Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

James Alves

14Patents
10h-index
17Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 29, 1982 → Jun 10, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5535314A Video image processor and method for detecting vehicles Physics 443 Expired
US5651075A Automated license plate locator and reader including perspective distortion correction Physics 113 Expired
US6747687B1 System for recognizing the same vehicle at different times and places Electricity 102 Expired
US5093869A Pattern recognition apparatus utilizing area linking and region growth techniques Physics 54 Expired
US6650765B1 System for simultaneously imaging vehicles and their license plates Physics 29 Expired
US5742340A Ambient light automatic gain control for electronic imaging cameras and the like Electricity 28 Expired
US4499597A Small-object location utilizing centroid accumulation Physics 28 Expired
US5109438A Data compression system and method Physics 18 Expired
US5048112A Data decompression system and method Electricity 17 Expired
US7786897B2 High occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane enforcement Physics 16 Active
US9405988B2 License plate recognition Physics 6 Active
US11227174B1 License plate recognition Physics 3 Active
US7363548B2 Probable cause fields in telecommunications network alarm indication messages Electricity 2 Expired
US9965696B2 Digital camera control system Electricity 0 Active

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