Inventor · Singapore, SG

Wee Sin Tan

29Patents
11h-index
31Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 4, 2001 → Oct 30, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7109465B2 System and method for converting ambient light energy into a digitized electrical output signal for controlling display and keypad illumination on a battery powered system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US8575537B2 Compact multi-direction proximity sensor device and method Electricity 53 Active
US8130210B2 Touch input system using light guides Physics 25 Active
US7196316B2 Portable electronic device with activation sensor Electricity 22 Expired
US8779361B2 Optical proximity sensor package with molded infrared light rejection barrier and infrared pass components Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US8946620B2 Proximity sensor device with internal channeling section Physics 17 Active
US7302181B2 Single lens multiple light source device Electricity 15 Expired
US8957380B2 Infrared attenuating or blocking layer in optical proximity sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US7617980B2 Integrated optical module for reflectance sensing Physics 11 Active
US8716665B2 Compact optical proximity sensor with ball grid array and windowed substrate Electricity 11 Active
US7514666B2 Composite receiver assembly having a circuit board on which multiple receiver devices that operate on different sets of wavelengths are mounted Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US7842957B2 Optical transceiver with reduced height Electricity 10 Active
US8420999B2 Metal shield and housing for optical proximity sensor with increased resistance to mechanical deformation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US9733357B2 Infrared proximity sensor package with improved crosstalk isolation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8350216B2 Miniaturized optical proximity sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8502151B2 Optical proximity sensor package with lead frame Electricity 7 Active
US7292875B2 Electronic device with ambient light sensor Electricity 7 Expired
US8841597B2 Housing for optical proximity sensor Physics 5 Active
US7684029B2 Method and apparatus for identifying a sensed light environment Physics 4 Active
US8742350B2 Proximity sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7507981B2 System for identifying a characteristic of a printing media Physics 2 Active
US7825902B2 Controller, system and method for identifying a number of interactions with a computer input area Physics 2 Active
US7218860B2 Optical transceiver module with ambient light circuitry Electricity 2 Expired
US7495204B2 Remote control receiver device and ambient light photosensor device incorporated into a single composite assembly Physics 2 Active
US7271963B2 Bi-curvature lens for light emitting diodes and photo detectors Electricity 1 Expired

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