Inventor · San Mateo, CA, US

William C. Dickson

16Patents
5h-index
8Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 20, 2001 → Apr 21, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.