Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Eric Saund

62Patents
22h-index
57Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 4, 1993 → Oct 24, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5581637A System for registering component image tiles in a camera-based scanner device transcribing scene images Physics 132 Expired
US5528290A Device for transcribing images on a board using a camera based board scanner Physics 118 Expired
US6005482A Surface mounted information collage Physics 96 Expired
US5485565A Gestural indicators for selecting graphic objects Physics 92 Expired
US5687364A Method for learning to infer the topical content of documents based upon their lexical content Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Expired
US6517266B2 Systems and methods for hand-held printing on a surface or medium Electricity 76 Expired
US6326946A Operator icons for information collages Physics 73 Expired
US5764383A Platenless book scanner with line buffering to compensate for image skew Electricity 72 Expired
US6903751B2 System and method for editing electronic images Physics 62 Expired
US5659766A Method and apparatus for inferring the topical content of a document based upon its lexical content without supervision Physics 61 Expired
US6570612B1 System and method for color normalization of board images Electricity 53 Expired
US8464167B2 System and method for synchronized authoring and access of chat and graphics Electricity 49 Active
US9070289B2 System and method for detecting, tracking and estimating the speed of vehicles from a mobile platform Physics 45 Active
US5835241A Method for determining the profile of a bound document with structured light Electricity 44 Expired
US5760925A Platenless book scanning system with a general imaging geometry Electricity 44 Expired
US7136082B2 Method and apparatus to convert digital ink images for use in a structured text/graphics editor Physics 37 Expired
US6411733B1 Method and apparatus for separating document image object types Physics 35 Expired
US5553224A Method for dynamically maintaining multiple structural interpretations in graphics system Physics 26 Expired
US7036077B2 Method for gestural interpretation in a system for selecting and arranging visible material in document images Physics 25 Expired
US7177483B2 System and method for enhancement of document images Physics 24 Expired
US7093202B2 Method and system for interpreting imprecise object selection paths Physics 23 Expired
US6411732B1 Method for interpreting hand drawn diagrammatic user interface commands Physics 22 Expired
US7086013B2 Method and system for overloading loop selection commands in a system for selecting and arranging visible material in document images Physics 20 Expired
US7139004B2 Method and apparatus to convert bitmapped images for use in a structured text/graphics editor Physics 19 Expired
US6377710B1 Method and apparatus for extracting the skeleton of a binary figure by contour-based erosion Physics 19 Expired

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