Robert J. Topper
32Patents
13h-index
10Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 27, 1982 → Sep 13, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5586200A | Segmentation based image compression system | Physics | 111 | Expired |
| US6473460B1 | Method and apparatus for calculating motion vectors | Electricity | 56 | Expired |
| US5420971A | Image edge finder which operates over multiple picture element ranges | Physics | 47 | Expired |
| US5157497A | Method and apparatus for detecting and compensating for white shading errors in a digitized video signal | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US6545719B1 | Apparatus and method for concealing interpolation artifacts in a video interlaced to progressive scan converter | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US4677483A | Interpolation filter with motion compensation | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US4673978A | Progressive scan processor with plural frequency band interpolation | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US5255093A | Apparatus and a method for limiting gain in a digital gamma corrector | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US4679084A | Method and apparatus for freezing a television picture | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US5231398A | Method and apparatus for self-tracking multiple analog to digital conversion | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US5132796A | Method and apparatus for digitally processing gamma pedestal and gain | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US4589019A | Digital adder including counter coupled to individual bits of the input | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US5610604A | Analog to digital converter providing varying digital resolution | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US6002434A | Registration correction waveform determination method and system for a television camera | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US4499494A | Television gamma corrector with symmetrical response about black-level | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US5298981A | Color signal aperture correction system having automatically selected source signal | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US5574513A | Color selection aperture correction circuit | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US5227883A | Method and apparatus for motion aperture correction | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US5659313A | System and method for reducing noise during analog to digital conversion | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US4814863A | Detection and concealing artifacts in combed video signals | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US4683498A | Compatible wide-screen television system camera | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US5548332A | Apparatus and method for black shading correction | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US7084924B2 | Method, apparatus, and system for displaying widescreen video images on standard video displays | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Expired |
| US4684977A | Luminance/chrominance separation circuitry | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US5418563A | Dynamic peaking aperture correction for use with a CCD camera | Electricity | 1 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.