Inventor
ZIMMERMAN THOMAS G
US36 patents
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IBM
25 patentsUS6920289B2Jul 19, 2005
System and method for remote optical digital networking of computing devices
IBM233 citations99
US5796827AAug 18, 1998
System and method for near-field human-body coupling for encrypted communication with identification cards
IBM711 citations99
US7330662B2Feb 12, 2008
System and method for remote optical digital networking of computing devices
IBM75 citations98
US6184865B1Feb 6, 2001
Capacitive pointing stick apparatus for symbol manipulation in a graphical user interface
IBM57 citations96
US8027083B2Sep 27, 2011
Contact microscope using point source illumination
IBM29 citations92
US7868759B2Jan 11, 2011
Shopping cart bottom of the basket item detection
IBM19 citations92
US6437772B1Aug 20, 2002
Capacitive pointing stick apparatus with floating conductive cone for symbol manipulation in a graphical user interface
IBM40 citations92
US11452446B2Sep 27, 2022
Ophthalmoscope using natural pupil dilation
IBM6 citations85
US10158758B2Dec 18, 2018
System and method for monitoring and visualizing emotions in call center dialogs at call centers
IBM7 citations84
US10135979B2Nov 20, 2018
System and method for monitoring and visualizing emotions in call center dialogs by call center supervisors
IBM8 citations84
US7995802B2Aug 9, 2011
Apparatus and methods for verifying identity using biometric information collected during a pre-enrollment phase
IBM9 citations84
US7633493B2Dec 15, 2009
Camera-equipped writing tablet apparatus for digitizing form entries
IBM17 citations84
US10387940B2Aug 20, 2019
Interactive decision support based on preferences derived from user-generated content sources
IBM7 citations82
US10805464B2Oct 13, 2020
System and method for monitoring and visualizing emotions in call center dialogs at call centers
IBM1 citations73
US11229358B2Jan 25, 2022
Ophthalmoscope using natural pupil dilation
IBM2 citations72
US10827923B2Nov 10, 2020
Ophthalmoscope using natural pupil dilation
IBM2 citations72
US10638926B2May 5, 2020
Ophthalmoscope using natural pupil dilation
IBM2 citations72
US10524655B2Jan 7, 2020
Ophthalmoscope using natural pupil dilation
IBM2 citations72
US10429303B2Oct 1, 2019
Portable and autonomous, IoT enabled, optical measurement system
IBM4 citations71
US10810759B2Oct 20, 2020
Creating a three-dimensional model from a sequence of images
IBM2 citations63
US10986228B2Apr 20, 2021
System and method for monitoring and visualizing emotions in call center dialogs by call center supervisors
IBM0 citations62
US11150187B2Oct 19, 2021
Portable and autonomous, IoT enabled, optical measurement system
IBM0 citations61
US11288590B2Mar 29, 2022
Automatic generation of training sets using subject matter experts on social media
IBM0 citations52
US10477020B2Nov 12, 2019
System and method for monitoring and visualizing emotions in call center dialogs at call centers
IBM0 citations52
US10419612B2Sep 17, 2019
System and method for monitoring and visualizing emotions in call center dialogs by call center supervisors
IBM0 citations52
VPL RESEARCH INC
4 patentsUS4542291ASep 17, 1985
Optical flex sensor
VPL RESEARCH INC164 citations99
US4988981AJan 29, 1991
Computer data entry and manipulation apparatus and method
VPL RESEARCH INC944 citations98
US5097252AMar 17, 1992
Motion sensor which produces an asymmetrical signal in response to symmetrical movement
VPL RESEARCH INC125 citations96
US4937444AJun 26, 1990
Optical flex sensor
VPL RESEARCH INC56 citations96