Inventor · Indianapolis, IN, US

Todd J. Christopher

53Patents
19h-index
27Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 2, 1978 → Dec 15, 1997

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5351087A Two stage interpolation system Electricity 130 Expired
US4419699A Digital on video recording and playback system Physics 124 Expired
US4821226A Dual port video memory system having a bit-serial address input port Physics 123 Expired
US4819252A Sampled data subsampling apparatus Electricity 110 Expired
US5689301A Method and apparatus for identifying video fields produced by film sources Electricity 59 Expired
US5563651A Method and apparatus for identifying video fields produced by film sources employing 2-2 and 3-2 pull down sequences Electricity 47 Expired
US5422680A Non-linear contrast control apparatus with pixel distribution measurement for video display system Electricity 46 Expired
US4656515A Horizontal compression of pixels in a reduced-size video image utilizing cooperating subsampling and display rates Electricity 25 Expired
US4901077A Sigma-delta modulator for D-to-A converter Electricity 24 Expired
US5130798A Dual band progressive television system with noise reduction Electricity 24 Expired
US4638360A Timing correction for a picture-in-picture television system Electricity 23 Expired
US4731851A Digital signal gain control circuitry for varying digital signals in substantially equal db steps Electricity 22 Expired
US4309721A Error coding for video disc system Physics 22 Expired
US4823302A Block oriented random access memory able to perform a data read, a data write and a data refresh operation in one block-access time Physics 22 Expired
US4652908A Filtering system for processing a reduced-resolution video image Electricity 22 Expired
US4694414A Digital delay interpolation filter with amplitude and phase compensation Electricity 21 Expired
US4494052A DC Motor servo system Electricity 20 Expired
US4203134A FM Signal demodulator with defect detection Electricity 19 Expired
US6900845B1 Memory architecture for a multiple format video signal processor Electricity 19 Expired
US5084700A Signal clamp circuitry for analog-to-digital converters Electricity 18 Expired
US4286290A Fast recovery squelch circuit for a video disc player Physics 18 Expired
US5119195A Video noise reduction system employing plural frequency bands Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4757467A Apparatus for estimating the square root of digital samples Physics 15 Expired
US5043813A Display locked timing signals for video processing Electricity 14 Expired
US4656516A Vertical subsampling and memory synchronization system for a picture within a picture television receiver Electricity 14 Expired

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