Inventor · Beverly Hills, MI, US

Michael E. Farmer

21Patents
13h-index
22Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 29, 1993 → Nov 7, 2003

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6085151A Predictive collision sensing system Physics 231 Expired
US5606821A Smart weed recognition/classification system Human Necessities 140 Expired
US6005958A Occupant type and position detection system Performing Operations; Transporting 120 Expired
US6366236B1 Neural network radar processor Physics 112 Expired
US6028548A Vehicle collision radar with randomized FSK waveform Physics 94 Expired
US5979586A Vehicle collision warning system Performing Operations; Transporting 82 Expired
US5969667A Radar system Physics 58 Expired
US5923280A Vehicle collision radar with randomized FSK wave form Physics 55 Expired
US6198998A Occupant type and position detection system Performing Operations; Transporting 36 Expired
US6252240A Vehicle occupant discrimination system and method Physics 34 Expired
US5343204A Auto-focusing correction for rotational acceleration effects on inverse synthetic aperture radar images Physics 30 Expired
US5519401A Programmed radar coordinate scan conversion Physics 14 Expired
US6662093B2 Image processing system for detecting when an airbag should be deployed Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US6577936B2 Image processing system for estimating the energy transfer of an occupant into an airbag Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US6856694B2 Decision enhancement system for a vehicle safety restraint application Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US6925193B2 Image processing system for dynamic suppression of airbags using multiple model likelihoods to infer three dimensional information Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US5682485A Deadlock avoidance for switched interconnect bus systems Physics 7 Expired
US6853898B2 Occupant labeling for airbag-related applications Physics 6 Expired
US7197180B2 System or method for selecting classifier attribute types Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US6944527B2 Decision enhancement system for a vehicle safety restraint application Physics 5 Expired
US7116800B2 Image segmentation system and method Physics 4 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.