Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Rene Helbing

75Patents
12h-index
54Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 17, 1996 → Aug 19, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5847507A Fluorescent dye added to epoxy of light emitting diode lens Electricity 234 Expired
US6157432A Heated ferroelectric liquid crystal spatial light modulator with improved contrast, improved grayscale resolution, and decreased pixel sticking when operated in a non-DC balanced mode Physics 185 Expired
US6735328B1 Personal viewing device with system for providing identification information to a connected system Physics 103 Expired
US6690854B2 Optical wavelength division multiplexer Physics 50 Expired
US7629968B2 Methods and systems for detecting selections on a touch screen display Physics 47 Active
US6362573B1 Apparatus and method for monitoring the life of arc lamp bulbs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US7280201B2 Sensor having integrated light detector and/or light source Physics 23 Expired
US7988311B2 Light emitting device having a phosphor layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US5942284A Growth of electroluminescent phosphors by MOCVD Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US7535524B2 Display panel with wavelength converting material and control interface to switchably control independent projection or non-projection of primary and secondary IMAGES Physics 19 Active
US8068140B2 Still image stabilization suitable for compact camera environments Physics 15 Active
US8922106B2 Light source with optics to produce a spherical emission pattern Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 14 Active
US7295329B2 Position detection system Physics 12 Expired
US6198523A Ferroelectric liquid crystal light doubler with temperature and voltage controlled tilt angle Physics 10 Expired
US7557338B2 Electronic device with integrated optical navigation module and microlens array therefore Physics 9 Expired
US7382976B1 Light source having a variable focal length Electricity 9 Active
US8159131B2 Light emitting device having a transparent thermally conductive layer Electricity 9 Active
US7391008B2 Method and system for wavelength-dependent imaging and detection using a hybrid filter Physics 8 Active
US6498632B1 Color reflective ferroelectric liquid crystal light valve with three spatial light modulators and increased light throughput Physics 8 Expired
US7519287B2 Electronic flash, imaging device and method for producing a flash of light having a rectangular radiation pattern Physics 8 Active
US7391512B2 Integrated optoelectronic system for measuring fluorescence or luminescence emission decay Physics 8 Expired
US6313820A Method of operating a ferroelectric liquid crystal spatial light modulator in non-DC balanced mode with decreased pixel sticking Physics 7 Expired
US7777781B2 Method and system for determining the motion of an imaging apparatus Physics 7 Active
US7609291B2 Device and method for producing an enhanced color image using a flash of infrared light Physics 7 Active
US6262829A Method of digital grayscale control using modulation of a slow-acting light source Electricity 6 Expired

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