Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Eric C. Anderson

201Patents
57h-index
84Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 3, 1991 → Jun 14, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6567122B1 Method and system for hosting an internet web site on a digital camera Electricity 485 Expired
US6011585A Apparatus and method for rotating the display orientation of a captured image Electricity 423 Expired
US6262769A Method and system for auto rotating a graphical user interface for managing portrait and landscape images in an image capture unit Electricity 340 Expired
USD470857S1 Display screen for a digital imaging device General 295 Expired
US6499016B1 Automatically storing and presenting digital images using a speech-based command language Electricity 275 Expired
US6028611A Modular digital image processing via an image processing chain Physics 260 Expired
US6680749B1 Method and system for integrating an application user interface with a digital camera user interface Electricity 250 Expired
USD418826S Image for a display screen of a digital camera General 230 Expired
US6636259B1 Automatically configuring a web-enabled digital camera to access the internet Electricity 201 Expired
US5496106A System and method for generating a contrast overlay as a focus assist for an imaging device Electricity 199 Expired
US5933137A Method and system for acclerating a user interface of an image capture unit during play mode Electricity 193 Expired
US6157394A Flexible digital image processing via an image processing chain with modular image processors Electricity 182 Expired
US6097431A Method and system for reviewing and navigating among images on an image capture unit Electricity 169 Expired
US5745175A Method and system for providing automatic focus control for a still digital camera Electricity 163 Expired
US6313877A Method and system for automatically managing display formats for a peripheral display coupled to a digital imaging device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 161 Expired
US5938766A System for extending functionality of a digital ROM using RAM/ROM jump tables and patch manager for updating the tables Physics 157 Expired
US6020920A Method and system for speculative decompression of compressed image data in an image capture unit Electricity 156 Expired
US7117519B1 Method and system for selecting actions to be taken by a server when uploading images Electricity 141 Expired
USRE38896E1 Apparatus and method for rotating the display orientation of a captured image General 140 Expired
US6587119B1 Method and apparatus for defining a panning and zooming path across a still image during movie creation Electricity 138 Expired
US6317141A Method and apparatus for editing heterogeneous media objects in a digital imaging device Physics 135 Expired
US6356357B1 Method and system for a multi-tasking printer capable of printing and processing image data Electricity 131 Expired
US5867214A Apparatus and method for increasing a digital camera image capture rate by delaying image processing Electricity 130 Expired
US6154210A Method and system for implementing button interface compatibility in touch-screen equipped digital imaging device Physics 124 Expired
US6134606A System/method for controlling parameters in hand-held digital camera with selectable parameter scripts, and with command for retrieving camera capabilities and associated permissible parameter values Electricity 123 Expired

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