Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Akio Nakajima

93Patents
19h-index
60Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 15, 1974 → Apr 12, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4875173A Image enlarging method and device Physics 103 Expired
US5914132A Pharmaceutical dosage form with multiple enteric polymer coatings for colonic delivery Performing Operations; Transporting 88 Expired
US5440694A Interface circuit for allowing receiving serial data input after receiving serial input suspension signal Physics 78 Expired
US8422359B2 Communication network control system and control method Electricity 55 Active
US4751376A Image reader with focus and magnification detection control Electricity 38 Expired
US5608547A Image forming apparatus having illumination direction altered for every plurality of readout operations with respect to one original Electricity 32 Expired
US5481354A Image forming apparatus Electricity 30 Expired
US5859757A Output driving circuit for use in DC stabilized power supply circuit Physics 26 Expired
US6201674A Direct-current stabilization power supply device Physics 26 Expired
US5831471A DC-stabilized power circuit Physics 25 Expired
US4750044A Image editor Electricity 24 Expired
US5410419A Facsimile machine capable of distinguishing copied image and received image Electricity 22 Expired
US6043897A Image forming apparatus Electricity 22 Expired
US5625466A Image forming apparatus providing landscape or portrait image format based on detected size of original Electricity 22 Expired
US5283662A Image reading apparatus controllable by external apparatus Electricity 21 Expired
US6011877A Apparatus and method for determining the directional orientation of a document image based upon the location of detected punctuation marks within the document image Physics 21 Expired
US10303570B2 Method and apparatus for managing data recovery of distributed storage system Physics 20 Active
US5843479A Bisacodyl dosage form with multiple enteric polymer coatings for colonic delivery Performing Operations; Transporting 19 Expired
US5491557A Image forming apparatus having a memory and two operating modes, and method of using same Electricity 19 Expired
US5745253A Image reading apparatus and method for reading images of different sizes of originals Electricity 18 Expired
US4912567A Image reader Electricity 16 Expired
US5530560A Image forming apparatus wherein images are formed on front and back faces of a paper such that they can be observed in a normal orientation Electricity 16 Expired
US7913037B2 Computer system for controlling allocation of physical links and method thereof Physics 16 Active
US5033102A Image reading apparatus capable of reading desired image areas Electricity 16 Expired
US6144777A Image forming apparatus having editing function Electricity 15 Expired

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