Jon Wallace
30Patents
14h-index
19Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 3, 1997 → Aug 27, 2012
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5964815A | Occupant restraint system having serially connected devices, a method for providing the restraint system and a method for using the restraint system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 88 | Expired |
| US6188314A | Energy distribution and communication system and method utilizing a communication message frame for a multi-device vehicle occupant protection system | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| US7379559B2 | Method and apparatus for determining an occupant's head location in an actuatable occupant restraining system | Physics | 56 | Expired |
| US6744820B1 | Communication system and method utilizing message frames having multiple thresholds for a multi-device vehicle occupant protection system | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US5938708A | Vehicle computer system having a non-interrupt cooperative multi-tasking kernel and a method of controlling a plurality of vehicle processes | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US7636479B2 | Method and apparatus for controlling classification and classification switching in a vision system | Physics | 23 | Active |
| US7471832B2 | Method and apparatus for arbitrating outputs from multiple pattern recognition classifiers | Physics | 23 | Active |
| US7561731B2 | Method and apparatus for enhancing the dynamic range of a stereo vision system | Electricity | 21 | Active |
| US6408324B1 | Operating system having a non-interrupt cooperative multi-tasking kernel and a method of controlling a plurality of processes with the system | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US6212457A | Mixed parallel and daisy chain bus architecture in a vehicle safety system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US6448671B1 | Distributed vehicle safety system having fault protection | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US7609893B2 | Method and apparatus for producing classifier training images via construction and manipulation of a three-dimensional image model | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US6781676B2 | Structured lighting detection of vehicle occupant type and position | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6249730A | Vehicle occupant protection system and method utilizing Z-axis central safing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US6104308A | Communication system and method utilizing an interface protocol for a multiple device vehicle occupant restraint system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US7283901B2 | Controller system for a vehicle occupant protection device | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US8274529B1 | Systems and methods for providing content for use in multiple environments | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US6070687A | Vehicle occupant restraint device, system, and method having an anti-theft feature | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Expired |
| US6947575B2 | Apparatus and method for determining vehicle occupant characteristic utilizing imaging with provided light | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US6914526B2 | Intrusion detection system using linear imaging | Performing Operations; Transporting | 7 | Expired |
| US6810133B2 | Occupant sensing system and method via imaging | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7216557B2 | Apparatus and method for testing and occupant position sensing system of a vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Expired |
| US7372996B2 | Method and apparatus for determining the position of a vehicle seat | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US6578869B2 | Vehicle occupant position sensor utilizing image focus attributes | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Expired |
| US7123747B2 | Enhancement of vehicle interior digital images | Physics | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.