Inventor · Claregalway, IE

Peter Corcoran

338Patents
47h-index
70Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 29, 2001 → Jun 28, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7315631B1 Real-time face tracking in a digital image acquisition device Electricity 241 Active
US7551755B1 Classification and organization of consumer digital images using workflow, and face detection and recognition Physics 224 Active
US8169486B2 Image acquisition method and apparatus Electricity 192 Active
US7317815B2 Digital image processing composition using face detection information Electricity 189 Expired
US7403643B2 Real-time face tracking in a digital image acquisition device Electricity 186 Active
US7362368B2 Perfecting the optics within a digital image acquisition device using face detection Electricity 166 Expired
US7315630B2 Perfecting of digital image rendering parameters within rendering devices using face detection Electricity 161 Expired
US7606417B2 Foreground/background segmentation in digital images with differential exposure calculations Electricity 160 Active
US7564994B1 Classification system for consumer digital images using automatic workflow and face detection and recognition Physics 160 Active
US7336821B2 Automatic detection and correction of non-red eye flash defects Physics 147 Active
US7587068B1 Classification database for consumer digital images Physics 137 Expired
US7555148B1 Classification system for consumer digital images using workflow, face detection, normalization, and face recognition Physics 136 Active
US7440593B1 Method of improving orientation and color balance of digital images using face detection information Physics 134 Expired
US7515740B2 Face recognition with combined PCA-based datasets Physics 131 Active
US7460695B2 Real-time face tracking in a digital image acquisition device Electricity 129 Active
US7352394B1 Image modification based on red-eye filter analysis Physics 129 Expired
US7805210B2 Synchronizing multi-channel speakers over a network Electricity 120 Active
US7558408B1 Classification system for consumer digital images using workflow and user interface modules, and face detection and recognition Physics 109 Active
US7715597B2 Method and component for image recognition Physics 95 Active
US7636486B2 Method of determining PSF using multiple instances of a nominally similar scene Physics 94 Active
US8369650B2 Image defect map creation using batches of digital images Electricity 92 Active
US7369712B2 Automated statistical self-calibrating detection and removal of blemishes in digital images based on multiple occurrences of dust in images Physics 92 Expired
US8199222B2 Low-light video frame enhancement Physics 90 Active
US7660478B2 Method of determining PSF using multiple instances of nominally scene Physics 84 Active
US7639888B2 Method and apparatus for initiating subsequent exposures based on determination of motion blurring artifacts Electricity 82 Active

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