Inventor · Beach Park, IL, US

Thomas Merrell

66Patents
8h-index
43Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 6, 2007 → Jul 2, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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

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