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Thad Eugene Starner
Also filed as: STARNER THAD · STARNER THAD E · STARNER THAD EUGENE
103 granted patents·20 pending applications·5,817 citations·filing 1994–2024
99Inventor score
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123 records- 0199US8982471B1HMD image source as dual-purpose projector/near-eye displaySTARNER THAD EUGENE·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 17, 2015·260 cites·32 claims
- 0299US8963806B1Device authenticationGOOGLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 24, 2015·201 cites·9 claims
- 0399US8955973B2Method and system for input detection using structured light projectionGOOGLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 17, 2015·207 cites·16 claims
- 0499US8430310B1Wireless directional identification and verification using wearable electronic devicesHO HARVEY·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 30, 2013·249 cites·20 claims
- 0599US8228315B1Methods and systems for a virtual input deviceSTARNER THAD EUGENE·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 24, 2012·538 cites·20 claims
- 0699US8184983B1Wireless directional identification and subsequent communication between wearable electronic devicesHO HARVEY·Filed 2011·Granted May 22, 2012·160 cites·20 claims
- 0798US9354445B1Information processing on a head-mountable deviceWEAVER JOSHUA·Filed 2012·Granted May 31, 2016·169 cites·18 claims
- 0898US9292082B1Text-entry for a computing devicePATEL NIRMAL·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 22, 2016·87 cites·20 claims
- 0998US9230501B1Device control utilizing optical flowGOOGLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 5, 2016·70 cites·21 claims
- 1098US9069164B2Methods and systems for a virtual input deviceSTARNER THAD EUGENE·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 30, 2015·68 cites·19 claims
- 1198US8922481B1Content annotationKAUFFMANN ALEJANDRO·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 30, 2014·147 cites·24 claims
- 1298US8878749B1Systems and methods for position estimationWU BO·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 4, 2014·347 cites·20 claims
- 1398US8209183B1Systems and methods for correction of text from different input types, sources, and contextsPATEL NIRMAL·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 26, 2012·378 cites·19 claims
- 1498US8194036B1Systems and methods for controlling a cursor on a display using a trackpad input deviceBRAUN MAX·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 5, 2012·81 cites·20 claims
- 1598US8184067B1Nose bridge sensorBRAUN MAX·Filed 2011·Granted May 22, 2012·173 cites·20 claims
- 1698US5563988AMethod and system for facilitating wireless, full-body, real-time user interaction with a digitally represented visual environmentMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 8, 1996·736 cites·49 claims
- 1797US9268136B1Use of comparative sensor data to determine orientation of head relative to bodyGOOGLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 23, 2016·35 cites·26 claims
- 1897US9213185B1Display scaling based on movement of a head-mounted displaySTARNER THAD EUGENE·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 15, 2015·68 cites·30 claims
- 1997US9207760B1Input detectionGOOGLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 8, 2015·49 cites·20 claims
- 2097US9197864B1Zoom and image capture based on features of interestSTARNER THAD EUGENE·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 24, 2015·38 cites·19 claims
- 2197US9141194B1Magnetometer-based gesture sensing with a wearable deviceKEYES EDWARD·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 22, 2015·255 cites·35 claims
- 2297US9064436B1Text input on touch sensitive interfacePATEL NIRMAL·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 23, 2015·45 cites·20 claims
- 2397US8952869B1Determining correlated movements associated with movements caused by driving a vehicleWEAVER JOSHUA·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 10, 2015·36 cites·20 claims
- 2497US8941561B1Image captureSTARNER THAD EUGENE·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 27, 2015·33 cites·14 claims
- 2597US8942419B1Position estimation using predetermined patterns of light sourcesWU BO·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 27, 2015·23 cites·24 claims
- 2697US8686924B2Determining whether a wearable device is in useGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 1, 2014·37 cites·18 claims
- 2797US8384617B2Nose bridge sensorGOOGLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 26, 2013·35 cites·20 claims
- 2896US9979547B2Password managementGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2013·Granted May 22, 2018·19 cites·27 claims
- 2996US9223152B1Ambient light optics for head mounted displayGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 29, 2015·29 cites·19 claims
- 3096US9164588B1Wearable computing device with gesture recognitionGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 20, 2015·51 cites·27 claims
- 3196US8994613B1User-experience customizationJOHNSON MICHAEL·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 31, 2015·44 cites·19 claims
- 3296US8913789B1Input methods and systems for eye positioning using plural glintsSTARNER THAD EUGENE·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 16, 2014·15 cites·26 claims
- 3396US8203605B1Point-of-view object selectionSTARNER THAD·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 19, 2012·46 cites·18 claims
- 3496US6236768B1Method and apparatus for automated, context-dependent retrieval of informationMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1998·Granted May 22, 2001·334 cites·24 claims
- 3595US10146323B1Magnetometer-based gesture sensing with a wearable deviceGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 4, 2018·13 cites·20 claims
- 3695US10047459B1Interactive cordGOOGLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 14, 2018·22 cites·20 claims
- 3795US9807852B1Interactive cord with integrated light sourcesGOOGLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 31, 2017·17 cites·20 claims
- 3895US9277334B1Wearable computing device authentication using bone conductionWONG ADRIAN·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 1, 2016·27 cites·33 claims
- 3995US9069382B1Using visual layers to aid in initiating a visual searchSTARNER THAD EUGENE·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 30, 2015·34 cites·23 claims
- 4095US8958599B1Input method and system based on ambient glintsGOOGLE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 17, 2015·45 cites·20 claims
- 4195US8316319B1Efficient selection of characters and commands based on movement-inputs at a user-inerfacePATEL NIRMAL·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 20, 2012·34 cites·16 claims
- 4294US9830071B1Text-entry for a computing deviceGOOGLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 28, 2017·11 cites·20 claims
- 4394US9658692B1Magnetometer-based gesture sensing with a wearable deviceGOOGLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 23, 2017·10 cites·27 claims
- 4494US9176652B1Method and system for dynamically defining scroll-wheel functionality on a touchpadPATEL NIRMAL J·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 3, 2015·39 cites·26 claims
- 4594US8873147B1Chord authentication via a multi-touch interfaceRHODES Bradley James·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 28, 2014·49 cites·21 claims
- 4693US9557152B2Use of comparative sensor data to determine orientation of head relative to bodyGOOGLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 31, 2017·9 cites·18 claims
- 4793US9052804B1Object occlusion to initiate a visual searchSTARNER THAD EUGENE·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 9, 2015·20 cites·21 claims
- 4892US9536354B2Object outlining to initiate a visual searchGOOGLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 3, 2017·11 cites·18 claims
- 4992US9202280B2Position estimation based rotation of switched off light sourceGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 1, 2015·6 cites·20 claims
- 5092US8701050B1Gesture completion path display for gesture-based keyboardsGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 15, 2014·18 cites·20 claims
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