Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Hiroshi Tanioka

78Patents
23h-index
78Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 24, 1980 → Feb 26, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5270808A Color image processing with adjustment of computed recording color to match original color Electricity 116 Expired
US5929843A Image processing apparatus which extracts white component data Physics 103 Expired
US4786820A Apparatus for parallel-processing image data Electricity 100 Expired
US6067088A Image processing method and apparatus thereof Physics 89 Expired
US5153925A Image processing apparatus Electricity 78 Expired
US4709274A Image processing apparatus Electricity 51 Expired
US5018024A Image processing apparatus using two-dimensional space frequency to discriminate image type Electricity 49 Expired
US5503904A Invisible information recorded medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US6118547A Image processing method and apparatus Electricity 41 Expired
US5121447A Apparatus for performing gradation processing on image data Electricity 39 Expired
US4723173A Image processing apparatus Electricity 37 Expired
US5063451A Hand held recording apparatus with window on lower body portion for viewing recording position Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US6094281A Image reading device with offset faces for visible and non-visible light sensors Electricity 33 Expired
US4684998A Image reader suitable for manual scanning Electricity 32 Expired
US5315382A Image processing apparatus Electricity 32 Expired
US4821334A Image processing apparatus Electricity 31 Expired
US7391917B2 Image processing method Physics 31 Expired
US4959868A Image processing system Electricity 29 Expired
US4729035A Image processing apparatus capable of appriopriately encoding and processing entered image signals in accordance with the image content Electricity 28 Expired
US6486974B1 Image reading device Electricity 27 Expired
US5003614A Image processing system Physics 27 Expired
US5724152A Image reading apparatus and image processing apparatus for reading optical information of visible and non-visible light Electricity 26 Expired
US5121446A Image processing apparatus capable of obtaining multi-level data Electricity 24 Expired
US4920361A Image recording method and apparatus therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Expired
US4451136A Feed control for copying apparatus Physics 23 Expired

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