Hiroyuki Kimura
256Patents
25h-index
261Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 3, 1974 → Jan 9, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4956872A | Image processing apparatus capable of random mosaic and/or oil-painting-like processing | Physics | 111 | Expired |
| US5164825A | Image processing method and apparatus for mosaic or similar processing therefor | Electricity | 103 | Expired |
| US4953227A | Image mosaic-processing method and apparatus | Electricity | 101 | Expired |
| US5109281A | Video printer with separately stored digital signals printed in separate areas to form a print of multiple images | Electricity | 85 | Expired |
| US6674858B1 | Receiving device, recording and reproducing device and receiving/recording-reproducing system for digital broadcast signal | Electricity | 82 | Expired |
| US6869898B2 | Quartz glass jig for processing apparatus using plasma | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 50 | Expired |
| USD303976S | Lens for camera | General | 44 | Expired |
| US5125041A | Still image processing method for blurring an image background and producing a visual flowing effect | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| USD420029S | Interchangeable lens for single-lens reflex camera | General | 40 | Expired |
| US6778162B2 | Display apparatus having digital memory cell in pixel and method of driving the same | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US6535614B1 | Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing electronic watermark information, and recording medium | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US4844770A | Thermal-transfer recording apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 33 | Expired |
| USD388109S | Single lens reflex camera | General | 33 | Expired |
| US4646301A | Decoding method and system for doubly-encoded Reed-Solomon codes | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US5251074A | Method and apparatus for controlling a video signal print system | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US5480300A | Vertical heat-treating apparatus and heat insulator | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 31 | Expired |
| US6771247B2 | Display and method of driving display | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US4562549A | Digital player using a pulse width detector | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US6434322B1 | Reproducing method and apparatus, for a video signal having copy control information | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US4958217A | Image processing apparatus and method capable of extracting a particular image area using either hue or brightness | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| USD302984S | Lens for camera | General | 27 | Expired |
| US7113613B2 | Watermark information detection method | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| USD302169S | Lens for camera | General | 26 | Expired |
| US6711276B1 | Control method and apparatus for embedding information in data | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US4423498A | Control apparatus for a recording medium drive motor in a digital information reproducing apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.