Hiraku Sonobe
17Patents
11h-index
26Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 9, 1983 → Feb 22, 2006
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6564070B1 | Image input apparatus such as digital cordless telephone having radio communication function for communicating with base station | Electricity | 83 | Expired |
| US6690417B1 | Image processing method, an image processing apparatus, an image input device, a photographing device, a photographing system, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium | Electricity | 61 | Expired |
| US4605211A | Automatic sheet processing device having tiltable collecting tray adjacent corner binder station | Performing Operations; Transporting | 38 | Expired |
| US6148243A | Sound Processing method and system | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US5710634A | Output apparatus and method for reading and recording | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US4739230A | Control device for controlling motor speed without hunting | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Expired |
| US7062230B1 | Communication device, image-pickup device, storage medium and communication method | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US4597018A | Imagewise information processing method and apparatus | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US4700237A | Film image processing apparatus | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US4907858A | Optical pickup apparatus | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US6822676B1 | Camera control system with electronic zoom processing | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US7319484B2 | Image processing method, an image processing apparatus, an image input device, a photographing device, a photographing system, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US4595275A | Variable magnification copying apparatus | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US4953150A | Optical recording apparatus having improved erasing capability | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US4786980A | Image information recording system | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US4632536A | Copying apparatus and an optical assembly usable therewith | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7477880B2 | Communication device, image-pickup device, storage medium and communication method | Electricity | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.