Inventor · Boulder, CO, US

Michael G. Robinson

237Patents
28h-index
58Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 2, 1992 → Aug 1, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5666226A Optical apparatus Physics 248 Expired
US9519153B2 Directional flat illuminators Electricity 122 Active
US10126575B1 Optical stack for privacy display Physics 102 Active
US10303030B2 Reflective optical stack for privacy display Electricity 97 Active
US10054732B2 Directional backlight having a rear reflector Physics 78 Active
US10401638B2 Optical stack for imaging directional backlights Physics 73 Active
US5861940A Eye detection system for providing eye gaze tracking Physics 70 Expired
US6704065B1 Optical system for producing a modulated color image Electricity 58 Expired
US7528906B2 Achromatic polarization switches Physics 57 Active
US11070791B2 Privacy display apparatus Electricity 52 Active
US10935714B2 Optical waveguide for directional backlight Physics 52 Active
US10976578B2 Reflective optical stack for privacy display Physics 48 Active
US11016341B2 Directional illumination apparatus and privacy display Electricity 45 Active
US10627670B2 Reflective optical stack for privacy display Physics 45 Active
US10712608B2 Reflective optical stack for privacy display Physics 44 Active
US5383042A 3 layer liquid crystal neural network with output layer displaying error value for optical weight updating Physics 42 Expired
US5745733A Computer system including a portable portion and a stationary portion providing both uni-processing and multiprocessing capabilities Physics 41 Expired
US6175352A Address generator display and spatial light modulator Physics 39 Expired
US9350980B2 Crosstalk suppression in a directional backlight Physics 34 Active
US11237417B2 Directional display apparatus Physics 33 Active
US11442316B2 Directional display apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Active
US11099448B2 Off-axis display device Electricity 33 Active
US6380997B1 Achromatic polarization inverters for displaying inverse frames in DC balanced liquid crystal displays Physics 33 Expired
US6373549B1 Diffractive spatial light modulator and display Physics 32 Expired
US6327013A Liquid crystal device in which an electric field within the picture element varies in intensity Physics 32 Expired

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