William E. Nelson
64Patents
36h-index
35Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 2, 1980 → Sep 13, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5523193A | Method and apparatus for patterning and imaging member | Physics | 741 | Expired |
| US5096279A | Spatial light modulator and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 555 | Expired |
| US5028939A | Spatial light modulator system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 410 | Expired |
| US4571603A | Deformable mirror electrostatic printer | Physics | 377 | Expired |
| US5212582A | Electrostatically controlled beam steering device and method | Physics | 370 | Expired |
| US5461411A | Process and architecture for digital micromirror printer | Electricity | 333 | Expired |
| US5233456A | Resonant mirror and method of manufacture | Physics | 321 | Expired |
| US5168406A | Color deformable mirror device and method for manufacture | Physics | 296 | Expired |
| US5247180A | Stereolithographic apparatus and method of use | Performing Operations; Transporting | 205 | Expired |
| US6061075A | Non-systolic time delay and integration printing | Electricity | 194 | Expired |
| US5510824A | Spatial light modulator array | Electricity | 140 | Expired |
| US5490009A | Enhanced resolution for digital micro-mirror displays | Physics | 132 | Expired |
| US5202785A | Method and device for steering light | Physics | 115 | Expired |
| US6731814B2 | Method for compressing digital documents with control of image quality and compression rate | Electricity | 106 | Expired |
| US5041851A | Spatial light modulator printer and method of operation | Physics | 106 | Expired |
| US5151718A | System and method for solid state illumination for DMD devices | Physics | 106 | Expired |
| US5105369A | Printing system exposure module alignment method and apparatus of manufacture | Physics | 92 | Expired |
| US5504514A | System and method for solid state illumination for spatial light modulators | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 90 | Expired |
| US5392151A | Method and apparatus for steering light | Physics | 88 | Expired |
| US5461410A | Gray scale printing using spatial light modulators | Electricity | 85 | Expired |
| US5453778A | Method and apparatus for spatial modulation in the cross-process direction | Physics | 78 | Expired |
| US5105207A | System and method for achieving gray scale DMD operation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 75 | Expired |
| US5101236A | Light energy control system and method of operation | Physics | 71 | Expired |
| US6650261B2 | Sliding window compression method utilizing defined match locations | Electricity | 71 | Expired |
| US5159485A | System and method for uniformity of illumination for tungsten light | Physics | 66 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.