Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Ichiro Hamada

44Patents
11h-index
35Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: May 21, 1991 → Oct 15, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6931198B1 Apparatus and method for downloading desired data signal to user-selectable storage unit Electricity 147 Expired
US6172989A Transmitting apparatus and method, receiving apparatus and method Electricity 81 Expired
US6978377B1 Copy protection using detailed copy control information Electricity 56 Expired
US6792007B1 Data transmission apparatus and method, data receiving apparatus and method, and data transmission and reception system and method Electricity 36 Expired
US5790876A Power saving control system and method for use with serially connected electronic devices Physics 28 Expired
USD426482S Fire detector General 24 Expired
US6370322B2 Data decoding system, data decoding method, transmission method, transmission device, receiving device, and receiving method Electricity 19 Expired
US6754347B1 Input/output unit, input/output method, and receiving unit Electricity 16 Expired
US6300876A Fire detector Physics 15 Expired
USD450008S Fire detector General 14 Expired
US6792000B1 Data processing apparatus and data processing method, and recording medium Electricity 11 Expired
US8854434B2 Transmission device, receiving device, program, and communication system Electricity 11 Active
US7096461B1 Method and apparatus for digital signal processing and method of providing extension function Electricity 11 Expired
US7310810B1 Broadcasting apparatus and method, receiving apparatus and method, and medium Physics 9 Expired
US7904928B2 Content delivery system, content delivery apparatus, content recording and reproduction apparatus and content recording and reproduction method, and computer program Electricity 8 Active
US6981272B1 Data processing apparatus and method for preventing unauthorized copying Electricity 8 Expired
US6671290B1 Receiving apparatus and recording/reproducing system for digital broadcasts Electricity 7 Expired
US7043138B1 Broadcast receiver and system for performing copy prohibition and timed recording Electricity 6 Expired
US7844991B1 Method and apparatus for digital signal processing Electricity 5 Expired
US5206910A Stereo microphone unit Electricity 5 Expired
US5944827A Power saving control system and method for use with serially connected electronic devices Physics 5 Expired
US6650659B1 Data transmitting method Electricity 4 Expired
US7908639B2 Information transfer apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, and information processing system Electricity 4 Active
US7031781B1 Recording apparatus, recording method and recording medium Physics 4 Expired
US7023991B1 Method and apparatus for digital signal processing Electricity 4 Expired

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