Inventor · Shaker Heights, OH, US

Michael Patrick Johnson

40Patents
15h-index
52Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: May 10, 1990 → May 15, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5563988A Method and system for facilitating wireless, full-body, real-time user interaction with a digitally represented visual environment Electricity 567 Expired
US9141194B1 Magnetometer-based gesture sensing with a wearable device Physics 216 Active
US9176582B1 Input system Physics 174 Active
US8963806B1 Device authentication Electricity 158 Active
US9230501B1 Device control utilizing optical flow Physics 56 Active
US9171198B1 Image capture technique Physics 49 Active
US9239626B1 Input system Physics 46 Active
US8873147B1 Chord authentication via a multi-touch interface Physics 37 Active
US9164588B1 Wearable computing device with gesture recognition Physics 34 Active
US8994613B1 User-experience customization Physics 29 Active
US7102430B2 Efficient method and means for integration of power control and predistortion in a transmitter Electricity 28 Expired
US9268136B1 Use of comparative sensor data to determine orientation of head relative to body Physics 24 Active
US9264803B1 Using sounds for determining a worn state of a wearable computing device Electricity 22 Active
US9135915B1 Augmenting speech segmentation and recognition using head-mounted vibration and/or motion sensors Electricity 16 Active
US5742561A Transversely driven piston transducer Electricity 15 Expired
US8074855B2 Bypass type follower assembly having a latch mechanism on the follower claw Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Active
US9979547B2 Password management Electricity 14 Active
US5650599A Noise cancellation method and apparatus Physics 11 Expired
US8827132B2 Fastener driving tool and workpiece positioning attachments Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Active
US8303110B1 Nose pads for a wearable device having an electrically-controllable hardness Physics 8 Active
US7918375B2 Pneumatically operable fastener-driving tool and seal mechanism assembly, and a method of operating the same Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Active
US7617957B2 Mounting system for the exhaust gas deflector of a power tool Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US9557152B2 Use of comparative sensor data to determine orientation of head relative to body Physics 7 Active
US9658692B1 Magnetometer-based gesture sensing with a wearable device Physics 7 Active
US10146323B1 Magnetometer-based gesture sensing with a wearable device Physics 7 Active

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