R. Jacob Baker, Ph.D.
Dr. Baker joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho on the Boise State campus in 1993 after receiving his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Nevada, Reno and completing 8 years of work with EG&G as a design engineer. In 2000, he joined the faculty at Boise State University where he helped establish graduate programs in electrical and computer engineering. He became department chair the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in 2004 and served in that position until 2007. He is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State. From 1986 to 2001, Dr. Baker`s research centered on analog circuit design for instrumentation and communication systems (sweep circuits, PLLs, data converters, modem design, fiber optic receivers and transmitters, etc.) In the last few years, he has also worked on applying fundamental digital signal processing techniques to enhance sensing in array structures including: displays, CMOS imagers, and floating-gate/nascent memory technologies (e.g., flash, chalcogenide and magnetic). Dr. Baker`s current research focuses on analog and mixed-signal circuit design for communication systems, synchronization, and data conversion especially using the K-Delta-1-Sigma modulator. His research focuses on finding and electronic replacement for the hard disk drive using nascent fabrication technologies. Dr. Baker holds over 200 granted or pending patents in integrated circuit design. Among his inventions is the K-Delta-1-Sigma modulator topology used in the Baker analog-to-digital converter. He is a member of the electrical engineering honor society Eta Kappa Nu, a licensed Professional Engineer, and the author of the books CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, CMOS: Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, and a coauthor of DRAM Circuit Design: Fundamental and High-Speed Topics. He received the 2000 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Power Electronics Society and the 2007 Frederick Emmons Terman Award. View Full CV

Jack D. Grimes, Ph.D.
Dr. Grimes has over 35 years experience in the computer, Internet and video graphics industries with ServiceHub, Visa International, ICVerify, Taligent, Mass Microsystems, Intel, IT&T, and Tektronix. Mr. Grimes has also served as an independent consultant and expert witness in Internet commerce, Java, ASP, Unix, NT, scalability, security and payments, data security, chip cards, credit and debit cards, SET and ACH methods, computer graphics and TV video platforms, video capture and overlay systems, video display devices, ASIC design, compressed video, digital satellite TV technologies, and various internet platform architectures. He has developed Internet technology architecture with wireless data to SMS and browsers for mobile phones, chip card technology for Visa with internet payment systems, object-oriented applications for IBM, Apple and HP, video peripherals and graphic ASIC`s. Dr. Grimes has testified as an expert witness in numerous patent cases involving payment systems, computer systems and displays, e-commerce, automated trading systems, ASIC`s, LCD panel controllers, remote image capture, wireless technology, 3D graphics, CRT monitors, power saving circuits, and video display and graphic systems. Dr. Grimes has testified in numerous ITC, Markman and Federal patent cases and has published many articles in the aforementioned technologies. He received BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1965, 1968 and 1970, respectively and a MS degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oregon in 1981. View Full CV

Michael J. Potel, Ph.D.
Dr. Potel has over 35 years experience in the Computer and Software industries with Taligent, Apple Computer and the University of Chicago. Dr. Potel has also served as an independent consultant and expert witness in Internet commerce, Java, Internet software, User Interfaces, 3D Imaging, personal computing, object-oriented systems, computer graphics, software IP and various operating systems. He has developed products with Java and C++ class libraries, tools and component based groupware, Apple Computer-Macintosh products, OS, QuickTime, QuickDraw, TrueType, AppleScript, MAC ROM`s, multimedia products and Apple II, graphics cards, video, sound and speech cards and chips, RISC, Apple MIDI interface and various systems applications. Dr. Potel has been an expert witness in numerous patent cases involving graphics projection systems, 3D graphic and video processors, printer halftone dithering technology, web servers, e-commerce, browsers, 2D and 3D in CAD systems, Java databases, WEB authoring systems, wireless messaging and email protocols, object-oriented software development tools, game systems graphics, WAP/WML Internet and object technology, video interfaces and Internet image displays. Dr. Potel has testified in numerous Federal patent cases, Markman hearings, and has published many articles and journal publications in the aforementioned technologies. He received a BS in Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 1970, and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Information Sciences from the University of Chicago in 1971 and 1977, respectively. View Full CV

Expert has more than seventeen years of experience in research and development of digital image/video technologies and multimedia systems. He has led a large research team at a prominent University in developing cutting-edge systems in image/video processing & indexing, compressed video manipulation, and media authentication. He has made important contributions to the development of new international standards of MPEG-7, MPEG-21, and JPEG-2000 Security. His research has been widely recognized with many paper awards and supported with broad funding from government and a large industry consortium. He frequently serves as consultant or advisor to companies in the media technology area.

• Digital Image/Video Processing
• Video Coding/Compression
• Video Indexing and Analysis
• Image/Video Watermarking and Authentication
• Image Database
• Multimedia Storage and Retrieval
• Statistical Pattern Recognition
• MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 Standards

1012
Expert has a Ph.D. in Optics and Physics with over 30 years of industry experience spanning a broad range of laser, optical, and vision-based products for the commercial and military sector. Industries served include optical, electronic, medical, biomedical, and consumer products. He has consulted for dozens of client companies in these industries and has over more than ten patents. He has provided assessments of technology, patents, and company intellectual property issues and has been an expert witness on fourteen occasions.

• Electro-Optics
• Image Processing & Vision
• Laser Applications
• Laser Instruments & Technology
• Optical Devices, Displays
• Optical Gauging & Alignment
• Opto-Electronic Devices
• Opto-Mechanical & Scanning
• Photonics
• System Integration

1042
Expert is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Department of Computer Sciences, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is well known as the inventor or co-inventor of Order Statistic Filters; the Gabor Texture Model; the Image Modulation Model; the Structural Similarity (SSIM) and Visual Information Fidelity (VIF) Indices for image quality assessment, the MOtion-based Video Integrity Evaluation (MOVIE) index for video quality assessment, the LIVE Image and Video Quality Databases, and SIVA - the Signal, Image and Video Audiovisual Demonstration Gallery (used by more than 400 sites around the world), as well as many other contributions to the fields of image and video processing, computational vision, digital microscopy, and modeling of biological visual perception. He has published over 500 technical articles in these areas and holds two U.S. patents. He is also the author of three books. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and Markman testimony.

• Image Processing
• Digital Video Communication
• Computational Biological Visual Perception
• Signal Processing
• Pattern Analysis and Processing

1045
This expert holds a Ph.D. in robotics. He invents and develops adaptive image sensor chips and imaging systems that deliver visual information not obtainable with conventional image sensors. Intrigue`s proprietary technology enables computer vision systems to function reliably and consistently over a wide range of environmental conditions. Intrigue`s products are ideally suited for uncontrollable imaging environments such as in intelligent transportation systems, intelligent surveillance and biometric systems, and autonomous unmanned systems.

• Analog & Mixed Mode VLSI Design
• Analog Electronic Systems
• CCD and CMOS Image Sensors
• Computer Vision
• Digital Electronic Systems
• e-Commerce and Web Technology
• Electronic Computer Systems
• Image Sensing & Processing
• Industrial Sensors and Control Systems
• Intellectual Property Assessment and Protection
• Microcircuits
• Signal Processing

1060
With over 30 years of experience, expert holds image analysis and image processing patents and serves on various university and government advisory committees. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 papers on digital image processing. He serves as Visiting Committee Chairman for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and as Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering, at a prominent university. Expert has served as a technical expert in legal cases ranging from the JFK assassination to bank robberies and patent cases. In recent years, this expert has forged ADIR into an industry leader in digital image processing research and development. Under his leadership, PSI and ADIR have developed and deployed many innovative image processing technologies.

• Digital Image Processing
• Digital Image Compression (MPEG2, MPEG4, H.263, JPEG2000)
• Pattern Recognition
• Image Enhancement
• Biometric Image Recognition
• Medical Imaging

1062
Expert has more than seventeen years of experience in research and development of digital image/video technologies and multimedia systems. He has led a large research team at a prominent University in developing cutting-edge systems in image/video processing & indexing, compressed video manipulation, and media authentication. He has made important contributions to the development of new international standards of MPEG-7, MPEG-21, and JPEG-2000 Security. His research has been widely recognized with many paper awards and supported with broad funding from government and a large industry consortium. He frequently serves as consultant or advisor to companies in the media technology area.

• Digital Image/Video Processing
• Video Coding/Compression
• Video Indexing and Analysis
• Image/Video Watermarking and Authentication
• Image Database
• Multimedia Storage and Retrieval
• Statistical Pattern Recognition
• MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 Standards

1074
Over 30 years experience in all aspects of software system design, development, implementation, and small group management, including: particular expertise in X Windows, Motif, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), algorithms, and relational databases. Experience has been in a broad spectrum of technology, in several languages and in a wide variety of appli¬cations. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony.

• Bioinformatics
• Computer Aided Engineering
• Computer Graphics
• Computer Simulations
• Database Design & Development
• Image Processing
• Software Design & Development
• Software Engineering

1103
The expert has thirty-four years of software project analysis, design and development. Projects have included real time controls for radiotherapy and real time digital radiographic equipment, real time digital image acquisition, analysis, storage and retrieval. He also has experience with embedded control and display for medical bedside instruments and user interface development for custom hardware or commercial software products.

• Computer Automation
• Control Systems
• Device Driver Development
• Digital Image Processing
• Graphical User Interfaces
• Object Oriented Programming
• Real Time Systems
• System Engineering

1125
This expert has over 30 years experience in the fields of computer graphics and medical instrumentation. He is a prolific inventor with numerous patents as well as authoring many books and technical papers. In addition to his direct industry experience, this expert has also been a consultant in his field for 20 years, including the past 10 years as a litigation support consultant.

• 2D and 3D Computer Graphics
• Digital Signal and Image Processing
• Graphics and Video Controller Chips
• Audio and Video Processing
• Video, Audio and Image Compression
• Diagnostic Medical Instrumentation
• Pattern Recognition
• Graphical User Interfaces
• Multimedia televisions, set-top boxes, computers

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This expert`s 35-plus year career in industry and academia includes research, software and algorithm development, project management, pioneering medical equipment development, and nuclear medicine.

• Image Processing
• Graphics
• Algorithm Development
• Display Drivers
• 3D
• OpenGL
• Cameras
• DSP
• Machine Vision
• Telecommunications
• Semiconductor Inspection
• DNA imaging
• Medical Imaging
• Visualization
• Software management
• Software development
• Scientific software

1183
Expert is a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and has 20 years of experience in the image processing systems and algorithms field. He has three patents. His body or work and experience include development of algorithms, methods and complete systems for machine vision and applied image processing. He has expertise in biometric systems, fingerprint and face recognition, feature extraction and algorithms, image analysis and processing of color images. He has previous expert witness experience.

• Biometric Identification
• Fingerprint Recognition
• Face Recognition
• Image Processing
• Machine Vision
• Imaging Algorithms and Software
• Image Capture Devices
• Imaging Standards

1258
Over his 25-year career, Expert has held lead technical and managerial positions at PCS/Cadmus Computers in Munich, Xerox PARC, Cincom, Music-IP and Citrix-Online. He has managed academic R&D teams both domestically and internationally. Currently active as a software consultant/contractor specializing in object-oriented software and development process management, and as a lab manager and graduate lecturer at the University of California Expert is an experienced software/hardware engineer, technology visionary, strategic manager and intellectual property expert. He has an extensive track-record developing large systems in C, C++, Java, and Smalltalk for applications such as multimedia data processing and delivery, reliable distributed web services, computer graphics, database systems, virtual environments, numerics/statistics, and artificial intelligence. He is an experience patent litigator with deposition and testimonial experience at the ITC.

• Digital audio processing
• Computer music
• Multimedia systems
• Artificial intelligence
• Object-oriented analysis and design
• Computer graphics
• Distributed processing
• Internet content delivery

1262
Expert has over thirty-five years of technical, business and intellectual property rights experience in digital imaging, video and audio. In the 1970`s and early 1980`s, he was one of the leaders in the digital imaging field, performing extensive work in areas of compression, real-time processing, real-time display, image enhancement, and others. Applications included reconnaissance imaging, medical imaging, earth resources management and videoconferencing. This work anticipated much of the technology being used in contemporary consumer digital video systems. He has in-depth experience of the commercial history and when key parts of technology were first developed and published. Expert has held many leadership roles in standards development: including MPEG, MPEG1 standard; instigator of successful effort to make MPEG2 the market standard for digital TV over proprietary competitors in the US and national competitors in Europe and Japan; MPEG4; AVS Subgroup. He is an expert in all major audio-video standards. MPEG audio (Layer I, II, mp3, AAC), Dolby AC3, MPEG video (1, 2, 4), H.264, Windows Media 9 (VC-1), and AVS. He is also an expert in DVD standards, including formatting, navigation and authoring. Expert has authored over twenty technical papers, two book chapters and two patents in digital video processing, display, and compression. He is an experienced patent litigation expert with deposition and court experience. He is a patent holder with a Ph.D. in Physical Electronics.

• Real-time Processing and Display
• Image and Video compression (MPEG)
• Imaging/Video Systems Architecture
• Imaging/Video Chip Architecture
• Video Compression Algorithms
• Reconnaissance Imaging
• Medical Imaging
• Earth Resources Imaging

1269
Expert has over twenty years experience in development, research, and marketing, with a focus on graphics technology, both in terms of graphics hardware advances such as 3D and video and imaging, as well as graphics software developments, such as graphics APIs, architectures, games and visualizations. He has extensive litigation experience including being deposed several times and testifying. He has expertise and is able to serve as an expert witness in the following: 3D and 2D Graphical Image Generation and Manipulation, Computer Graphics: Hardware & Software, Digital Imaging and Photography, Display Technologies, Gaming Technologies, Internet Technologies, Photographic Techniques, Computer Systems Architecture, Marine Engineering (Underwater Electronics, Signaling, Imaging), Programming Languages, and Operating Systems.

• 3D and 2D Graphical Image Generation and Manipulation
• Computer Graphics: Hardware & Software
• Digital Imaging and Photography
• Display Technologies
• Gaming Technologies
• Internet Technologies
• Photographic Techniques
• Computer Systems Architecture
• Marine Engineering (Underwater Electronics, Signaling, Imaging)
• Programming Languages and Operating Systems

1272
Expert has a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and has over 30 years of industry and academic experience. He is a technology leader in mechanical CAD, computer graphics and visualization, having played key roles in the development of many highly regarded technologies and products during his career. He has participated in SIGGRAPH as a committee member. He is adept at technology investigations and engineering analysis. He has broader expertise in industrial design, image processing and algebraic computing. He is able to serve as an expert witness in the following: Computer Graphics, Scientific/Medical Visualization, Mechanical CAD, Industrial Design, Algebraic Computing, and Image Processing.

• Computer Graphics
• Scientific/Medical Visualization
• Mechanical CAD
• Industrial Design
• Algebraic Computing
• Image Processing

1274
Expert received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University. After a two year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, he joined the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory at M.I.T. as a research physicist. In 1987 he assumed a faculty position at a major university. Expert has published nearly 170 refereed liquid crystal related articles, and holds several patents. He is a past membership secretary and now an executive board member of the International Liquid Crystal Society, and serves on the editorial board of the journal Liquid Crystals. His own research centers on electro and magneto-optic phenomena in liquid crystals and complex fluids, with particular emphasis on symmetry, optical, and interfacial phenomena. Expert has experience as an expert in patent litigations.

1286
Expert has over 15 years of industrial experience in the development of military and commercial digital systems, in particular for airborne systems and in high-resolution computer graphics. He holds a Ph.D. is a patent holder and has prior expert witness experience.

• Computer Architecture
• RISC Computers
• Computer Graphics (H/W and S/W)
• Parallel and Distributed Computing
• Interconnection Networks
• Scheduling and Load Balancing
• Algorithms
• Embedded Systems

1304
Expert holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a focus on bachien vision. His research in image analysis, computer vision, pattern recognition and image instrumentation has also enabled him to pursue research in the fields of computational biology and quantitative microscopy. He is extensively published and holds multiple patents.

• Imaging
• Computer Vision
• Image Analysis
• Bioinformatics
• Microscopy
• Cellular Diagnostics

1314
Expert has a Masters in Chemical Engineering and over 30 years of industry experience with image processing and capture. He has prior expert witness experience and a patent holder.

• Digital Imaging Technology
• Digital Camera Design
• Digital Image Asset Management
• Electronic Imaging
• Photographic Engineering
• Photographic Imaging Systems

1315
Expert holds a Ph.D. in geography, and has prior litigation support experience. His area of expertise includes research in computer graphics and human computer interaction. Teaching computer graphics, data structures, programming languages, and user interface design.

• Applied Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Graphics
• Data Structures
• Digital imaging
• Human Computer Interaction
• Java, C, C++, ADA
• Multi-Media
• Object Oriented Paradigms
• Programming Languages
• User Interface Design

1317
Expert has over 25 years of experience in the design and development of robotic equipment for confined space inspection and cleaning. He has been the lead developer of a wide variety of land-based and water-borne robotic systems for a wide range of industrial and military applications. He has provided consultation to some of the largest corporations in the United States in a wide range of technology application areas. He has served as a submarine acoustic trials director for the US Navy from 1977 through 1987 and has been responsible for the development of a range of innovative techniques for underwater object location and tracking. He has been the principal investigator on several programs sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, Naval Ships System Command, The Defense Advanced Projects Agency, and other government organizations. Expert has represented the US Government and the Nuclear Regulatory Agency for a number a years at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. In this role he has served as a research coordinator for the application of advanced artificial software techniques for nuclear reactor control and emergency shutdown and the general application of safety systems for reactor protection. Expert is actively involved in the transfer of robotic technology to the petroleum and petrochemical industry for vessel integrity inspection and testing. He works with most of the major oil companies in the United States and several overseas petroleum producers and manufactures. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Experimental Psychology/Engineering and has prior litigation support experience.

• Robotics and Remote Systems
• Product Safety Design
• Acoustics
• Visual Displays
• Controls
• Human Performance
• Ultrasound Testing
• Aboveground Storage Tank and Pipeline Integrity Testing
• Industrial Safety

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Expert has over 30 years of industry and academic experience, an electronics engineer who transitioned to software development early in his career. He is a skilled software technology innovator with an extensive background in both systems and applications, and has created and used many diverse technologies and products. Expert is adept at technology investigations, engineering management and technical marketing. He has broad expertise in best practices for software development, system software, Internet solutions, hardware/software integration, object-oriented systems, computer aided design and software intellectual property. He is founder of a software tools company that has filed ten patent applications, and has developed an artificial personality enhancement for AI systems, marketed by another company he founded. As a consultant, Expert acted as interim CTO or VP Engineering for a number of startup companies, acted as an expert witness in software litigation, performed technical due diligence for venture capital firms and private investors, and has developed for and/or managed numerous software projects.

• Internet software
• Unix and Linux
• C, C++, Visual Basic
• Software tools
• Java and Enterprise Java (J2EE)
• Open source software
• Web Services
• Development methodology
• Internationalization
• CAD
• Hardware/software integration
• Online communities
• Real-time systems
• Assembly Languages
• Computer graphic