Inventor · Hitachi, JP

Ikuo Hiyama

102Patents
22h-index
81Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 31, 1992 → Aug 22, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7489374B2 Liquid crystal display Physics 166 Expired
US7006173B1 Liquid crystal display device having particular reflective polarizer Physics 151 Expired
US7233304B1 Liquid crystal display apparatus Physics 142 Expired
US7245336B2 Liquid crystal display device Physics 131 Expired
US7038641B2 Color/black-and-white switchable portable terminal and display unit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 105 Expired
US6469755B1 Illuminating arrangement with reflector having inclined irregularities or corrugations Physics 96 Expired
US6104454A Liquid crystal display Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Expired
US6556260B1 Liquid crystal display apparatus Physics 66 Expired
US7460103B2 Liquid crystal display apparatus with luminance distribution calculating, backlight controller, and video correction to improve display contrast ratio Physics 64 Active
US5519523A Liquid crystal display device with residual retardation compensated for in liquid crystal layer Physics 49 Expired
US5818554A Reflective liquid crystal display apparatus which does not require a back light Physics 45 Expired
US6561663B2 Plane-like lighting units and display equipment provided therewith Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US5841496A Reflective liquid crystal display device Physics 43 Expired
US6137560A Active matrix type liquid crystal display apparatus with light source color compensation Physics 42 Expired
US6909442B2 Display device for decompressing compressed image data received Physics 40 Expired
US7661844B2 Illuminating device and liquid-crystal display device using the same Electricity 39 Active
US8059235B2 Liquid crystal display Physics 37 Active
US6362862B1 Liquid crystal display Electricity 33 Expired
US7230603B2 Illumination device and display device using the same Physics 26 Expired
US6222598A Liquid crystal display Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US7463235B2 Light illumination apparatus and liquid crystal display apparatus using the same Physics 23 Expired
US5337070A Display and the method of driving the same Physics 22 Expired
US7027023B2 Liquid crystal display panel, liquid crystal display device, and liquid crystal television Physics 21 Expired
US6650472B1 Luminous intensity distribution control device and display having the same Physics 20 Expired
US7595784B2 Liquid crystal display apparatus with control of LCD and backlight corresponding to an image Physics 20 Active

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