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Robert F. Tow
Also filed as: TOW ROBERT F · TOW ROBERT FRANCIS
17 granted patents·1 pending application·1,319 citations·filing 1990–2024
95Inventor score
Files withXEROX CORP5INTERVAL RESEARCH CORP2ORACLE AMERICA INC2SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2TOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA2
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18 records- 0198US5091966AAdaptive scaling for decoding spatially periodic self-clocking glyph shape codesXEROX CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Feb 25, 1992·461 cites·5 claims
- 0297US5315098AMethods and means for embedding machine readable digital data in halftone imagesXEROX CORP·Filed 1990·Granted May 24, 1994·416 cites·8 claims
- 0389US10860696B2Method and apparatus for secure information distributionORACLE INT CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 8, 2020·4 cites·8 claims
- 0489US6076738ASelf-clocking glyph shape codesXEROX CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 20, 2000·167 cites·8 claims
- 0588US7266771B1Video stream representation and navigation using inherent dataVULCAN PATENTS LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 4, 2007·62 cites·45 claims
- 0685US9015075B2Method and apparatus for secure information distributionHUGHES JAMES P·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 21, 2015·12 cites·12 claims
- 0784US7321307B1Chemical time modification of an objectSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 22, 2008·12 cites·24 claims
- 0883US12235940B2Method and apparatus for secure information distributionORACLE AMERICA INC·Filed 2024·Granted Feb 25, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 0980USRE38758ESelf-clocking glyph shape codesXEROX CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 19, 2005·30 cites·20 claims
- 1079US7538670B2Method for detecting objects separated from a groupSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 26, 2009·9 cites·22 claims
- 1178US6038493AAffect-based robot communication methods and systemsINTERVAL RESEARCH CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 14, 2000·72 cites·70 claims
- 1275US5832189AAffect-based robot communication methods and systemsINTERVAL RESEARCH CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 3, 1998·52 cites·38 claims
- 1370US12001526B2Method and apparatus for secure information distributionORACLE AMERICA INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 4, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 1462US9993384B1Vision-assist systems and methods for assisting visually impaired users with navigating an environment using simultaneous audio outputsTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 12, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 1559US8659546B2Method and apparatus for transferring digital contentSMITH RANDALL B·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 25, 2014·1 cites·20 claims
- 1656US7761906B1Method and apparatus for spatially stationary software on mobile hardwareORACLE CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 20, 2010·1 cites·17 claims
- 1753US5037201ASpectral resolving and sensing apparatusXEROX CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Aug 6, 1991·19 cites·30 claims
- 1838US2018012377A1Vision-assist devices and methods of calibrating vision-assist devicesTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
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