7544923B1 LED signature elimination in specular-mode LED illumination having a light diffuser between an illuminator array and an image bearing surface Physics 3 Active
US5898275A Fluorescent lamp system including light blocking members to create uniform illumination along a florescent lamp Physics 3 Expired
US10005229B2 System for using optical sensor focus to identify feature heights on objects being produced in a three-dimensional object printer Physics 3 Active
US7746520B2 Document illuminator Electricity 1 Active
US7715063B2 CVT integrated illuminator Electricity 1 Active
US11574213B1 Systems and methods for inferring relationships between entities Physics 1 Active
US7760434B2 Document illuminator with surface lens Electricity 1 Active
US11760028B2 System and method for calibrating lag time in a three-dimensional object printer Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US10179436B2 Method for using optical sensor focus to identify feature heights on objects being produced in a three-dimensional object printer Physics 0 Active
US10060793B2 Spectral and spatial calibration illuminator and system using the same Physics 0 Active
US7350712B2 Image sensor module architecture Physics 0 Expired
US8610901B2 Method and apparatus for determining flatness characteristic for reflective facet of polygon assembly Physics 0 Active
US10391757B2 Device for facilitating repetitive manufacture of parts having precisionally positioned components with a three-dimensional object printer Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US10493701B2 System and method for orthogonally arranging ejectors in a three dimensional object printer Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US7586082B2 Optical element for a document illuminator Electricity 0 Active

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