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Thomas C. Oliver
Also filed as: OLIVER THOMAS C · OLIVER THOMAS CHARLES
56 granted patents·6 pending applications·1,619 citations·filing 1988–2016
99Inventor score
Files withHEWLETT PACKARD CO30MICROSOFT CORP20HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO6MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC2GOH ROY CHUN BENG1
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62 records- 0198US9176901B2Flux fountainMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 3, 2015·43 cites·20 claims
- 0298US8854799B2Flux fountainWHITT III DAVID OTTO·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 7, 2014·52 cites·20 claims
- 0398US8564944B2Flux fountainMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 22, 2013·84 cites·17 claims
- 0497US5043962ACartridge handling systemHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1989·Granted Aug 27, 1991·101 cites·20 claims
- 0596US5010536ACartridge handling systemHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1989·Granted Apr 23, 1991·80 cites·21 claims
- 0695US5101387ALateral displacement control assembly for an optical disk handling systemHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1989·Granted Mar 31, 1992·74 cites·26 claims
- 0795US4998232AOptical disk handling apparatus with flip latchHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1988·Granted Mar 5, 1991·71 cites·67 claims
- 0894US9946383B2Conductive trace routing for display and bezel sensorsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 17, 2018·12 cites·20 claims
- 0994US7483018B2Systems and methods for providing a combined pen and mouse input device in a computing systemMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 27, 2009·41 cites·16 claims
- 1092US6963060B2Photo-sensor array for motion detectionMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 8, 2005·17 cites·12 claims
- 1191US8009200B2Multiple sensor input data synthesisMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 30, 2011·19 cites·19 claims
- 1291US7627703B2Input device with audio capabilitiesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 1, 2009·25 cites·20 claims
- 1390US8645230B2Virtual closet for storing and accessing virtual representations of itemsOLIVER THOMAS C·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 4, 2014·19 cites·19 claims
- 1490US6455840B1Predictive and pulsed illumination of a surface in a micro-texture navigation techniqueHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 24, 2002·127 cites·13 claims
- 1590US5040159AMechanical sense of touch in a control systemHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1989·Granted Aug 13, 1991·45 cites·15 claims
- 1689US9001229B2Multiple sensor input data synthesisMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 7, 2015·9 cites·20 claims
- 1789US6289140B1Voice control input for portable capture devicesHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 11, 2001·123 cites·18 claims
- 1888US9477337B2Conductive trace routing for display and bezel sensorsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 25, 2016·9 cites·20 claims
- 1988US6295391B1Automatic data routing via voice command annotationHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 25, 2001·98 cites·28 claims
- 2085US8558907B2Multiple sensor input data synthesisGOH ROY CHUN BENG·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 15, 2013·10 cites·19 claims
- 2182US7221356B2Data input device and method for detecting an off-surface condition by a laser speckle size characteristicMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 22, 2007·36 cites·39 claims
- 2279US7227532B2Optical projection system for computer input devicesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 5, 2007·15 cites·33 claims
- 2379US5694382ABlank sector detection for optical disk driveHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 2, 1997·35 cites·16 claims
- 2477US5280467AOptical disk cartridge assemblyHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1991·Granted Jan 18, 1994·20 cites·10 claims
- 2577US5184336AMechanical assembly for alternately producing displacement of a carriage and rotation of a carriage mounted gearHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 2, 1993·25 cites·6 claims
- 2676US5745458AOverlapped spin-up process for optical disk driveHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 28, 1998·30 cites·16 claims
- 2776US5726971AData storage cartridge assemblyHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 10, 1998·19 cites·19 claims
- 2874US6246211B1Smart chargerHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 12, 2001·35 cites·8 claims
- 2973US5231616ACalibration of a cartridge handling device using mechanical sense of touchHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1992·Granted Jul 27, 1993·21 cites·1 claims
- 3072US7656395B2Methods and apparatuses for compound tracking systemsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 2, 2010·17 cites·28 claims
- 3170US6580838B2Virtual zero task time speech and voice recognition multifunctioning deviceHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 17, 2003·16 cites·12 claims
- 3270US5164928AError recovery in a cartridge handling systemHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 17, 1992·36 cites·11 claims
- 3368US7253838B2Gimbal optical system for document image captureHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 7, 2007·6 cites·2 claims
- 3467US7719517B2Input device for a computer systemMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 18, 2010·4 cites·18 claims
- 3565US2014129394A1Virtual closet for storing and accessing virtual representations of itemsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3664US6265706B1Edge to edge image sensor and navigator for portable scannerHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 24, 2001·28 cites·27 claims
- 3762US5276675AOptical disk cartridge assemblyHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 4, 1994·10 cites·19 claims
- 3861US6437548B2Coordinated switching in a multiple switching regulator system to lower peak current loadHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 20, 2002·13 cites·20 claims
- 3960US6713752B2Methods of sampling a surface having a micro-textureHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 30, 2004·3 cites·7 claims
- 4059US6330082B1Converter for optical scannerHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 11, 2001·21 cites·21 claims
- 4159US6297513B1Exposure servo for optical navigation over micro-textured surfacesHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 2, 2001·21 cites·6 claims
- 4257US6906304B2Photo-sensor array for motion detectionMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 14, 2005·6 cites·28 claims
- 4357US6226422B1Voice annotation of scanned images for portable scanning applicationsHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1998·Granted May 1, 2001·27 cites·19 claims
- 4456US6265855B1Coordinated switching in a multiple switching regulator system to lower peak current loadHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 24, 2001·19 cites·13 claims
- 4555US6891143B2Photo-sensor array with pixel-level signal comparisonMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2002·Granted May 10, 2005·4 cites·36 claims
- 4653US6693672B1Method and apparatus for detecting set of images and selecting most focused imageHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 17, 2004·16 cites·7 claims
- 4753US5345431AWrite and erase assembly for magneto-optic drive apparatusHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1992·Granted Sep 6, 1994·8 cites·13 claims
- 4852US6816272B2System and method for selectively downloading data files from an optical scannerHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 9, 2004·15 cites·8 claims
- 4950US7289104B2Optical projection system for computer input devicesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 30, 2007·1 cites·33 claims
- 5050US5134600ACalibration of a cartridge handling device using mechanical sense of touchHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1989·Granted Jul 28, 1992·7 cites·5 claims
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