William C. Dickson
16Patents
5h-index
8Co-inventors
59Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 20, 2001 → Apr 21, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6556285B1 | Method and apparatus for optical beam alignment detection and control | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US9810862B2 | Free space optical (FSO) system | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US6711340B2 | Method and apparatus for optical beam power attenuation | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US6717325B2 | Method and apparatus for actuation of a two-axis MEMS device using three actuation elements | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US6484114B1 | Method for calibrating a free-space-coupled fiber-optic transmission system | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US11082128B1 | Free space optical terminal with dither based alignment | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US8174705B1 | Tilting mirror controlled using null-based interferometric sensing | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US9876567B2 | Free space optical communication tracking with electronic boresight compensation and co-boresighted transmit and receive optics | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US9716549B2 | Free space optical communication tracking with electronic boresight compensation and co-boresighted transmit and receive optics | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US11290183B2 | Feed-forward control of free space optical communication system based on inertial measurement unit | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US10215936B2 | Free space optical (FSO) system | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US10389442B2 | Free space optical (FSO) system | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US11909439B2 | Wavefront sensor with inner detector and outer detector | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US11606140B2 | Free space optical terminal with dither based alignment | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11387899B1 | Beacon multiplexing for alignment of free space optical communication terminals | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US7440854B2 | Density and velocity based assessment method and apparatus | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.