Inventor

William Rivard

Inventor

Menlo Park, CA, US

Overview

1999–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 71 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Nprimary

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television39%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general27%

G06FElectric digital data processing14%

G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information5%

G06KGraphical data reading5%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication3%

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding2%

H04WWireless communication networks2%

G10LSpeech analysis techniques or speech synthesis2%

H10FInorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation2%

PatentTitleYear

11,113,821System, method, and computer program for adjusting image contrast using parameterized cumulative distribution functions2021 11,106,783Systems and methods for authentication2021 11,025,831Image sensor apparatus and method for obtaining multiple exposures with zero interframe time2021 10,937,222Systems and methods for displaying representative images2021 10,931,897Systems and methods for a digital image sensor2021 10,924,688Image sensor apparatus and method for obtaining low-noise, high-speed captures of a photographic scene2021 10,904,505Systems and methods for generating a digital image2021 10,880,521System, method, and computer program for transmitting face models based on face data points2020 10,810,781Systems and methods for displaying representative images2020 10,785,401Systems and methods for adjusting focus based on focus target information2020 10,708,545System, method, and computer program for transmitting face models based on face data points2020 10,652,478Image sensor apparatus and method for obtaining multiple exposures with zero interframe time2020 10,586,097System, method, and computer program for capturing an image with correct skin tone exposure2020 10,558,848System, method, and computer program for capturing an image with correct skin tone exposure2020 10,554,943Systems and methods for digital photography2020 10,506,463System and method for sharing data based on a combined bandwidth consumption2019 10,498,982Systems and methods for a digital image sensor2019 10,491,834System and method for generating a digital image2019 10,477,077Systems and methods for capturing digital images2019 10,477,087System, method, and computer program for capturing a flash image based on ambient and flash metering2019 10,469,714Systems and methods for capturing digital images2019 10,382,702Image sensor apparatus and method for obtaining multiple exposures with zero interframe time2019 10,372,971System, method, and computer program for determining an exposure based on skin tone2019 10,375,369Systems and methods for generating a digital image using separate color and intensity data2019 10,375,367Systems and methods for digital photography2019 10,366,526Systems and methods for displaying representative images2019 10,284,834Systems and methods for digital photography2019 10,270,958Systems and methods for adjusting focus based on focus target information2019 10,182,197Systems and methods for a digital image sensor2019 10,178,323System and method for generating a digital image2019 10,178,300Systems and methods for adjusting focus based on focus target information2019 10,129,514Systems and methods for generating a digital image2018 10,109,098Systems and methods for displaying representative images2018 10,110,870Systems and methods for generating a digital image2018 10,110,867Systems and methods for digital photography2018 10,088,989System and method for computing operations based on a first and second user input2018 9,998,935System and method for sharing data based on a combined bandwidth consumption2018 9,998,721Systems and methods for generating a digital image2018 9,953,454Systems and methods for displaying representative images2018 9,934,561System, method, and computer program product for exchanging images2018 9,924,147'Systems and methods for digital photography'2018 9,918,017'Image sensor apparatus and method for obtaining multiple exposures with zero interframe time'2018 9,912,928'Systems and methods for generating a digital image'2018 9,894,289'System and method for generating a digital image'2018 9,860,461'Systems and methods for a digital image sensor'2018 9,819,849'Systems and methods for capturing digital images'2017 9,807,322'Systems and methods for a digital image sensor'2017 9,741,150'Systems and methods for displaying representative images'2017 9,721,375'Systems and methods for displaying representative images'2017 9,531,961'Systems and methods for generating a digital image using separate color and intensity data'2016 9,508,133'System and method for generating an image result based on availability of a network resource'2016 9,509,919'System and method for generating a digital image'2016 9,460,125'Systems, methods, and computer program products for digital photography'2016 9,460,118'System, method, and computer program product for exchanging images'2016 9,448,771'System, computer program product, and method for generating a lightweight source code for implementing an image processing pipeline'2016 9,406,147'Color balance in digital photography'2016 9,361,319'Systems, methods, and computer program products for digital photography'2016 9,218,662'System, method, and computer program product for exchanging images'2015 9,215,433'Systems and methods for digital photography'2015 9,179,062'Systems and methods for performing operations on pixel data'2015 9,179,085'Image sensor apparatus and method for obtaining low-noise, high-speed captures of a photographic scene'2015 9,167,169'Image sensor apparatus and method for simultaneously capturing multiple images'2015 9,167,174'Systems and methods for high-dynamic range images'2015 9,160,936'Systems and methods for generating a high-dynamic range (HDR) pixel stream'2015 9,154,708'Image sensor apparatus and method for simultaneously capturing flash and ambient illuminated images'2015 9,137,455'Image sensor apparatus and method for obtaining multiple exposures with zero interframe time'2015 8,976,264'Color balance in digital photography'2015 6,898,201'Apparatus and method for inter-node communication'2005 6,636,227'Apparatus and method for grouping texture cache requests'2003 6,300,953'Apparatus and method for grouping texture cache requests'2001 5,987,567'System and method for caching texture map information'1999

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1999–2005Patents assigned to APPLE COMPUTER (2)· patent assignee history

1999–2005Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history

2015–2021Patents assigned to DUELIGHT LLC (66)· patent assignee history

2015–2021Patents assigned to RIVARD WILLIAM GUIE (2)· patent assignee history

2015Patents assigned to FEDER ADAM BARRY (1)· patent assignee history

2015Patents assigned to KINDLE BRIAN (1)· patent assignee history

2015–2021Based in Menlo Park, CA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
DUELIGHT LLC	66	2015–2021
APPLE COMPUTER	2	1999–2005
RIVARD WILLIAM GUIEself	2	2015–2021
FEDER ADAM BARRY	1	2015
KINDLE BRIAN	1	2015

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Menlo Park, California, US	67	2015–2021
San Jose, California, US	4	1999–2005