Inventor

John W. Barrus

Inventor

Menlo Park, CA, US

Overview

1995–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 86 as inventor

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

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing32%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television10%

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding7%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication7%

G06KGraphical data reading7%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes7%

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

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general4%

G01SRadio direction-finding3%

H04WWireless communication networks3%

PatentTitleYear

10,691,878Presenting associations of strokes with content2020 10,372,318Associating strokes with content2019 9,870,352'Creating a dashboard for tracking a workflow process involving handwritten forms'2018 9,716,858'Automated selection and switching of displayed information'2017 9,661,304'Pre-calculation of sine waves for pixel values'2017 9,652,562'Proximal equipment data capture'2017 9,558,400'Search by stroke'2017 9,558,170'Creating and switching a view of a collection including image data and symbolic data'2017 9,531,999'Real-time smart display detection system'2016 9,525,547'Transmission of media keys'2016 9,483,522'Form aggregation based on marks in graphic form fields'2016 9,449,031'Sorting and filtering a table with image data and symbolic data in a single cell'2016 9,432,182'Techniques for sharing data'2016 9,304,618'Creating a summary of content and stroke association'2016 9,298,685'Automatic creation of multiple rows in a table'2016 9,274,624'Annotating digital files of a host computer using networked tablet computers'2016 9,244,149'Applications for geographically coded access points'2016 9,197,853'Switching between views using natural gestures'2015 9,189,468'Form filling based on classification and identification of multimedia data'2015 9,134,947'Annotating digital files of a host computer using a peripheral device'2015 9,086,798'Associating information on a whiteboard with a user'2015 9,082,105'Paper-like forms processing system and method'2015 9,058,516'Automatic identification of fields and labels in forms'2015 9,053,455'Providing position information in a collaborative environment'2015 9,013,454'Associating strokes with documents based on the document image'2015 8,982,066'Automatic ending of interactive whiteboard sessions'2015 8,977,860'Method and apparatus for tamper proof camera logs'2015 8,958,644'Creating tables with handwriting images, symbolic representations and media images from forms'2015 8,913,000'Video playback on electronic paper displays'2014 8,904,539'Location constraints for template access and form activities'2014 8,902,454'Methods for printing from mobile devices'2014 8,892,990'Automatic creation of a table and query tools'2014 8,881,231'Automatically performing an action upon a login'2014 8,792,730'Classification and standardization of field images associated with a field in a form'2014 8,788,930'Automatic identification of fields and labels in forms'2014 8,756,673'Techniques for sharing data'2014 8,711,034'Geographically self-labeling access points'2014 8,698,873'Video conferencing with shared drawing'2014 8,689,102'User interface for creating and using media keys'2014 8,572,695'Method for applying a physical seal authorization to documents in electronic workflows'2013 8,560,854'Device enabled verifiable stroke and image based workflows'2013 8,554,690'Techniques for using media keys'2013 8,504,624'Stroke and image aggregation and analytics'2013 8,484,176'Multi-provider forms processing system with retry upon failure'2013 8,466,927'Full framebuffer for electronic paper displays'2013 8,447,989'Method and apparatus for tamper proof camera logs'2013 8,416,197'Pen tracking and low latency display updates on electronic paper displays'2013 8,380,866'Techniques for facilitating annotations'2013 8,355,018'Independent pixel waveforms for updating electronic paper displays'2013 8,286,083'Copying documents from electronic displays'2012 8,279,232'Full framebuffer for electronic paper displays'2012 8,265,652'Geographic tagging of network access points'2012 8,203,547'Video playback on electronic paper displays'2012 8,161,409'Re-writable cover sheets for collection management'2012 8,155,121'Detection of physical movement for document sharing'2012 8,145,999'System and method for audio creation and editing in a multimedia messaging environment'2012 8,089,405'Applications for geographically coded access points'2012 8,063,887'Thin multiple layer input/output device'2011 7,999,842'Continuously rotating video camera, method and user interface for using the same'2011 7,876,472'Handheld printer and method of operation'2011 7,865,124'Pre-scanning printer with paper fingerprinting'2011 7,856,153'Displaying a long sequence of images in a short amount of time'2010 7,757,162'Document collection manipulation'2010 7,739,583'Multimedia document sharing method and apparatus'2010 7,734,093'Paper-based upload and tracking system'2010 7,703,002'Method and apparatus for composing multimedia documents'2010 7,580,164'Document separator pages'2009 7,562,302'System and method for automatic generation of visual representations and links in a hierarchical messaging system'2009 7,552,381'Check boxes for identifying and processing stored documents'2009 7,546,528'Stamp sheets'2009 7,536,638'Action stickers for identifying and processing stored documents'2009 7,509,569'Action stickers for nested collections'2009 7,344,078'Device for scanning and printing barcodes'2008 7,287,698'Automatic cleanup of machine readable codes during image processing'2007 7,225,405'System and method for audio creation and editing in a multimedia messaging environment'2007 7,150,399'Embedding barcode data in an auxiliary field of an image file'2006 6,975,334'Method and apparatus for simulating the appearance of paving stone on an existing driveway'2005 6,784,899'Systems and methods for providing rich multimedia messages to remote users using telephones and facsimile machines'2004 6,693,652'System and method for automatic generation of visual representations and links in a hierarchical messaging system'2004 6,058,397'3D virtual environment creation management and delivery system'2000 5,990,896'Rapid and efficient terrain surface finding system'1999 5,914,783'Method and apparatus for detecting the location of a light source'1999 5,850,346'System for embedding hidden source information in three-dimensional computer model data'1998 5,736,990'System for designing a virtual environment utilizing locales'1998 5,570,301'System for unencumbered measurement and reporting of body posture'1996 5,465,291'Apparatus for ordering from remote locations'1995

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1995Based in Cambridge, MA, US· patent location history

1996–1998Based in Lexington, MA, US· patent location history

1999–2020Based in Menlo Park, CA, US· patent location history

2004–2010Patents assigned to RICOH KK (15)· patent assignee history

2010–2020Patents assigned to RICOH CO LTD (62)· patent assignee history

2011–2018Patents assigned to BARRUS JOHN W (38)· patent assignee history

2012–2019Patents assigned to BARRUS JOHN (15)· patent assignee history

2012–2016Patents assigned to PIERSOL KURT W (12)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
RICOH CO LTD	62	2010–2020
BARRUS JOHN Wself	38	2011–2018
BARRUS JOHNself	15	2012–2019
RICOH KK	15	2004–2010
PIERSOL KURT W	12	2012–2016

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Menlo Park, California, US	82	1999–2020
Lexington, Massachusetts, US	3	1996–1998
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US	1	1995