Inventor
OLIVER THOMAS C
US50 patents
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HEWLETT PACKARD CO
29 patentsUS6455840B1Sep 24, 2002
Predictive and pulsed illumination of a surface in a micro-texture navigation technique
HEWLETT PACKARD CO127 citations98
US6295391B1Sep 25, 2001
Automatic data routing via voice command annotation
HEWLETT PACKARD CO98 citations98
US6289140B1Sep 11, 2001
Voice control input for portable capture devices
HEWLETT PACKARD CO123 citations98
US5101387AMar 31, 1992
Lateral displacement control assembly for an optical disk handling system
HEWLETT PACKARD CO74 citations96
US5043962AAug 27, 1991
Cartridge handling system
HEWLETT PACKARD CO101 citations96
US4998232AMar 5, 1991
Optical disk handling apparatus with flip latch
HEWLETT PACKARD CO71 citations96
US5010536AApr 23, 1991
Cartridge handling system
HEWLETT PACKARD CO80 citations95
US6330082B1Dec 11, 2001
Converter for optical scanner
HEWLETT PACKARD CO21 citations93
US6226422B1May 1, 2001
Voice annotation of scanned images for portable scanning applications
HEWLETT PACKARD CO27 citations93
US6297513B1Oct 2, 2001
Exposure servo for optical navigation over micro-textured surfaces
HEWLETT PACKARD CO21 citations92
US6265855B1Jul 24, 2001
Coordinated switching in a multiple switching regulator system to lower peak current load
HEWLETT PACKARD CO19 citations92
US5745458AApr 28, 1998
Overlapped spin-up process for optical disk drive
HEWLETT PACKARD CO30 citations92
US5694382ADec 2, 1997
Blank sector detection for optical disk drive
HEWLETT PACKARD CO35 citations92
US5280467AJan 18, 1994
Optical disk cartridge assembly
HEWLETT PACKARD CO20 citations92
US5231616AJul 27, 1993
Calibration of a cartridge handling device using mechanical sense of touch
HEWLETT PACKARD CO21 citations92
US5184336AFeb 2, 1993
Mechanical assembly for alternately producing displacement of a carriage and rotation of a carriage mounted gear
HEWLETT PACKARD CO25 citations92
US5040159AAug 13, 1991
Mechanical sense of touch in a control system
HEWLETT PACKARD CO45 citations92
US6265706B1Jul 24, 2001
Edge to edge image sensor and navigator for portable scanner
HEWLETT PACKARD CO28 citations91
US6246211B1Jun 12, 2001
Smart charger
HEWLETT PACKARD CO35 citations91
US5164928ANov 17, 1992
Error recovery in a cartridge handling system
HEWLETT PACKARD CO36 citations91
US6259084B1Jul 10, 2001
System and method for improved scanning accuracy through noise reduction and pulse timing
HEWLETT PACKARD CO13 citations74
US5057758AOct 15, 1991
Passive payload for a cartridge handling system
HEWLETT PACKARD CO11 citations74
US6437548B2Aug 20, 2002
Coordinated switching in a multiple switching regulator system to lower peak current load
HEWLETT PACKARD CO13 citations73
US5276675AJan 4, 1994
Optical disk cartridge assembly
HEWLETT PACKARD CO10 citations73
US5134600AJul 28, 1992
Calibration of a cartridge handling device using mechanical sense of touch
HEWLETT PACKARD CO7 citations73
US5490124AFeb 6, 1996
Write and erase assembly for magneto-optic drive apparatus
HEWLETT PACKARD CO5 citations72
US5345431ASep 6, 1994
Write and erase assembly for magneto-optic drive apparatus
HEWLETT PACKARD CO8 citations72
US6414293B1Jul 2, 2002
Optical position sensing device and method using a contoured transparent sheet
HEWLETT PACKARD CO4 citations63
US6362465B1Mar 26, 2002
Optical scanning system and method capable of receiving inputs from a user
HEWLETT PACKARD CO4 citations63
MICROSOFT CORP
13 patentsUS7627703B2Dec 1, 2009
Input device with audio capabilities
MICROSOFT CORP25 citations93
US7483018B2Jan 27, 2009
Systems and methods for providing a combined pen and mouse input device in a computing system
MICROSOFT CORP41 citations93
US6963060B2Nov 8, 2005
Photo-sensor array for motion detection
MICROSOFT CORP17 citations92
US7221356B2May 22, 2007
Data input device and method for detecting an off-surface condition by a laser speckle size characteristic
MICROSOFT CORP36 citations90
US8009200B2Aug 30, 2011
Multiple sensor input data synthesis
MICROSOFT CORP19 citations89
US7227532B2Jun 5, 2007
Optical projection system for computer input devices
MICROSOFT CORP15 citations84
US9001229B2Apr 7, 2015
Multiple sensor input data synthesis
MICROSOFT CORP9 citations82
US7656395B2Feb 2, 2010
Methods and apparatuses for compound tracking systems
MICROSOFT CORP17 citations82
US6906304B2Jun 14, 2005
Photo-sensor array for motion detection
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations73
US6891143B2May 10, 2005
Photo-sensor array with pixel-level signal comparison
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations63
US7719517B2May 18, 2010
Input device for a computer system
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations61
US7289104B2Oct 30, 2007
Optical projection system for computer input devices
MICROSOFT CORP1 citations52
US6917030B2Jul 12, 2005
Photo-sensor array with pixel-level signal comparison
MICROSOFT CORP1 citations52
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO
6 patentsUS6580838B2Jun 17, 2003
Virtual zero task time speech and voice recognition multifunctioning device
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO16 citations86
US6816272B2Nov 9, 2004
System and method for selectively downloading data files from an optical scanner
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO15 citations84
US6693672B1Feb 17, 2004
Method and apparatus for detecting set of images and selecting most focused image
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO16 citations84
US7253838B2Aug 7, 2007
Gimbal optical system for document image capture
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO6 citations74
US6667772B1Dec 23, 2003
Gimbal optical system for document image capture
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO8 citations74
US6713752B2Mar 30, 2004
Methods of sampling a surface having a micro-texture
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO3 citations62