Inventor · Los Altos Hills, CA, US

Michele Covell

94Patents
21h-index
59Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: May 21, 1996 → Jun 1, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6400828B2 Canonical correlation analysis of image/control-point location coupling for the automatic location of control points Physics 81 Expired
US5893062A Variable rate video playback with synchronized audio Electricity 78 Expired
US8209330B1 Ordering image search results Physics 74 Active
US5828994A Non-uniform time scale modification of recorded audio Physics 73 Expired
US7072525B1 Adaptive filtering of visual image using auxiliary image information Physics 62 Expired
US7831531B1 Approximate hashing functions for finding similar content Physics 61 Active
US7991770B2 Detecting repeating content in broadcast media Electricity 58 Active
US7920968B2 Generating human-centric directions in mapping systems Physics 54 Active
US6721361B1 Video processing system including advanced scene break detection methods for fades, dissolves and flashes Physics 52 Expired
US8479225B2 Social and interactive applications for mass media Electricity 52 Active
US8411977B1 Audio identification using wavelet-based signatures Physics 49 Active
US6360202B1 Variable rate video playback with synchronized audio Electricity 48 Expired
US6188776A Principle component analysis of images for the automatic location of control points Physics 47 Expired
US8625033B1 Large-scale matching of audio and video Electricity 39 Active
US8947595B1 Fingerprinting to match videos having varying aspect ratios Electricity 36 Active
US6108612A Coded objects and methods for detecting such coded objects Physics 35 Expired
US9031951B1 Associating interest and disinterest keywords with similar and dissimilar users Physics 34 Active
US7480446B2 Variable rate video playback with synchronized audio Electricity 33 Active
US8019742B1 Identifying related queries Physics 26 Active
US8184953B1 Selection of hash lookup keys for efficient retrieval Physics 25 Active
US6728678B2 Variable rate video playback with synchronized audio Electricity 23 Expired
US8442125B2 Determining popularity ratings using social and interactive applications for mass media Electricity 21 Active
US8238669B2 Detection and classification of matches between time-based media Physics 21 Active
US6628821B1 Canonical correlation analysis of image/control-point location coupling for the automatic location of control points Physics 20 Expired
US8515193B1 Image compression using exemplar dictionary based on hierarchical clustering Electricity 19 Active

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