Inventor · Penfield, NY, US

Leon C. Williams

64Patents
21h-index
36Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: May 21, 1986 → Mar 16, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5642202A Scan image target locator system for calibrating a printing system Electricity 94 Expired
US5513282A Method and apparatus for controlling the processing of digital image signals Electricity 71 Expired
US6594401B1 Detection and elimination of scanning artifacts Electricity 69 Expired
US5809177A Hybrid error diffusion pattern shifting reduction using programmable threshold perturbation Electricity 51 Expired
US5237432A Image scaling apparatus Physics 49 Expired
US5959290A Image input device and method for providing scanning artifact detection Electricity 45 Expired
US5729663A Method and apparatus for gray screening Electricity 44 Expired
US5274472A High addressability image generator using pseudo interpolation of video and screen data Physics 38 Expired
US5778156A Method and system for implementing fuzzy image processing of image data Physics 38 Expired
US5327262A Automatic image segmentation with smoothing Electricity 38 Expired
US6181829A Method and system for classifying and processing of pixels of image data Electricity 37 Expired
US6144775A Method and system for storing error values for an image conversion process utilizing dynamic error diffusion Electricity 36 Expired
US6175427A System and method of tonal correction of independent regions on a compound document Physics 32 Expired
US5880857A Error diffusion pattern shifting reduction through programmable threshold perturbation Electricity 30 Expired
US5608821A Method of high addressability error diffusion Electricity 29 Expired
US5790211A Platen cover for a digital document scanner with electrically switchable reflectance modes Electricity 26 Expired
US6229923A Method and system for classifying and processing of pixels of image data Physics 26 Expired
US6449396B1 Compact rendering for processing binary high addressability images Electricity 25 Expired
US5528384A System and method for implementing fast high addressability error diffusion process Electricity 23 Expired
US6608701B1 Compact high addressability rendering Electricity 22 Expired
US5579418A Image interpolation apparatus Physics 22 Expired
US4878119A System for synchronizing integration pulses with integration signal in an asynchronous raster input scanner Electricity 20 Expired
US5390029A Method for controlling the processing of digital image signals Physics 19 Expired
US5696601A System and method for redistributing error values from an error diffusion process Electricity 19 Expired
US9914309B2 Method and apparatus for single-pass failed nozzle compensation Electricity 18 Active

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