Akinobu Uchikubo
42Patents
30h-index
78Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 16, 1987 → Mar 9, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7386730B2 | Remote medical supporting system | Electricity | 1,477 | Expired |
| US5678568A | System control apparatus, medical system control apparatus and image-plane display method of medical system control apparatus | Electricity | 530 | Expired |
| US6480762B1 | Medical apparatus supporting system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 269 | Expired |
| US7833219B2 | Operation apparatus controller and surgery system | Human Necessities | 212 | Active |
| US4918521A | Solid state imaging apparatus | Electricity | 188 | Expired |
| US6602185B1 | Remote surgery support system | Human Necessities | 126 | Expired |
| US6636254B1 | Image processing apparatus for performing turn or mirror inversion on an input video signal and outputting different images simultaneously | Physics | 121 | Expired |
| US6955671B2 | Remote surgery support system | Human Necessities | 119 | Expired |
| US6950691B2 | Surgery support system and surgery support method | Human Necessities | 118 | Expired |
| US6490490B1 | Remote operation support system and method | Physics | 115 | Expired |
| US5269289A | Cavity insert device using fuzzy theory | Electricity | 112 | Expired |
| US5609561A | Electronic type endoscope in which image pickup unit is dismounted to execute disinfection/sterilization processing | Physics | 108 | Expired |
| US5374953A | Electronic endoscope apparatus with signal validity monitor | Electricity | 106 | Expired |
| US6319197A | Endoscope system having reduced noise emission/permeation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 102 | Expired |
| US4868647A | Electronic endoscopic apparatus isolated by differential type drive means | Electricity | 95 | Expired |
| US4951135A | Electronic-type endoscope system having capability of setting AGC variation region | Electricity | 94 | Expired |
| US5034888A | Electronic endoscope apparatus having different image processing characteristics for a moving image and a still image | Electricity | 90 | Expired |
| US4928172A | Endoscope output signal control device and endoscope apparatus making use of the same | Electricity | 80 | Expired |
| US5592216A | Endoscopic apparatus capable of storing image information for a plurality of frames | Electricity | 73 | Expired |
| US4967269A | Endoscope automatic light control apparatus and endoscope apparatus making use of the same | Electricity | 65 | Expired |
| US4959710A | Electronic endoscope whereby the position of the insertable part can be known by a transmitted light outside a body | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| US5113254A | Electronic endoscope apparatus outputting ternary drive signal | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US5543831A | Endoscope system having reduced noise emission/permeation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 60 | Expired |
| US4882623A | Signal processing apparatus for endoscope capable of changing outline enhancement frequency | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 57 | Expired |
| US4816909A | Video endoscope system for use with different sizes of solid state devices | Electricity | 51 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.