Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Xiaofan Lin

58Patents
22h-index
60Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: May 3, 2002 → May 23, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7657100B2 System and method for enabling image recognition and searching of images Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 271 Active
US7660468B2 System and method for enabling image searching using manual enrichment, classification, and/or segmentation Physics 200 Active
US8345982B2 System and method for search portions of objects in images and features thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 131 Active
US8315442B2 System and method for enabling image searching using manual enrichment, classification, and/or segmentation Physics 126 Active
US7657126B2 System and method for search portions of objects in images and features thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Active
US7760956B2 System and method for producing a page using frames of a video stream Physics 51 Active
US7013005B2 System and method for prioritizing contacts Electricity 47 Expired
US9280560B1 Scalable image matching Physics 36 Active
US9256795B1 Text entity recognition Physics 34 Active
US8055713B2 Email application with user voice interface Physics 32 Active
US9582913B1 Automated highlighting of identified text Physics 30 Active
US8732030B2 System and method for using image analysis and search in E-commerce Physics 30 Active
US7342900B2 Apparatus and method for estimating device availability Electricity 29 Active
US9043349B1 Image-based character recognition Physics 28 Active
US7644356B2 Constraint-based albuming of graphic elements Physics 26 Active
US7349527B2 System and method for extracting demographic information Electricity 25 Expired
US8732025B2 System and method for enabling image recognition and searching of remote content on display Physics 25 Active
US9179061B1 Assisted text input for computing devices Physics 24 Active
US9008435B2 System and method for search portions of objects in images and features thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Active
US10540378B1 Visual search suggestions Physics 23 Active
US7555711B2 Generating a text layout boundary from a text block in an electronic document Physics 22 Active
US10445569B1 Combination of heterogeneous recognizer for image-based character recognition Physics 22 Active
US9292739B1 Automated recognition of text utilizing multiple images Physics 21 Active
US8090612B2 Producing marketing items for a marketing campaign Physics 21 Active
US9082162B2 System and method for enabling image searching using manual enrichment, classification, and/or segmentation Physics 20 Active

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