Inventor · Rochester, NY, US

William A. Fuss

44Patents
16h-index
42Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 7, 1993 → Aug 1, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5363209A Image-dependent sharpness enhancement Electricity 175 Expired
US5450502A Image-dependent luminance enhancement Physics 141 Expired
US6941014B2 Method and apparatus for segmenting an image using a combination of image segmentation techniques Physics 93 Expired
US5485568A Structured image (Sl) format for describing complex color raster images Physics 90 Expired
US5347374A Cascaded image processing using histogram prediction Electricity 84 Expired
US6292168A Period-based bit conversion method and apparatus for digital image processing Physics 78 Expired
US5581370A Image-dependent automatic area of interest enhancement Physics 65 Expired
US7324241B2 Variable data differential gloss images Electricity 42 Active
US6342951B1 Gamut mapping algorithm using inverted gamma function Electricity 37 Expired
US5802214A Method for determining and loading an image-dependent look-up table for generating an enhanced image representation Electricity 31 Expired
US6334001A Iterative smoothing technique for pre-processing mixed raster content planes to improve the quality of a decompressed image and increase document compression ratios Physics 29 Expired
US5666503A Structured image (SI) image editor and method for editing structured images Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US7580153B2 Printed visible fonts with attendant background Physics 25 Active
US6272255A Method and apparatus for pre-processing mixed raster content planes to improve the quality of a decompressed image and increase document compression ratios Physics 21 Expired
US6275620A Method and apparatus for pre-processing mixed raster content planes to improve the quality of a decompressed image and increase document compression ratios Physics 18 Expired
US7869090B2 Variable data digital pantographs Electricity 17 Active
US6141012A Image processing code generation based on structured image (SI) techniques Physics 15 Expired
US7589865B2 Variable differential gloss font image data Electricity 15 Active
US6326983A Structured image (SI) format for describing complex color raster images Physics 15 Expired
US8797602B2 UV and IR specialty imaging methods and systems Electricity 14 Active
US6832007B1 Method and system for compensating for scaling artifacts in mixed raster content (MRC) representations Physics 13 Expired
US8447204B2 Simulated paper texture using clear toner on uniform substrate Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Active
US7391537B2 User interface for differential gloss images Electricity 11 Active
US6715127B1 System and method for providing editing controls based on features of a raster image Physics 11 Expired
US7864979B2 System and method for embedding dispersed miniature security marks Physics 9 Active

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