James E. Bollman
21Patents
11h-index
16Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 5, 1976 → Jul 30, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5978519A | Automatic image cropping | Physics | 217 | Expired |
| US5485568A | Structured image (Sl) format for describing complex color raster images | Physics | 90 | Expired |
| US5270806A | Image editing system and method having improved multi-dimensional editing controls | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US6081211A | Minimal buffering method and system for optimized encoding tables in JPEG compression | Electricity | 36 | Expired |
| US5204665A | Color editing with simple encoded images | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US6778684B1 | Systems and methods for checking image/document quality | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US5289297A | Converting lines to other colors | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US5218350A | Image processing method for dodging with softened edge transitions | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US6141012A | Image processing code generation based on structured image (SI) techniques | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6326983A | Structured image (SI) format for describing complex color raster images | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US7473006B1 | Illuminated landscape edging system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 15 | Active |
| US4120580A | Collating system for slide reproduction | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US4111542A | Collating system for opaque documents and slide reproductions | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US6748119B1 | Systems and methods for interactively using and training an automatic image processing technique | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5757975A | Artifact reduction for large dynamic range input data in JPEG compression | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US4083632A | Multi-frequency screen | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US4111540A | Field lens for an electrophotographic printing machine | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6286026A | Method and apparatus for integrating pull and push tasks in pipeline data processing | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7689046B2 | Hybrid image and movie imaging system and method | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9081609B2 | Image processing system and method employing a threaded scheduler | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US4157869A | Transparency reproducing machine | Physics | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.