Inventor
Michael J. Collins
Inventor
Tomball, TX, US
Overview
Patents· 87 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
G06Fprimary
G06FElectric digital data processing31%
H05BElectric heating9%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general7%
G06VImage or video recognition or understanding7%
G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties5%
B01JChemical or physical processes, e.g. catalysis or colloid chemistry5%
H02MApparatus for conversion between ac and ac, between ac and dc, or between dc and dc, and for use with mains or similar power supply systems4%
A61BDiagnosis2%
F26BDrying solid materials or objects by removing liquid therefrom2%
Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications2%
PatentTitleYear
11,061,255Ophthalmic lens comprising lenslets for preventing and/or slowing myopia progression202110,962,510Gas chromatograph device with column recognition technology system and method of use thereof202110,955,393Gas chromatograph device with removable column holder and method of use thereof202110,935,524Gas chromatograph device with inductively heated column and method of use thereof202110,758,880Acid digestion instrument and vessel system202010,567,854Redundant sensor system with fault detection and mitigation202010,567,551System and method for improving infrastructure to infrastructure communications202010,268,574Deployment testing for infrastructure delivery automation20199,990,505Temporally isolating data accessed by a computing device20189,819,766'System and method for improving infrastructure to infrastructure communications'20179,144,897'Apparatus, system and method for tensioning an emergency brake system'20158,687,867'Computer-aided detection and classification of suspicious masses in breast imagery'20148,634,622'Computer-aided detection of regions of interest in tomographic breast imagery'20148,465,630'Oxygen separation assembly and method'20138,459,372'Voltage sensing drill with automatic shut-off'20138,409,323'Control method and apparatus'20138,253,397'Switching converters with efficiently-controlled mode transitions'20128,213,700'Systems and methods for identifying suspicious anomalies using information from a plurality of images of an anatomical colon under study'20128,175,351'Computer-aided detection and classification of suspicious masses in breast imagery'20128,131,036'Computer-aided detection and display of colonic residue in medical imagery of the colon'20127,939,785'Microwave-assisted chromatography preparation'20117,812,291'Microwave-assisted chromatography preparation'20107,787,682'Automated lesion characterization'20107,679,295'Converter with feedback voltage referenced to output voltage with separate ground planes for converter and load'20107,672,496'Forming three dimensional objects using a decision rule in medical image data'20107,660,448'Automated lesion characterization'20107,537,917'Microwave assisted PCR amplification of DNA'20097,468,723'Apparatus and method for creating large display back-lighting'20087,397,677'Apparatus and method for charge pump control with adjustable series resistance'20087,348,526'Microwave-assisted chromatography preparation'20087,333,645'Multiple image fusion'20087,317,302'Converter with feedback voltage referenced to output voltage'20087,298,877'Information fusion with Bayes networks in computer-aided detection systems'20077,214,913'Controlled flow instrument for microwave assisted chemistry with high viscosity liquids and heterogeneous mixtures'20077,148,668'Completely isolated synchronous boost DC-to-DC switching regulator'20067,141,769'Spectroscopy-based real-time control for microwave-assisted chemistry'20067,109,452'Controlled flow instrument for microwave assisted chemistry with high viscosity liquids and heterogeneous mixtures'20067,106,036'Apparatus and method for high-frequency PWM with soft-start'20067,041,947'Controlled flow instrument for microwave assisted chemistry with high viscosity liquids and heterogeneous mixtures'20066,989,519'Controlled flow instrument for microwave assisted chemistry with high viscosity liquids and heterogeneous mixtures'20066,867,400'Method and apparatus for continuous flow microwave-assisted chemistry techniques'20056,801,645'Computer aided detection of masses and clustered microcalcifications with single and multiple input image context classification strategies'20046,763,128'Method for analyzing detections in a set of digital images using case based normalcy classification'20046,757,415'Method for determining features from detections in a digital image using a bauer-fisher ratio'20046,744,381'Aircraft emergency warning system'20046,505,260'Computer system with adaptive memory arbitration scheme'20036,356,972'System and method for concurrently requesting input/output and memory address space while maintaining order of data sent and returned therefrom'20026,294,772'Microwave probe applicator for physical and chemical processes'20016,286,083'Computer system with adaptive memory arbitration scheme'20016,279,065'Computer system with improved memory access'20016,275,885'System and method for maintaining ownership of a processor bus while sending a programmed number of snoop cycles to the processor cache'20016,272,651'System and method for improving processor read latency in a system employing error checking and correction'20016,249,847'Computer system with synchronous memory arbiter that permits asynchronous memory requests'20016,247,102'Computer system employing memory controller and bridge interface permitting concurrent operation'20016,216,190'System and method for optimally deferring or retrying a cycle upon a processor bus that is destined for a peripheral bus'20016,209,052'System and method for suppressing processor cycles to memory until after a peripheral device write cycle is acknowledged by the memory arbiter'20016,209,067'Computer system controller and method with processor write posting hold off on PCI master memory request'20016,202,101'System and method for concurrently requesting input/output and memory address space while maintaining order of data sent and returned therefrom'20016,199,118'System and method for aligning an initial cache line of data read from an input/output device by a central processing unit'20016,175,104'Microwave probe applicator for physical and chemical processes'20016,160,562'System and method for aligning an initial cache line of data read from local memory by an input/output device'20006,115,791'Hierarchical cache system flushing scheme based on monitoring and decoding processor bus cycles for flush/clear sequence control'20006,055,495'Speech segmentation'20005,949,436'Accelerated graphics port multiple entry gart cache allocation system and method'19995,938,739'Memory controller including write posting queues, bus read control logic, and a data contents counter'19995,848,428'Sense amplifier decoding in a memory device to reduce power consumption'19985,835,948'Single bank, multiple way cache memory'19985,819,105'System in which processor interface snoops first and second level caches in parallel with a memory access by a bus mastering device'19985,809,549'Burst SRAMs for use with a high speed clock'19985,796,992'Circuit for switching between synchronous and asynchronous memory refresh cycles in low power mode'19985,793,693'Cache memory using unique burst counter circuitry and asynchronous interleaved RAM banks for zero wait state operation'19985,781,925'Method of preventing cache corruption during microprocessor pipelined burst operations'19985,778,413'Programmable memory controller having two level look-up for memory timing parameter'19985,778,433'Computer system including a first level write-back cache and a second level cache'19985,721,935'Apparatus and method for entering low power mode in a computer system'19985,634,073'System having a plurality of posting queues associated with different types of write operations for selectively checking one queue based upon type of read operation'19975,604,884'Burst SRAMS for use with a high speed clock'19975,581,727'Hierarchical cache system flushing scheme based on monitoring and decoding processor bus cycles for flush/clear sequence control'19965,549,285'Wire rope isolator with crimp bar and method for making same'19965,537,555'Fully pipelined and highly concurrent memory controller'19965,524,235'System for arbitrating access to memory with dynamic priority assignment'19965,325,511'True least recently used replacement method and apparatus'19945,309,653'Snow deflection system'19945,210,850'Memory address space determination using programmable limit registers with single-ended comparators'19934,763,353'Terminal based adjunct call manager for a communication system'19884,181,976'Bit reversing apparatus'19804,047,179'IFF antenna arrangement'1977Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1993–2001Patents assigned to COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP (32)· patent assignee history
1993–2002Based in Tomball, TX, US· patent location history
2001–2020Patents assigned to CEM CORP (12)· patent assignee history
2001–2020Based in Charlotte, NC, US· patent location history
2004–2014Patents assigned to ICAD INC (11)· patent assignee history
2004–2014Patents assigned to COLLINS MICHAEL J (10)· patent assignee history
2004–2018Based in Beavercreek, OH, US· patent location history
2006–2010Patents assigned to NAT SEMICONDUCTOR CORP (6)· patent assignee history
2006–2010Based in Longmont, CO, US· patent location history
2021Based in Huntersville, NC, US· patent location history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP | 32 | 1993–2001 |
| CEM CORP | 12 | 2001–2020 |
| ICAD INC | 11 | 2004–2014 |
| COLLINS MICHAEL Jself | 10 | 2004–2014 |
| NAT SEMICONDUCTOR CORP | 6 | 2006–2010 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Tomball, Texas, US | 33 | 1993–2002 |
| Beavercreek, OH, US | 14 | 2004–2018 |
| Charlotte, NC, US | 13 | 2001–2020 |
| Longmont, CO, US | 6 | 2006–2010 |
| Huntersville, NC, US | 3 | 2021 |