Thomas Merrell
66Patents
8h-index
43Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 6, 2007 → Jul 2, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9983656B2 | Fingerprint sensor with power saving operating modes, and corresponding devices, systems, and methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 48 | Active |
| US8294105B2 | Electronic device with sensing assembly and method for interpreting offset gestures | Electricity | 22 | Active |
| US7805171B2 | Earmounted electronic device and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Active |
| US8542186B2 | Mobile device with user interaction capability and method of operating same | Physics | 20 | Active |
| US8344325B2 | Electronic device with sensing assembly and method for detecting basic gestures | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US8788676B2 | Method and system for controlling data transmission to or from a mobile device | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US9230150B1 | Finger print sensor and auxiliary processor integration in an electronic device | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US9063591B2 | Active styluses for interacting with a mobile device | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US7351065B1 | Method and electronic device connector with band and angle encoding | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US9836637B2 | Finger print state integration with non-application processor functions for power savings in an electronic device | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US12004046B2 | Object tracking based on UWB tags | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US10812908B1 | User-based privacy activation for audio play mode | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US8619029B2 | Electronic device with sensing assembly and method for interpreting consecutive gestures | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US9888333B2 | Three-dimensional audio rendering techniques | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US11990012B2 | Object contextual control based on UWB radios | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US11153147B2 | Dynamic event notification routing and delivery device and corresponding systems and methods | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US10757323B2 | Electronic device with image capture command source identification and corresponding methods | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US11100204B2 | Methods and devices for granting increasing operational access with increasing authentication factors | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US8963885B2 | Mobile device for interacting with an active stylus | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US8878788B2 | Touch screen device with surface switch | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US11514872B2 | Mitigating display interference with captured image by controlling display brightness | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US10616343B1 | Center console unit and corresponding systems and methods | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US10984086B1 | Methods and systems for fingerprint sensor triggered voice interaction in an electronic device | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US10845921B2 | Methods and systems for augmenting images in an electronic device | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US12063059B2 | UWB accessory for a wireless device | Electricity | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.