Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Patrick Worfolk

38Patents
10h-index
29Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 8, 1999 → Apr 1, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6850502B1 Join process method for admitting a node to a wireless mesh network Electricity 117 Expired
US7366202B2 System and method for interference mitigation for wireless communication Electricity 75 Expired
US6363062B1 Communications protocol for packet data particularly in mesh topology wireless networks Electricity 68 Expired
US9179495B1 Implementing “all wireless” network over WiFi equipment using “scheduled TDMA” Electricity 60 Active
US9829614B2 Optical sensor using collimator Physics 56 Active
US7031336B2 Space-time-power scheduling for wireless networks Electricity 52 Expired
US7233574B2 Multi-path dynamic routing algorithm Electricity 37 Expired
US9411458B2 System and method for determining input object information from proximity and force measurements Physics 22 Active
US7881313B2 Space-time-power scheduling for wireless networks Electricity 17 Active
US8440920B2 Circular single-layer touch sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8456443B2 Single-layer touch sensors Physics 7 Active
US7769050B2 System and method for interference mitigation for wireless communication Electricity 7 Active
US8638112B2 Input device based on voltage gradients Physics 6 Active
US9632638B2 Device and method for force and proximity sensing employing an intermediate shield electrode layer Physics 5 Active
US9014203B2 Space-time-power scheduling for wireless networks Electricity 4 Active
US9430097B2 Non-orthogonal coding techniques for optical sensing Physics 4 Active
US10705272B2 Optical fingerprint sensor Physics 3 Active
US10976432B2 Acoustic locationing for smart environments Physics 2 Active
US7480515B2 Synchronization of media access control (MAC) superframes Electricity 2 Active
US7826860B2 Synchronization of media access control (MAC) superframes Electricity 1 Active
US9721365B2 Low latency modification of display frames Physics 1 Active
US9001070B2 System and method for determining user input from occluded objects Physics 1 Active
US8884916B2 System and method for determining user input using polygons Physics 1 Active
US10168843B2 System and method for determining user input from occluded objects Physics 1 Active
US12293563B2 Automated data annotation for computer vision applications Physics 0 Active

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