Inventor · Edinburgh, GB

Neale Dutton

46Patents
6h-index
25Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 23, 2011 → Dec 20, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9639063B2 Time to digital converter and applications thereof Physics 69 Active
US9313434B2 Pixel circuit with capacitor discharge indicative of number of events Physics 19 Active
US10067224B2 Time to digital converter (TDC) with synchronous output and related methods Physics 17 Active
US9171985B2 Pixel circuit with controlled capacitor discharge time of flight measurement Electricity 10 Active
US10097264B2 Single photon avalanche diode module for communications Electricity 8 Active
US10715754B2 Single reference clock time to digital converter Electricity 7 Active
US10120066B2 Apparatus for making a distance determination Electricity 5 Active
US8432304B2 Error correction in thermometer codes Physics 4 Active
US10976709B1 Latched gray code for ToF applications Electricity 3 Active
US10079643B2 Devices and methods for transmitting and receiving in an optical communications system Electricity 2 Active
US11428792B2 Routing for DTOF sensors Physics 2 Active
US10818721B2 Pixel circuit and method of operating the same in an always-on mode Physics 2 Active
US10996323B2 Time-of-flight imaging device, system and method Physics 2 Active
US11977186B2 ToF system Physics 1 Active
US10992384B1 Single-photon avalanche diode-based light communication devices Electricity 1 Active
US10785400B2 Multiple fields of view time of flight sensor Electricity 1 Active
US11336076B2 Apparatus for compensating parasitic impedance for integrated circuits Electricity 1 Active
US11349042B2 Anode sensing circuit for single photon avalanche diodes Electricity 1 Active
US11303859B2 Time of flight sensing for brightness and autofocus control in image projection devices Electricity 1 Active
US9007118B2 Circuit for combining signals Physics 1 Active
US10890662B2 Higher pixel density histogram time of flight sensor with higher pixel density Physics 1 Active
US10132921B2 Light communications receiver and decoder with time to digital converters Physics 1 Active
US11885915B2 Time to digital converter Physics 1 Active
US10598787B2 Method and apparatus for measuring time of flight Physics 0 Active
US11913831B2 Optical sensor and method of operating an optical sensor Physics 0 Active

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