William M. Silver
75Patents
24h-index
34Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 19, 1986 → Aug 27, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5481712A | Method and apparatus for interactively generating a computer program for machine vision analysis of an object | Physics | 239 | Expired |
| US7305114B2 | Human/machine interface for a machine vision sensor and method for installing and operating the same | Physics | 149 | Expired |
| US5371690A | Method and apparatus for inspection of surface mounted devices | Physics | 123 | Expired |
| US5495537A | Methods and apparatus for machine vision template matching of images predominantly having generally diagonal and elongate features | Physics | 116 | Expired |
| US4972359A | Digital image processing system | Physics | 102 | Expired |
| US5602937A | Methods and apparatus for machine vision high accuracy searching | Physics | 90 | Expired |
| US6658145B1 | Fast high-accuracy multi-dimensional pattern inspection | Physics | 69 | Expired |
| US6836567B1 | Fast high-accuracy multi-dimensional pattern inspection | Physics | 58 | Expired |
| US6829371B1 | Auto-setup of a video safety curtain system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 56 | Expired |
| US7016539B1 | Method for fast, robust, multi-dimensional pattern recognition | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US8244041B1 | Method for fast, robust, multi-dimensional pattern recognition | Physics | 53 | Active |
| US4728195A | Method for imaging printed circuit board component leads | Electricity | 53 | Expired |
| US6469734B1 | Video safety detector with shadow elimination | Electricity | 51 | Expired |
| US5717785A | Method and apparatus for locating patterns in an optical image | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US5657403A | Vision coprocessing | Physics | 48 | Expired |
| US6850646B1 | Fast high-accuracy multi-dimensional pattern inspection | Physics | 47 | Expired |
| US6002793A | Machine vision method and apparatus for finding an object orientation angle of a rectilinear object | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US7400744B2 | Stereo door sensor | Fixed Constructions | 42 | Expired |
| US6856698B1 | Fast high-accuracy multi-dimensional pattern localization | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US8249329B2 | Method and apparatus for detecting and characterizing an object | Physics | 36 | Active |
| US7043055B1 | Method and apparatus for locating objects using universal alignment targets | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US6067379A | Method and apparatus for locating patterns in an optical image | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US7167575B1 | Video safety detector with projected pattern | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US7065262B1 | Fast high-accuracy multi-dimensional pattern inspection | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US5793899A | Vision coprocessing | Physics | 17 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.