Inventor · Vancouver, WA, US

John E. Dolan

33Patents
6h-index
21Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 31, 2000 → May 15, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7043080B1 Methods and systems for text detection in mixed-context documents using local geometric signatures Physics 87 Expired
US7145699B2 System and method for digital document alignment Physics 79 Expired
US7379594B2 Methods and systems for automatic detection of continuous-tone regions in document images Physics 29 Expired
US9547799B2 Methods and systems for content-boundary detection Physics 7 Active
US6987880B2 Efficient document boundary determination Physics 6 Expired
US7616810B2 Systems and methods for illuminant estimation Electricity 6 Active
US6697539B1 Image scaling by exact 2D implicit polynomials Physics 6 Expired
US7064769B2 Systems and methods for computing the presence of self-luminous elements in an image Electricity 5 Expired
US7352894B2 Systems and methods for illuminant estimation Electricity 5 Expired
US7352895B2 Systems and methods for illuminant model estimation Electricity 3 Expired
US7356180B2 Systems and methods for correcting image color balance Physics 3 Expired
US7161706B2 System for improving digital coplers and multifunction peripheral devices Electricity 3 Expired
US8055063B2 Methods and systems for improving robustness of color balance correction Electricity 3 Active
US7266243B2 Methods and systems for complexity-based segmentation refinement Physics 3 Expired
US7595911B2 Methods and systems for descreening a digital image Electricity 2 Active
US10620103B2 Devices and methods for evaluating the spreadability of powders utilized in additive manufacturing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7266242B2 Methods and systems for complexity-based regional process selection Physics 2 Expired
US8873864B2 Methods and systems for automatic content-boundary detection Physics 2 Active
US7266252B2 Methods and systems for complexity-based variable process selection and application Physics 1 Expired
US7554698B2 Robust document boundary determination Electricity 1 Expired
US7260276B2 Methods and systems for complexity estimation and complexity-based selection Physics 1 Expired
US7212684B2 Methods and systems for cumulative, complexity-based process selection Physics 1 Expired
US8571313B2 Methods and systems for estimation of document skew in an image Physics 1 Active
US7840069B2 Methods and systems for alternative, complexity-based process selection Physics 1 Active
US7266253B2 Methods and systems for complexity-based process selection Physics 1 Expired

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