Inventor · South Amboy, NJ, US

Hans Peter Graf

83Patents
22h-index
53Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 19, 1987 → Jan 27, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5995119A Method for generating photo-realistic animated characters Physics 274 Expired
US5631984A Method and apparatus for separating static and dynamic portions of document images Electricity 237 Expired
US5864630A Multi-modal method for locating objects in images Physics 216 Expired
US6028960A Face feature analysis for automatic lipreading and character animation Physics 195 Expired
US7136818B1 System and method of providing conversational visual prosody for talking heads Physics 190 Expired
US5805745A Method for locating a subject's lips in a facial image Electricity 149 Expired
US5224179A Image skeletonization method Physics 145 Expired
US6990452B1 Method for sending multi-media messages using emoticons Physics 133 Expired
US6963839B1 System and method of controlling sound in a multi-media communication application Physics 107 Expired
US6504546B1 Method of modeling objects to synthesize three-dimensional, photo-realistic animations Physics 105 Expired
US6112177A Coarticulation method for audio-visual text-to-speech synthesis Physics 79 Expired
US6118887A Robust multi-modal method for recognizing objects Physics 67 Expired
US7035803B1 Method for sending multi-media messages using customizable background images Electricity 67 Expired
US7076430B1 System and method of providing conversational visual prosody for talking heads Physics 60 Expired
US6654018B1 Audio-visual selection process for the synthesis of photo-realistic talking-head animations Physics 48 Expired
US7177811B1 Method for sending multi-media messages using customizable background images Electricity 39 Expired
US8583896B2 Massively parallel processing core with plural chains of processing elements and respective smart memory storing select data received from each chain Physics 33 Active
US5647027A Method of image enhancement using convolution kernels Physics 32 Expired
US6980697B1 Digitally-generated lighting for video conferencing applications Physics 31 Expired
US7921013B1 System and method for sending multi-media messages using emoticons Physics 29 Active
US5093900A Reconfigurable neural network Physics 27 Expired
US5258946A Content-addressable memory Physics 23 Expired
US7805017B1 Digitally-generated lighting for video conferencing applications Physics 22 Active
US4875183A Neural networks Physics 21 Expired
US7949109B2 System and method of controlling sound in a multi-media communication application Physics 18 Active

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