Kurt Spears
55Patents
7h-index
37Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 25, 1986 → May 5, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4802030A | Head-tape alignment apparatus with a tape edge find operation | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US6465801B1 | Dust and scratch detection for an image scanner | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US7298414B2 | Digital camera autofocus using eye focus measurement | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US7016604B2 | Autofocus using a holographic aperture element | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US6961158B2 | Photosensor assembly with shared structures | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US7433097B2 | Optical image scanner with moveable calibration target | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6894812B1 | Photosensor assembly with shared structures | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US6760139B2 | Optical image scanner with lens arrays that are non-perpendicular to the image being scanned | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US7027193B2 | Controller for photosensor array with multiple different sensor areas | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US7646514B2 | Scanning method and system | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US7333250B2 | Image scanner with a single motor providing two-dimensional movement of photosensors | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US8982261B2 | Imaging with interleaved detection accumulations | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US6940063B2 | Optical image scanner with variable focus | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US9769347B2 | Image capturing method | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7071983B2 | System and method for controlling photosensitive charge transfers | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US8421873B2 | System comprising two lamps and an optical sensor | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7991281B1 | Illumination source having programmable rise and fall times | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US6566647B1 | Exposure timing alignment for color specific exposure times | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US6683704B1 | Apparatus for determining the best image from a dual resolution photo sensor | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US7355193B2 | Dust and scratch detection for an image scanner | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7433092B2 | Transparency media adapter and methods of use thereof | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7253427B2 | Automatic object plane detection system and method | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US9229583B2 | Object location determination including writing pressure information of a stylus | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7154545B2 | Image scanner photosensor assembly with improved spectral accuracy and increased bit-depth | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US7265881B2 | Method and apparatus for measuring assembly and alignment errors in sensor assemblies | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.