Inventor · Toyohashi, JP

Kazuomi Sakatani

43Patents
10h-index
25Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 28, 1994 → Oct 29, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5889884A Image forming apparatus capable of recognizing top and bottom of document image Physics 114 Expired
US5517327A Data processor for image data using orthogonal transformation Electricity 85 Expired
US5721624A Image reading apparatus improving the joining state of a plurality of image data obtained by dividing and reading out an original image Electricity 60 Expired
US5677736A Data processor Electricity 57 Expired
US6330076A Image processing apparatus Electricity 24 Expired
US6538771B1 Image processor Electricity 18 Expired
US6266441A Image forming apparatus capable of recognizing top and bottom of document image Physics 16 Expired
US5966560A Image forming apparatus with enhanced pretransfer erasing Physics 13 Expired
US5987176A Image processing device Physics 12 Expired
US8964246B2 Image forming apparatus, image forming method, image density measuring apparatus, and image density measuring method Electricity 12 Active
US7298917B2 Image processing program product and device for executing Retinex processing Physics 8 Expired
US6587225B1 Image processing apparatus Physics 8 Expired
US5875041A Data processor Electricity 6 Expired
US5563726A Data processor for preventing block distortion for an achromatic image when image data are processed for coding by dividing them into blocks Electricity 5 Expired
US8090281B2 Image forming apparatus and tone correction method Physics 4 Active
US6847732B1 Image error diffusion device with noise superposition Physics 4 Expired
US5995241A Data processor Electricity 4 Expired
US9906689B2 Image forming apparatus and computer readable recording medium Electricity 3 Active
US8625179B2 Color adjustment method and image forming system using gamma curve associating densities of patches from different printers Electricity 3 Active
US7212752B2 Image forming apparatus and a developing apparatus having a unit for determining a mixture ratio of two types of magnetic toner based on magnetic permeability and amount Physics 3 Expired
US8626017B2 Image forming device and developer supply method including pre-supply toner detection Physics 3 Active
US7248805B2 Image forming apparatus and developing unit Physics 3 Expired
US5841551A Data processor Electricity 3 Expired
US8848255B2 Image forming apparatus, image forming system and updating method of multi-dimensional LUT Electricity 2 Active
US9811042B2 Image forming device, image forming system, image detecting unit correcting method and image detecting device Physics 2 Active

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