Hitoshi Hashimoto
34Patents
11h-index
52Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 9, 1981 → Sep 13, 2012
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6972799B1 | Auto focusing apparatus selectively operable in an ordinary mode and a high speed mode | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US6130417A | Auto-focusing apparatus with hill-climbing and full-scanning auto-focusing performances | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US6704054B1 | Autofocusing system | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US6567123B1 | Electronic camera | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US4659583A | Method for the pulverization or granulation of nuts and seeds | Human Necessities | 19 | Expired |
| US6618090B1 | Automatic exposure control apparatus | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US5730691A | Turret type of machine tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US4408024A | Method for the heat removal from polymerization reactor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US4567555A | Current-type GTO inverter with surge energy restoration | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US4603456A | Machining equipment for production lines | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US4819311A | Machine tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US4701081A | Boring process and apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US4931389A | Method for the preparation of multiple glucosyl branched-cyclodextrins | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 11 | Expired |
| US7365783B2 | Image pickup apparatus which stores initial defect data concerning image pickup device and data on later developed defects | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US4776081A | Multi-spindle head-replacing machine tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US6010661A | Method for producing hydrogen-containing sponge titanium, a hydrogen containing titanium-aluminum-based alloy powder and its method of production, and a titanium-aluminum-based alloy sinter and its method of production | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US4656726A | Drilling machine tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US4463490A | Composite boring and honing machine and method of making the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US7365785B2 | Electronic camera | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6592436B1 | Grinding and polishing tool for diamond, method for polishing diamond, and polished diamond, single crystal diamond and single diamond compact obtained thereby | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US6784938B1 | Electronic camera | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6876391B1 | Imaging device and control method thereof | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6686966B1 | Electronic imaging system | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US5089401A | Method for the preparation of fructose-containing oligosaccharide | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US7557841B2 | Imaging apparatus that detects pixel defect of an imaging element and imaging method | Electricity | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.