Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Irwin Sobel

19Patents
10h-index
30Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 31, 1997 → Jan 29, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6853398B2 Method and system for real-time video communication within a virtual environment Electricity 134 Expired
US5991438A Color halftone error-diffusion with local brightness variation reduction Electricity 38 Expired
US7038712B1 Geometric and photometric calibration of cameras Electricity 29 Expired
US6822762B2 Local color correction Physics 26 Expired
US5991512A Ink relocation for color halftones Electricity 21 Expired
US6813041B1 Method and apparatus for performing local color correction Physics 19 Expired
US8711198B2 Video conference Electricity 19 Active
US6941028B2 System and method for image enhancement, dynamic range compensation and illumination correction Physics 18 Expired
US7854518B2 Mesh for rendering an image frame Electricity 14 Active
US7800628B2 System and method for generating scale maps Physics 13 Active
US6882449B2 Space varying gamut mapping Electricity 9 Expired
US8228371B2 Projection screen and camera array Electricity 7 Active
US7006706B2 Imaging apparatuses, mosaic image compositing methods, video stitching methods and edgemap generation methods Physics 6 Expired
US6731822B1 Method and apparatus for filtering images having insufficient tonal precision Physics 4 Expired
US9413982B2 System and method for video frame sequence control Physics 4 Active
US6318265A Inking system including reusable paper and water-humectant ink Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US8625896B2 Image matting Electricity 2 Active
US9477348B2 Focus-based touch and hover detection Physics 0 Active
US11006101B2 Viewing device adjustment based on eye accommodation in relation to a display Electricity 0 Active

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