Inventor
NELSON JOHN C
US53 patents
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3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO
17 patentsUS7750982B2Jul 6, 2010
Autostereoscopic display with fresnel lens element and double sided prism film adjacent a backlight having a light transmission surface with left and right eye light sources at opposing ends modulated at a rate of at least 90 hz
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO130 citations99
US6417966B1Jul 9, 2002
Rear projection screen using internal reflection
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO137 citations97
US6407859B1Jun 18, 2002
Fresnel lens for projection screen
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO72 citations96
US6636355B2Oct 21, 2003
Microstructured rear projection screen
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO62 citations95
US6317263B1Nov 13, 2001
Projection screen using dispersing lens array for asymmetric viewing angle
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO81 citations95
US8035771B2Oct 11, 2011
Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display apparatus with structured light guide surface
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO16 citations93
US7800708B2Sep 21, 2010
Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display with segmented light guide
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO27 citations93
US6710941B2Mar 23, 2004
Fresnel lens for projection screens
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO22 citations92
US6624934B1Sep 23, 2003
Projection screen using variable power lenticular lens for asymmetric viewing angle
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO28 citations92
US6570700B2May 27, 2003
Microstructures with assisting optical elements to enhance an optical effect
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO28 citations92
US6935756B2Aug 30, 2005
Retroreflective articles having moire-like pattern
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO40 citations91
US6843571B2Jan 18, 2005
Methods of making a master and replicas thereof
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO27 citations91
US7057599B2Jun 6, 2006
Microstructures with assisting optical lenses
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO15 citations84
US8004622B2Aug 23, 2011
Embedded stereoscopic 3D display and 2D display film stack
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO10 citations83
US7184210B2Feb 27, 2007
Microstructured screen with light absorbing material and method of manufacturing
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO13 citations83
US7057810B2Jun 6, 2006
Microstructured screen with light absorbing material and method of manufacturing
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO14 citations83
US7847869B2Dec 7, 2010
Autostereoscopic display with fresnel lens element and double sided prism adjacent a backlight having a transmission surface with opposed first and second light sources alternately modulated at 90 Hz
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO7 citations74
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG
9 patentsUS4938563AJul 3, 1990
High efficiency cube corner retroflective material
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG232 citations99
US4895428AJan 23, 1990
High efficiency retroreflective material
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG244 citations99
US4775219AOct 4, 1988
Cube-corner retroreflective articles having tailored divergence profiles
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG450 citations99
US4755921AJul 5, 1988
Lens
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG88 citations96
US5150966ASep 29, 1992
Uniform intensity profile catadioptric lens
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG40 citations93
US5029060AJul 2, 1991
Uniform intensity profile catadioptric lens
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG29 citations92
US5446594AAug 29, 1995
Catadioptric Fresnel lens
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG14 citations82
US5296882AMar 22, 1994
Overhead projector with catadioptric fresnel lens
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG16 citations81
US5568324AOct 22, 1996
Overhead projector with catadioptric fresnel lens
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG10 citations72
IBM
8 patentsUS8867819B2Oct 21, 2014
Information technology asset location using visual detectors
IBM16 citations90
US10169427B2Jan 1, 2019
Personalized highlighter for textual media
IBM10 citations83
US9705972B2Jul 11, 2017
Managing a set of data
IBM4 citations72
US10044872B2Aug 7, 2018
Organizing conference calls using speaker and topic hierarchies
IBM5 citations69
US10110726B2Oct 23, 2018
Rapid serial visual presentation to deliver messages in social spaces
IBM1 citations51
US8913850B2Dec 16, 2014
Information technology asset location using visual detectors
IBM1 citations50
US10901726B2Jan 26, 2021
Intelligent visual regression system
IBM0 citations49
US10761179B2Sep 1, 2020
Methods and apparatus for localizing a source of a set of radio signals
IBM0 citations47
UNIV MINNESOTA
3 patentsALCATEL NA CABLE SYST
2 patentsITT MFG ENTERPRISES INC
2 patents10X TECH LLC
2 patentsITT
2 patentsNELSON JOHN C
2 patentsALCATEL NA INC
1 patentCHEMTECH ANALYSIS INC
1 patentBROTT ROBERT L
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