Michael J. Sinclair
118Patents
33h-index
94Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: May 22, 1978 → May 1, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9396669B2 | Surgical procedure capture, modelling, and editing interactive playback | Physics | 719 | Active |
| US5766016A | Surgical simulator and method for simulating surgical procedure | Electricity | 369 | Expired |
| US7289102B2 | Method and apparatus using multiple sensors in a device with a display | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 253 | Expired |
| US6707449B2 | Manual controlled scrolling | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 215 | Expired |
| US6879930B2 | Capacitance touch slider | Physics | 200 | Expired |
| US6975306B2 | Automatic scrolling | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 197 | Expired |
| US7427926B2 | Establishing communication between computing-based devices through motion detection | Electricity | 177 | Active |
| US7403191B2 | Tactile overlay for an imaging display | Physics | 165 | Expired |
| US6690365B2 | Automatic scrolling | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 149 | Expired |
| US7408538B2 | Enhanced scrolling | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 141 | Active |
| US6844871B1 | Method and apparatus for computer input using six degrees of freedom | Physics | 108 | Expired |
| US7016705B2 | Reducing power consumption in a networked battery-operated device using sensors | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 105 | Expired |
| US7230933B2 | Reducing idle power consumption in a networked battery operated device | Physics | 101 | Expired |
| US6775048B1 | Microelectrical mechanical structure (MEMS) optical modulator and optical display system | Electricity | 83 | Expired |
| US7050927B2 | Capacitance touch slider | Physics | 78 | Expired |
| US7158125B2 | Capacitance touch slider | Physics | 74 | Expired |
| US8174508B2 | Pointing and data entry input device | Electricity | 72 | Active |
| US6275325A | Thermally activated microelectromechanical systems actuator | Electricity | 71 | Expired |
| US6967761B2 | Microelectrical mechanical structure (MEMS) optical modulator and optical display system | Electricity | 70 | Expired |
| US6501107B1 | Addressable fuse array for circuits and mechanical devices | Electricity | 67 | Expired |
| US4752836A | Method and apparatus for reproducing video images to simulate movement within a multi-dimensional space | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 65 | Expired |
| US4873585A | Method of selectively retrieving video images from a video reproducer for simulating movement | Human Necessities | 62 | Expired |
| US7812825B2 | Capacitance touch slider | Physics | 54 | Active |
| US6396477B1 | Method of interacting with a computer using a proximity sensor in a computer input device | Human Necessities | 52 | Expired |
| US7283850B2 | Method and apparatus for multi-sensory speech enhancement on a mobile device | Electricity | 52 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.