Inventor · Hatboro, PA, US

Robert J. Topper

32Patents
13h-index
10Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 27, 1982 → Sep 13, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.