Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

James R. Bruce

29Patents
12h-index
15Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 24, 2005 → Sep 16, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8639644B1 Shared robot knowledge base for use with cloud computing system Physics 148 Active
US7912583B2 Environment map building method, environment map building apparatus and mobile robot apparatus Physics 111 Active
US9836483B1 Using a mobile device for coarse shape matching against cloud-based 3D model database Physics 41 Active
US8515982B1 Annotations for three-dimensional (3D) object data models Physics 40 Active
US8965104B1 Machine vision calibration with cloud computing systems Physics 31 Active
US8848201B1 Multi-modal three-dimensional scanning of objects Physics 27 Active
US8817021B1 System for writing, interpreting, and translating three-dimensional (3D) scenes Physics 25 Active
US8456467B1 Embeddable three-dimensional (3D) image viewer Physics 21 Active
US8416236B1 Calibration of devices used to generate images of a three-dimensional object data model Physics 21 Active
US8416240B1 Determining 3D model information from stored images Physics 17 Active
US9183672B1 Embeddable three-dimensional (3D) image viewer Physics 15 Active
US8766997B1 Side-by-side and synchronized displays for three-dimensional (3D) object data models Physics 14 Active
US8436853B1 Methods and systems for acquiring and ranking image sets Physics 10 Active
US8831366B1 Encoding and compressing three-dimensional (3D) object data models Physics 10 Active
US9147279B1 Systems and methods for merging textures Physics 9 Active
US9417185B1 Controlling light arrays to determine properties of an object Physics 9 Active
US8525846B1 Shader and material layers for rendering three-dimensional (3D) object data models Physics 9 Active
US10210618B1 Object image masking using depth cameras or three-dimensional (3D) models Physics 6 Active
US9807373B1 Systems and devices for acquiring imagery and three-dimensional (3D) models of objects Electricity 6 Active
US8754887B2 Determining three-dimensional (3D) object data models based on object movement Physics 6 Active
US8976179B2 Determining 3D model information from stored images Physics 5 Active
US10565786B1 Sensor placement interface Physics 5 Active
US9019268B1 Modification of a three-dimensional (3D) object data model based on a comparison of images and statistical information Physics 4 Active
US8948498B1 Systems and methods to transform a colored point cloud to a 3D textured mesh Physics 3 Active
US10460510B2 Methods and systems for viewing a three-dimensional (3D) virtual object Physics 1 Active

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