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William S. Herz — 79 Patents

NVIDIA: 41 patents #102 of 7,811Top 2%
Sony: 14 patents #3,127 of 25,231Top 15%
SGS3 Group: 7 patents #3 of 130Top 3%
AMD: 7 patents #1,732 of 9,280Top 20%
DVDvdo: 3 patents #4 of 7Top 60%
ZIZilog: 2 patents #50 of 150Top 35%
STSeagate Technology: 2 patents #2,223 of 4,701Top 50%
ZOZoran: 1 patents #83 of 200Top 45%
SLSling Media L.L.C.: 1 patents #126 of 186Top 70%
AMAmpex: 1 patents #119 of 247Top 50%
Santa Clara, CA: #91 of 9,301 inventorsTop 1%
California: #3,542 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #23,150 of 4,157,543Top 1%
79 Patents All Time
William S. Herz has been granted 79 US patents while listed as an inventor at NVIDIA. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in April 2025. William S. Herz ranks #23,150 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.56%). Patent records list William S. Herz in Santa Clara, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 79 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12265441 Graphics processing unit (GPU) selection based on a utilized power source Dmitri Tikhostoup, Vladimir F. Giemborek 2025-04-01
11972271 End user sensitivity profiling for efficiency and performance management 2024-04-30 $818,790,000
10574933 System and method for converting live action alpha-numeric text to re-rendered and embedded pixel information for video overlay 2020-02-25
10469893 Integrated cast and sling system and method of its operation in an interoperable multiple display device environment 2019-11-05
10469892 Gesture-based multimedia casting and slinging command method and system in an interoperable multiple display device environment 2019-11-05
10321182 System and method for real-time transfer and presentation multiple internet of things (IoT) device information on an electronic device based on casting and slinging gesture command 2019-06-11
10250838 System and method for converting live action alpha-numeric text to re-rendered and embedded pixel information for video overlay 2019-04-02
9286904 Adjusting a data rate of a digital audio stream based on dynamically determined audio playback system capabilities Carl K. Wakeland 2016-03-15
9122643 Event trigger based data backup services Andrew Fear 2015-09-01 $18,918,000
9110624 Output restoration with input selection Gang Han 2015-08-18
9064061 Method and system for hot plugging detection of a video connector in a computer device Shany-I Chan, Yu-Kuo Chiang, Shih-Da Wu, Patrick Beaulieu, Li-Ling Chou +1 more 2015-06-23 $10,787,000
9001223 Method and apparatus for applying camera shake compensation to video content Michael L. Schmit 2015-04-07 $4,237,000
9001016 Hardware driven display restore mechanism Gang Han 2015-04-07 $11,418,000
8977986 Control panel and ring interface for computing systems Charles Goertz, Susan GREENFIELD 2015-03-10 $1,941,000
8942536 Video navigation system and method 2015-01-27 $3,715,000
8934762 Apparatus and methods for altering video playback speed Michael L. Schmit, Shivashankar Gurumuthy 2015-01-13 $1,493,000
8907975 Sampled digital video communication system and method 2014-12-09 $18,301,000
8738382 Audio feedback time shift filter system and method 2014-05-27 $3,791,000
8683067 Video perspective navigation system and method 2014-03-25 $5,500,000
8619973 System and device for data encryption and recovery Hao Tang, Jinsong Ji 2013-12-31 $13,523,000
8538062 System, method, and computer program product for validating an aspect of media data processing utilizing a signature 2013-09-17 $3,489,000
8502827 System, method, and computer program product for outputting content during a boot-up period 2013-08-06 $5,004,000
8466859 Display illumination response time compensation system and method 2013-06-18 $51,079,000
8457838 System and method for safe operation of a vehicle based electronic device while the vehicle is in motion Andrew Fear 2013-06-04 $7,022,000
8402012 System and method for determining risk of search engine results Andrew Fear 2013-03-19 $6,784,000