Inventor · Pleasanton, CA, US

Richard Marks

137Patents
35h-index
40Co-inventors
90Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 13, 1975 → Mar 28, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8601379B2 Methods for interactive communications with real time effects and avatar environment interaction Human Necessities 453 Active
US8072470B2 System and method for providing a real-time three-dimensional interactive environment Human Necessities 420 Expired
US7627139B2 Computer image and audio processing of intensity and input devices for interfacing with a computer program Human Necessities 224 Active
US6061055A Method of tracking objects with an imaging device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 207 Expired
US7102615B2 Man-machine interface using a deformable device Human Necessities 200 Expired
US7646372B2 Methods and systems for enabling direction detection when interfacing with a computer program Human Necessities 186 Active
US7623115B2 Method and apparatus for light input device Physics 159 Expired
US6795068B1 Prop input device and method for mapping an object from a two-dimensional camera image to a three-dimensional space for controlling action in a game program Human Necessities 149 Expired
US7391409B2 Method and system for applying gearing effects to multi-channel mixed input Human Necessities 134 Expired
US8547401B2 Portable augmented reality device and method Human Necessities 111 Expired
US7850526B2 System for tracking user manipulations within an environment Human Necessities 110 Active
US7071914B1 User input device and method for interaction with graphic images Human Necessities 109 Expired
US6025847A Three dimensional modeling system with visual feedback Physics 102 Expired
US8085339B2 Method and apparatus for optimizing capture device settings through depth information Human Necessities 102 Active
US7352359B2 Method and system for applying gearing effects to inertial tracking Human Necessities 98 Expired
US8313380B2 Scheme for translating movements of a hand-held controller into inputs for a system Human Necessities 97 Active
US8287373B2 Control device for communicating visual information Physics 97 Active
US7854655B2 Obtaining input for controlling execution of a game program Electricity 82 Active
US7883415B2 Method and apparatus for adjusting a view of a scene being displayed according to tracked head motion Human Necessities 77 Expired
US7782297B2 Method and apparatus for use in determining an activity level of a user in relation to a system Human Necessities 62 Active
US7965859B2 Lighting control of a user environment via a display device Electricity 60 Active
US8766983B2 Methods and systems for processing an interchange of real time effects during video communication Human Necessities 53 Active
US7918733B2 Multi-input game control mixer Human Necessities 52 Active
US7352358B2 Method and system for applying gearing effects to acoustical tracking Human Necessities 52 Expired
US7874917B2 Methods and systems for enabling depth and direction detection when interfacing with a computer program Human Necessities 52 Active

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