James Alves
14Patents
10h-index
17Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 29, 1982 → Jun 10, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.