Inventor · Funabashi, JP

Daisuke Hata

21Patents
10h-index
7Co-inventors
64Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 7, 1986 → Sep 22, 2003

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6700614B1 Autofocus apparatus Electricity 55 Expired
US6603508B1 Method, system, and computer readable medium for controlling a digital camera to avoid blurring of a photograph Electricity 52 Expired
US6430368B1 Autofocus apparatus Electricity 33 Expired
US4881799A Varifocal lens device Physics 28 Expired
US6100928A Digital camera with variable gain to offset exposure error Electricity 27 Expired
US4733264A Charge-coupled device for automatic focusing and camera shake detector using such charge-coupled device Physics 19 Expired
US4899190A Zooming optical system control device Physics 16 Expired
US4763154A Focus detecting device and image signal amplifier circuit therefor Physics 16 Expired
US5028773A Lens controller includes a zooming optical system and a zooming speed control device Physics 13 Expired
US5231441A Focusing device for driving focusing lens group according to a position of zoom lens group Physics 12 Expired
US6657668B1 Method, system, and computer readable medium for controlling automatic focusing of a digital camera Electricity 10 Expired
US5196879A Lens controller Physics 8 Expired
US4994752A Position detecting potentiometer for a moving body Physics 7 Expired
US4777505A Automatic focusing control system Physics 6 Expired
US4831405A Auto-focus arithmetic device Physics 6 Expired
US6721006B1 Digital camera and control method for the same Electricity 4 Expired
US4818921A Apparatus for controlling a motor in a camera Physics 4 Expired
US6825883B1 Auto-focus apparatus based on pixel resolution and control method for the same Electricity 3 Expired
US5274223A Vari-focal lens control system with lens driving and magnification lens driving means Physics 3 Expired
US7295243B2 Autofocus apparatus having a flash synchronized to an autofocus sampling time Electricity 2 Expired
US5307110A Pulse-controlled camera, method for setting control reference position thereof, and method for adjusting mechanical errors in production thereof Physics 2 Expired

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