Lawrence A. Ray
108Patents
30h-index
55Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 13, 1988 → Apr 2, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6940545B1 | Face detecting camera and method | Electricity | 485 | Expired |
| US5321751A | Method and apparatus for credit card verification | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 247 | Expired |
| US5673320A | Method and apparatus for image-based validations of printed documents | Physics | 199 | Expired |
| US7110575B2 | Method for locating faces in digital color images | Physics | 175 | Expired |
| US7382903B2 | Method for selecting an emphasis image from an image collection based upon content recognition | Physics | 158 | Expired |
| US5466918A | Method and apparatus for image compression, storage, and retrieval on magnetic transaction cards | Physics | 126 | Expired |
| US5436970A | Method and apparatus for transaction card verification | Physics | 120 | Expired |
| US7453983B2 | Radiation therapy method with target detection | Human Necessities | 117 | Expired |
| US7120279B2 | Method for face orientation determination in digital color images | Physics | 111 | Expired |
| US6321981A | Method and apparatus for transaction card security utilizing embedded image data | Physics | 104 | Expired |
| US7453984B2 | Real-time target confirmation for radiation therapy | Human Necessities | 102 | Expired |
| US7508961B2 | Method and system for face detection in digital images | Physics | 65 | Expired |
| US7162102B2 | Method and system for compositing images to produce a cropped image | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| US8144949B2 | Method for segmentation of lesions | Physics | 60 | Active |
| US6023588A | Method and apparatus for capturing panoramic images with range data | Electricity | 57 | Expired |
| US6677982B1 | Method for three dimensional spatial panorama formation | Physics | 57 | Expired |
| US5805783A | Method and apparatus for creating storing and producing three-dimensional font characters and performing three-dimensional typesetting | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 54 | Expired |
| US7738683B2 | Abnormality detection in medical images | Physics | 50 | Active |
| US6536665B1 | Method and apparatus for transaction card security utilizing embedded image data | Physics | 49 | Expired |
| US5377025A | Optimal color quantization for addressing multi-dimensional color calibration look-up-table | Electricity | 44 | Expired |
| US5214517A | Digital halftoning with correlated minimum visual modulation patterns | Electricity | 39 | Expired |
| US6707054B2 | Scannerless range imaging system having high dynamic range | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US6690822B1 | Method for detecting skin color in a digital image | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US8249691B2 | Global motion invariant signatures for fast and accurate motion tracking in a digital image-based elasto-tomography system | Human Necessities | 36 | Active |
| US6456793B1 | Method and apparatus for a color scannerless range imaging system | Electricity | 36 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.