Inventor · Kitchener, ON, CA

Michael Purdy

39Patents
7h-index
19Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 11, 2004 → Feb 2, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7271568B2 Battery charger for portable devices and related methods Electricity 52 Expired
US7116079B2 Methods and apparatus for simultaneously charging multiple rechargable batteries Electricity 31 Expired
US7884570B2 Battery charger for portable devices and related methods Electricity 21 Active
US8194028B2 System and method for adjusting an intensity value and a backlight level for a display of an electronic device Physics 9 Active
US8610397B2 Battery charger for portable devices and related methods Electricity 9 Active
US7388352B2 Methods and apparatus for simultaneously charging multiple rechargeable batteries Electricity 8 Active
US7113670B2 Method and device to improve backlight uniformity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7330216B2 Handheld electronic device having a battery compartment door that includes a camera Electricity 7 Expired
US7710466B2 Method and apparatus for controlling a camera module to compensate for the color spectrum of a white LED Electricity 6 Active
US7702235B2 Handheld electronic device and camera providing flash compensation of images, and associated method Physics 5 Active
US8537311B2 Display devices containing a circular polarizing system and methods related thereto Physics 5 Active
US7646448B2 Method and device to improve backlight uniformity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7489102B2 Battery charger that identifies portable device type and rechargeable battery type and method Electricity 4 Active
US7978230B2 Method and apparatus for controlling a camera module to compensate for the color spectrum of a white LED Electricity 4 Active
US8817002B2 Data display adapted for bright ambient light Physics 4 Active
US7825958B2 Method and apparatus for controlling a camera module to compensate for the light level of a white LED Physics 4 Active
US7445367B2 Method and device to improve backlight uniformity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7415176B2 Method and device to improve backlight uniformity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8345866B2 Secure data transfer on a handheld communications device Electricity 2 Active
US8306412B2 Handheld electronic device and camera providing flash compensation of images, and associated method Physics 2 Active
US8798266B2 Secure data transfer on a handheld communications device Electricity 2 Active
US9275571B2 Method and system to quickly fade the luminance of an OLED display Physics 2 Active
US9285532B2 Backlight module having a prisim reflector Physics 1 Active
US8964103B2 Method and apparatus for reducing continuous autofocus power consumption Electricity 1 Active
US8325249B2 Method and apparatus for controlling a camera module to compensate for the light level of a white LED Physics 1 Active

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