Michael J. Mandella
53Patents
30h-index
24Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 15, 1982 → Dec 11, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5887009A | Confocal optical scanning system employing a fiber laser | Physics | 216 | Expired |
| US7961909B2 | Computer interface employing a manipulated object with absolute pose detection component and a display | Physics | 213 | Active |
| US7826641B2 | Apparatus and method for determining an absolute pose of a manipulated object in a real three-dimensional environment with invariant features | Physics | 189 | Active |
| US7088440B2 | Method and apparatus for determining absolute position of a tip of an elongate object on a plane surface with invariant features | Physics | 166 | Expired |
| US7023536B2 | Apparatus and method for determining orientation parameters of an elongate object | Physics | 158 | Expired |
| US7729515B2 | Optical navigation apparatus using fixed beacons and a centroid sensing device | Physics | 157 | Active |
| US7110100B2 | Apparatus and method for determining an inclination of an elongate object contacting a plane surface | Physics | 150 | Expired |
| US7161664B2 | Apparatus and method for optical determination of intermediate distances | Physics | 142 | Expired |
| US7474809B2 | Implement for optically inferring information from a jotting surface and environmental landmarks | Physics | 142 | Active |
| US7038846B2 | Solid catadioptric lens with a single viewpoint | Physics | 138 | Expired |
| US7113270B2 | Determination of an orientation parameter of an elongate object with a scan beam apparatus | Physics | 133 | Expired |
| US7268956B2 | Solid catadioptric lens with two viewpoints | Physics | 132 | Expired |
| US9235934B2 | Computer interface employing a wearable article with an absolute pose detection component | Physics | 111 | Active |
| US6201608A | Method and apparatus for measuring optical reflectivity and imaging through a scattering medium | Human Necessities | 77 | Expired |
| US9229540B2 | Deriving input from six degrees of freedom interfaces | Physics | 74 | Active |
| US6423956B1 | Fiber-coupled, high-speed, integrated, angled-dual-axis confocal scanning microscopes employing vertical cross-section scanning | Physics | 72 | Expired |
| US6128085A | Reflectance spectroscopic apparatus with toroidal mirrors | Physics | 72 | Expired |
| US6307633A | Method and apparatus for performing scanning optical coherence confocal microscopy through a scattering medium | Human Necessities | 70 | Expired |
| US8553935B2 | Computer interface employing a manipulated object with absolute pose detection component and a display | Physics | 62 | Active |
| US6441356B1 | Fiber-coupled, high-speed, angled-dual-axis optical coherence scanning microscopes | Physics | 60 | Expired |
| US8542219B2 | Processing pose data derived from the pose of an elongate object | Physics | 49 | Active |
| US6369928B1 | Fiber-coupled, angled-dual-illumination-axis confocal scanning microscopes for performing reflective and two-photon fluorescence imaging | Physics | 48 | Expired |
| US6181478A | Ellipsoidal solid immersion lens | Performing Operations; Transporting | 47 | Expired |
| US6252666A | Method and apparatus for performing optical coherence-domain reflectometry and imaging through a scattering medium employing a power-efficient interferometer | Human Necessities | 45 | Expired |
| US6414779B1 | Integrated angled-dual-axis confocal scanning endoscopes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.