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David Pfeiffer — 28 Patents

ZOZoox: 20 patents #35 of 609Top 6%
VTVisual Information Technologies: 5 patents #1 of 8Top 15%
DADaimler Ag: 1 patents #789 of 2,089Top 40%
PSPixel Semiconductor: 1 patents #5 of 6Top 85%
Foster City, CA: #131 of 2,058 inventorsTop 7%
California: #19,067 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
David Pfeiffer has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Zoox. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in November 2025. David Pfeiffer ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list David Pfeiffer in Foster City, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2023.peak 61990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents19911992: 3 patents19921993: 1 patents19932015: 1 patents20152020: 4 patents20202021: 3 patents20212022: 3 patents20222023: 6 patents20232025: 5 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12461241 Object detection soft consistency checker Zehan Wang 2025-11-04
12361686 Annotating image data based on projected lidar data Robert Evan Mahieu, Zeng Wang 2025-07-15
12352903 Lidar debris detection based on annotated image data Robert Evan Mahieu, Zeng Wang 2025-07-08
12345821 Method for predicting behavior of object e as an autonomous vehicles, determining afggregated data based on first and second lidars data and transfer function Arthur Daniel Costea, Zeng Wang, Allan Zelener 2025-07-01
12272153 In-path obstacle detection and avoidance system Yuanyuan Chen, Janek Hudecek, James William Vaisey Philbin, Zeng Wang 2025-04-08
11810370 Techniques for identifying curbs Zeng Wang, Qiang Zhai 2023-11-07
11798169 Sensor data segmentation 2023-10-24
11640170 Identification of particulate matter in sensor data Carden Bagwell, Zeng Wang 2023-05-02
11623661 Estimating ground height based on lidar data Arthur Daniel Costea, Robert Evan Mahieu, Zeng Wang 2023-04-11
11620753 Data segmentation using masks Zeng Wang, Dragomir Anguelov, Subhasis Das, Allan Zelener 2023-04-04
11544936 In-path obstacle detection and avoidance system Yuanyuan Chen, Janek Hudecek, James William Vaisey Philbin, Zeng Wang 2023-01-03
11475573 Sensor data segmentation 2022-10-18
11379684 Time of flight data segmentation James William Vaisey Philbin, Nitesh Shroff, Zeng Wang 2022-07-05
11227401 Multiresolution voxel space Robert Evan Mahieu, James William Vaisey Philbin, Zeng Wang 2022-01-18
11195282 Data segmentation using masks Zeng Wang, Dragomir Anguelov, Subhasis Das, Allan Zelener 2021-12-07
11163045 Automated detection of sensor miscalibration 2021-11-02
10929711 Time of flight data segmentation James William Vaisey Philbin, Nitesh Shroff, Zeng Wang 2021-02-23
10832414 Sensor data segmentation 2020-11-10
10705194 Automated detection of sensor miscalibration 2020-07-07
10649459 Data segmentation using masks Zeng Wang, Dragomir Anguelov, Subhasis Das, Allan Zelener 2020-05-12
10535138 Sensor data segmentation 2020-01-14
9042639 Method for representing surroundings Uwe Franke 2015-05-26
5241642 Image memory controller for controlling multiple memories and method of operation John P. Norsworthy, David T. Stoner, Michael K. Corry 1993-08-31
5146592 High speed image processing computer with overlapping windows-div David T. Stoner, John P. Norsworthy, Dwight D. Dipert, Jay A. Thompson, James A. Fontaine +1 more 1992-09-08
5129060 High speed image processing computer David T. Stoner, John P. Norsworthy, Dwight D. Dipert, Jay A. Thompson, James A. Fontaine +1 more 1992-07-07