I-Fu Shih
29Patents
16h-index
24Co-inventors
77Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 9, 1984 → Apr 18, 1996
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5345522A | Reduced noise fiber optic towed array and method of using same | Physics | 239 | Expired |
| US4727550A | Radiation source | Electricity | 96 | Expired |
| US5212583A | Adaptive optics using the electrooptic effect | Physics | 53 | Expired |
| US5112121A | Display system for multiviewer training simulators | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US5856811A | Visual display and helmet assembly | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US5009502A | System of holographic optical elements for testing laser range finders | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US5071209A | Variable acuity non-linear projection system | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US5657163A | Fiber optic illumination of HUD image source | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US5405680A | Selective emissivity coatings for interior temperature reduction of an enclosure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US5076662A | Electro-optical IFS finder | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US4773748A | Dynamically controlled mirror for reduction of projected image distortion | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US5454047A | Optical method and system for generating expansion coefficients for an image processing function | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US5289266A | Noncontact, on-line determination of phosphate layer thickness and composition of a phosphate coated surface | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US5291032A | Fiber optic evanescent wave fuel gauge and leak detector using eccentric core fibers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US5324937A | Target for calibrating and testing infrared devices | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US5208766A | Automated evaluation of painted surface quality | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5050992A | Dispersive holographic spectrometer | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US5003186A | Stratospheric Welsbach seeding for reduction of global warming | Human Necessities | 11 | Expired |
| US5228856A | Optics approach to low side compliance simulation | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US5416332A | Integrated test target assembly and compact collimator | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 9 | Expired |
| US5132831A | Analog optical processing for the construction of fractal objects | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5041735A | Miniature infrared test target | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US4760257A | Apparatus for measuring properties of a laser emission | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6166815A | Constantly high sensitivity fiber optic interferometer sensor | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US5281813A | Laser rangefinder test system | Physics | 3 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.