Hitoshi Hirose
20Patents
10h-index
43Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 3, 1984 → Aug 7, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5022081A | Information recognition system | Physics | 245 | Expired |
| US6206824A | Flexible tube for endoscope and method of producing the flexible tube | Performing Operations; Transporting | 63 | Expired |
| US4953225A | Handwritten character-recognizing apparatus for automatically generating and displaying character frames | Physics | 45 | Expired |
| US5121442A | Figure input system | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US4607386A | Handwritten character recognition device | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| US4916587A | Tilting device of vehicle headlight | Performing Operations; Transporting | 29 | Expired |
| US5054091A | Method for determining coordinates of circumscribed rectangular frame of each character for use in optical character reader | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US6226432A | Endoscopic optical fiber bundle | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US6176410A | Method and apparatus for controlling web delivery running at the start time of printing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Expired |
| US5065438A | Character recognition apparatus with inputting function of ruled lines | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US6793153B2 | Structure for mounting headlamp cleaner | Performing Operations; Transporting | 7 | Expired |
| US6997108B2 | Plate-making type printing press, multi-color printing press and plate-making type printing method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Expired |
| US6293453A | Apparatus and method for controlling drag roller | Performing Operations; Transporting | 5 | Expired |
| US6722652B2 | Sheet-fed press and intermediate cylinder for sheet-fed press | Performing Operations; Transporting | 5 | Expired |
| US4776854A | Method for flameproofing cellulosic fibrous materials | Textiles; Paper | 5 | Expired |
| US6896258B2 | Sheet-fed press and intermediate cylinder for sheet-fed press | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Expired |
| US10224060B2 | Interactive home-appliance system, server device, interactive home appliance, method for allowing home-appliance system to interact, and nonvolatile computer-readable data recording medium encoded with program for allowing computer to implement the method | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US5943536A | Image forming apparatus | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US9653097B2 | Sound output device, network system, and sound output method | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8867840B2 | Information processing device and method for controlling an information processing device | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.