Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Akira Matsui

131Patents
17h-index
134Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 27, 1973 → Jan 17, 2025

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6578989B2 Optical device for an optical element and apparatus employing the device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 154 Expired
US7085634B2 Parking assist apparatus and parking assist method for vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 56 Expired
US7399108B2 Light emitting source and a light emitting source array Electricity 56 Active
US7039504B2 Vehicle backward movement assist device and vehicle parking assist device Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US7106357B2 Portable information terminal device having camera feature Electricity 35 Expired
US4783429A No alkali containing biocompatible glass ceramic with apatite, wollastonite and diopside crystals mixed Human Necessities 33 Expired
US4606255A Guitar for guitar synthesizer Physics 32 Expired
US3950451A Hardenable epoxy resin composition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US6489550B1 Musical apparatus detecting maximum values and/or peak values of reflected light beams to control musical functions Physics 24 Expired
US7043346B2 Parking assist apparatus and parking assist method for vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Expired
US6993211B2 Code reader Physics 22 Expired
US7487020B2 Driving assist apparatus and method for vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US5562446A Small handpiece with fluid driven turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6364209B1 Data reading apparatus Physics 21 Expired
US5772436A Odontotherapeutic hand piece Human Necessities 21 Expired
US7734404B2 Deceleration control apparatus for vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US7075456B2 Parking assist device Performing Operations; Transporting 19 Expired
US7117073B2 Parking-assist device and reversing-assist device Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
US5990409A Musical apparatus detecting maximum values and/or peak values of reflected light beams to control musical functions Physics 15 Expired
US7012550B2 Parking assist apparatus and parking assist method for vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US5034353A Biocompatible glass ceramics Human Necessities 14 Expired
US6175074A Musical apparatus detecting maximum values and/or peak values of reflected light beams to control musical functions Physics 13 Expired
US5981448A Lubricating oil for rolling bearing in high-speed rotating equipment and bearing lubricated with the same lubricating oil Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Expired
US4674357A Balancing device for press Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7470042B2 Luminescent light source and luminescent light source array Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.