Gary Gordon
BornNovember 16, 1939 Portland, Oregon
EducationU.C. Berkeley BSEE Stanford MSEE
SpouseNicola Whitney Gordon

Gary Gordon is a retired engineer, naval officer, associate professor at San Jose State University, Agilent Technologies Fellow, and co-founder of Cambotics, a company pioneering robotic studio camera dollies.

He is a named inventor on over 100 patents including the modern optical computer mouse,[1] and his works have been featured on over 20 journal and magazine covers. At Hewlett Packard he pioneered instrumentation for testing computer circuits including the first Logic Probe,[2][3] Logic Clip,[4][5] Logic Pulser,[6][7][8] and HP's first Logic Analyzer.[9] Subsequently he led a number of significant projects including HP's distance-measuring laser interferometer,[10] the ORCA Robot,[11] and various instruments used in analytical chemistry and bioscience. His research also included computer input devices, and in 1999 he was awarded HP's first annual Prize for Innovation[12] for co-inventing the modern optical computer mouse which measures travel by correlating successive images of the work surface.

His philanthropic interests include writing eye tracking software for controlling a screen cursor with one's gaze and the SoftSwitch[13] input device, both for paralyzed computer users, teaching radio technology at Handiham radio camps, and creating a short video showcasing their work.[14]

In 2017 the Computer History Museum produced a 45 minute video[15] and transcript[16] chronicling Gordon's career and his contributions to the development of digital computers.

References

  1. US 6433780, "Seeing eye mouse for a computer system"
  2. "IC Logic Checkout Simplified" (PDF). HP Journal. No. 6. 1969. pp. 14–16.
  3. US 3543154, "Logic Probe"
  4. "Logic Clip" (PDF). HP Journal. No. 10. 1973. p. 12.
  5. US 3670245, "Logic Clip"
  6. "Logic Pulser and Probe: a New Digital Troubleshooting Team (cover story)" (PDF). HP Journal. No. 9. 1972. pp. 2–7.
  7. US 3781689, "Tristate pulse generator for producing consecutive pairs of pulses"
  8. "Current Tracer: A New Way to Find Low Impedance Logic-Circuit Faults (cover story)" (PDF). HP Journal. No. 12. 1976. pp. 2–8.
  9. "The Logic Analyzer: A New Instrument for Observing Logic Signals (cover story)" (PDF). HP Journal. No. 10. 1973. pp. 2–16.
  10. "A Two-Hundred-Foot Yardstick with Graduations Every Microinch (cover story)" (PDF). HP Journal. No. 8. 1970. pp. 2–9.
  11. "ORCA: Optimized Robot for Chemical Analysis (cover story)" (PDF). HP Journal. No. 3. 1993. pp. 6–19.
  12. Agilent Labs' Barney Oliver Prize Brings Prestige and Honor to Annual Recipients, 26 October 2007
  13. US 6771190, "Signalling apparatus for the physically disabled"
  14. url=https://www.youtube.com/ Handiham: Making Contacts Making Friends
  15. Oral History of Gary Gordon
  16. Gordon, Gary oral history, Computer History Museum, March 2017
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