Inventor · Farmington, MI, US

Gerald R. Smith

14Patents
9h-index
20Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 13, 1976 → Apr 11, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5784503A Check reader utilizing sync-tags to match the images at the front and rear faces of a check Physics 163 Expired
US4122522A Aircraft ground monitoring system Physics 76 Expired
US5528705A JPEG synchronization tag Physics 33 Expired
US5007100A Diagnostic system for a parallel pipelined image processing system Physics 33 Expired
US5848192A Method and apparatus for digital data compression Physics 17 Expired
US5827008A Pavement sealing product and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US5768446A Document processing Physics 13 Expired
US5999663A Imaging system with scaling/normalizing Physics 13 Expired
US6259829A Check Reading apparatus and method utilizing sync tags for image matching Physics 10 Expired
US4627899A Electrolytic cell and methods combining electrowinning and electrochemical reactions employing a membrane or diaphragm Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US4053377A Electrodeposition of copper Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US4601795A Alloy coating method Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US5682444A Document imaging techniques Physics 3 Expired
US8196856B2 Method for suppressing vibration in a tiltrotor aircraft Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active

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