Inventor · Carnation, WA, US

William Hill

27Patents
17h-index
24Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 24, 1997 → Sep 26, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6023714A Method and system for dynamically adapting the layout of a document to an output device Physics 500 Expired
US6239783A Weighted mapping of image data samples to pixel sub-components on a display device Physics 152 Expired
US6243070A Method and apparatus for detecting and reducing color artifacts in images Physics 152 Expired
US6188385A Method and apparatus for displaying images such as text Physics 141 Expired
US6624828B1 Method and apparatus for improving the quality of displayed images through the use of user reference information Physics 117 Expired
US6278434A Non-square scaling of image data to be mapped to pixel sub-components Physics 108 Expired
US6219025A Mapping image data samples to pixel sub-components on a striped display device Physics 106 Expired
US6750875B1 Compression of image data associated with two-dimensional arrays of pixel sub-components Physics 100 Expired
US6225973A Mapping samples of foreground/background color image data to pixel sub-components Physics 88 Expired
US6674436B1 Methods and apparatus for improving the quality of displayed images through the use of display device and display condition information Physics 80 Expired
US6198505A High resolution, high speed digital camera Electricity 60 Expired
US6577291B2 Gray scale and color display methods and apparatus Physics 40 Expired
US7437683B1 Method and apparatus for fostering immersive reading of electronic documents Physics 37 Expired
US7251778B1 Method and system for dynamically adapting the layout of a document to an output device Physics 23 Expired
US6421054B1 Methods and apparatus for performing grid fitting and hinting operations Physics 19 Expired
US6693615B2 High resolution display of image data using pixel sub-components Physics 17 Expired
US6307566A Methods and apparatus for performing image rendering and rasterization operations Physics 17 Expired
US7134091B2 Quality of displayed images with user preference information Physics 13 Expired
US6986103B1 Document formatting based on optimized formatting values Physics 10 Expired
US7512879B2 Intelligent virtual paging paradigm Physics 7 Expired
US7289123B2 Simplifying complex characters to maintain legibility Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US7173619B2 Matching digital information flow to a human perception system Physics 6 Expired
US7145572B2 Methods and apparatus for improving the quality of displayed images through the use of display device and display condition information Physics 5 Expired
US6874889B1 Differential rate double shutter for cinematographic digital image capture cameras Electricity 5 Expired
US7548239B2 Matching digital information flow to a human perception system Physics 3 Active

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