Kurt Akeley
45Patents
24h-index
43Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 23, 1989 → Jul 11, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9001226B1 | Capturing and relighting images using multiple devices | Electricity | 218 | Active |
| US6075543A | System and method for buffering multiple frames while controlling latency | Physics | 113 | Expired |
| US5230039A | Texture range controls for improved texture mapping | Physics | 85 | Expired |
| US5854631A | System and method for merging pixel fragments based on depth range values | Physics | 85 | Expired |
| US5266941A | Apparatus and method for controlling storage of display information in a computer system | Physics | 75 | Expired |
| US5819017A | Apparatus and method for selectively storing depth information of a 3-D image | Electricity | 74 | Expired |
| US5394170A | Apparatus and method for controlling storage of display information in a computer system | Physics | 74 | Expired |
| US6226003A | Method for rendering silhouette and true edges of 3-D line drawings with occlusion | Physics | 58 | Expired |
| US8768102B1 | Downsampling light field images | Physics | 50 | Active |
| US5933155A | System and method for buffering multiple frames while controlling latency | Physics | 45 | Expired |
| US8988317B1 | Depth determination for light field images | Physics | 44 | Active |
| US5369739A | Apparatus and method for generating point sample masks in a graphics display system | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US5051737A | Efficient graphics process for clipping polygons | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US8908058B2 | Storage and transmission of pictures including multiple frames | Electricity | 37 | Active |
| US8995785B2 | Light-field processing and analysis, camera control, and user interfaces and interaction on light-field capture devices | Electricity | 36 | Active |
| US5347618A | Method for display rendering by determining the coverage of pixels in polygons | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US8948545B2 | Compensating for sensor saturation and microlens modulation during light-field image processing | Electricity | 33 | Active |
| US5343558A | Method for scan converting shaded triangular polygons | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US9607424B2 | Depth-assigned content for depth-enhanced pictures | Physics | 29 | Active |
| US9858649B2 | Depth-based image blurring | Physics | 29 | Active |
| US5193145A | Method and apparatus for producing a visually improved image in a computer system | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US9300932B2 | Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture and manipulation | Electricity | 27 | Active |
| US9386288B2 | Compensating for sensor saturation and microlens modulation during light-field image processing | Electricity | 26 | Active |
| US9305375B2 | High-quality post-rendering depth blur | Physics | 25 | Active |
| US9866810B2 | Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture and manipulation | Electricity | 24 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.