James Allard
29Patents
21h-index
48Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 7, 1989 → Nov 17, 2016
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6535793B2 | Method and system for remote control of mobile robot | Physics | 696 | Expired |
| US6845297B2 | Method and system for remote control of mobile robot | Physics | 443 | Expired |
| US7894951B2 | Systems and methods for switching between autonomous and manual operation of a vehicle | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 326 | Active |
| US7499774B2 | System and method for processing safety signals in an autonomous vehicle | Physics | 274 | Active |
| US5193143A | Problem state monitoring | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 250 | Expired |
| US9098080B2 | Systems and methods for switching between autonomous and manual operation of a vehicle | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 158 | Active |
| US8020657B2 | Systems and methods for obstacle avoidance | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 151 | Active |
| US8831984B2 | System and method for inventory management using mobile drive units | Physics | 140 | Active |
| US5488697A | Problem state monitoring system | Physics | 137 | Expired |
| US5471560A | Method of construction of hierarchically organized procedural node information structure including a method for extracting procedural knowledge from an expert, and procedural node information structure constructed thereby | Physics | 131 | Expired |
| US7499776B2 | Systems and methods for control of an unmanned ground vehicle | Physics | 121 | Active |
| US7499804B2 | System and method for multi-modal control of an autonomous vehicle | Physics | 113 | Active |
| US7979175B2 | Systems and methods for control of an unmanned ground vehicle | Physics | 92 | Active |
| US9043016B2 | Versatile robotic control module | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 78 | Active |
| US8874300B2 | Systems and methods for obstacle avoidance | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 63 | Active |
| US8473140B2 | Networked multi-role robotic vehicle | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 63 | Active |
| US8078338B2 | System and method for behavior based control of an autonomous vehicle | Physics | 62 | Active |
| US9513634B2 | System and method for behavior based control of an autonomous vehicle | Physics | 61 | Active |
| US7499775B2 | System and method for terrain feature tracking | Physics | 60 | Active |
| US9317034B2 | System and method for inventory management using mobile drive units | Physics | 37 | Active |
| US9923966B1 | Flexible media storage and organization in automated data storage systems | Electricity | 37 | Active |
| US9429944B2 | Versatile robotic control module | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Active |
| US9280157B2 | System and method for transporting personnel within an active workspace | Performing Operations; Transporting | 17 | Active |
| US9110471B2 | Systems and methods for multi-modal control of a vehicle | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US10023434B2 | Robotic enabled vertical lift | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.