Inventor · Ann Arbor, MI, US

Robert Kidd

17Patents
8h-index
28Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 17, 1983 → Mar 5, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5339368A Document image compression system and method Electricity 35 Expired
US5410617A Method for adaptively thresholding grayscale image data Physics 29 Expired
US4503419A Oil level detection circuit Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 27 Expired
US5751846A Document image compression system and method Electricity 19 Expired
US5848192A Method and apparatus for digital data compression Physics 17 Expired
US5329614A Method and apparatus for enlarging gray scale images Physics 17 Expired
US5410616A Loop-up table image scaling for rational factors Physics 16 Expired
US5768446A Document processing Physics 13 Expired
US5274473A Rapid variable angle digital screening Electricity 7 Expired
US9936040B2 Systems and methods for partial video caching Electricity 6 Active
US9473406B2 On-demand adaptive bitrate management for streaming media over packet networks Electricity 6 Active
US9871740B2 Methods and systems for optimal delivery of internet video over wireless networks Electricity 6 Active
US10264093B2 Systems and methods for partial video caching Electricity 2 Active
US8775665B2 Method for controlling download rate of real-time streaming as needed by media player Electricity 1 Active
US9288251B2 Adaptive bitrate management on progressive download with indexed media files Electricity 1 Active
US9749713B2 Budget encoding Electricity 0 Active
US10520110B2 Systems and methods for executing cryptographic operations across different types of processing hardware Electricity 0 Active

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