Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Hiroshi Kano

93Patents
15h-index
88Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 13, 1981 → Jul 18, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7881097B2 Storage element and memory Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 101 Active
US6151009A Method and apparatus for merging real and synthetic images Electricity 100 Expired
US7660153B2 Memory device and memory Physics 79 Active
US7026671B2 Magnetoresistive effect element, magnetic memory device and manufacturing method of magnetoresistive effect element and magnetic memory device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US5828526A Magnetoresistance effect element and magnetic field detection device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5326028A System for detecting indoor conditions and air conditioner incorporating same Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 27 Expired
US7262064B2 Magnetoresistive effect element, magnetic memory element magnetic memory device and manufacturing methods thereof Electricity 26 Expired
US6473536B1 Image synthesis method, image synthesizer, and recording medium on which image synthesis program is recorded Physics 26 Expired
US7315053B2 Magnetoresistive effect element and magnetic memory device Electricity 25 Expired
US6831314B2 Magnetoresistive effect element and magnetic memory device Electricity 25 Expired
US5447781A Magnetoresistance film and method of manufacturing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5142302A Thermal transfer video printer having improved temperature correction function of coloring density Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US6621731B2 Magnetic memory device Physics 19 Expired
US6909513B1 Shape measuring device Physics 18 Expired
US6456731B1 Optical flow estimation method and image synthesis method Physics 16 Expired
US5903708A Magneto-resistance effect device with improved thermal resistance Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US6063510A Aluminum alloy brazing sheet for use in vacuum brazing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US5909115A Position detecting apparatus employing magnetoresistance effect elements connected in series Physics 13 Expired
US4544291A Invertible inked ribbon cartridge having two sets of feed mechanisms for an impact-serial printer Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US6788802B2 Optical flow estimation method and image synthesis method Physics 12 Expired
US6621666B2 Magnetoresistive-effect element having electrode layers oppositely disposed on main surfaces of a magnetoresistive-effect thin film having hard magnetic bias layers with a particular resistivity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4838713A Thermal transfer printer head position homing mechanism Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US8351603B2 Random number generating device, random number generating method, and security chip Physics 10 Active
US6879514B2 Magnetoresistive element and magnetic memory unit Physics 10 Expired
US6815745B2 Tunnel magnetoresistive effect element, method of manufacturing tunnel magnetoresistive effect element and magnetic memory device Electricity 9 Expired

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