Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Ken Nishimura

79Patents
14h-index
91Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: May 2, 1991 → Feb 18, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6448550B1 Method and apparatus for measuring spectral content of LED light source and control thereof Electricity 245 Expired
US6344641B1 System and method for on-chip calibration of illumination sources for an integrated circuit display Physics 104 Expired
US6735328B1 Personal viewing device with system for providing identification information to a connected system Physics 103 Expired
US7525398B2 Acoustically communicating data signals across an electrical isolation barrier Electricity 88 Active
US6441829B1 Pixel driver that generates, in response to a digital input value, a pixel drive signal having a duty cycle that determines the apparent brightness of the pixel Physics 78 Expired
US5326179A Apparatus for producing an information recording card Performing Operations; Transporting 66 Expired
US7331245B2 Pressure distribution sensor and sensing method Physics 54 Expired
US6165645A Polymer electrolyte and lithium polymer battery using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US6956996B2 Tri-state optical systems and methods Physics 40 Expired
US6905796B2 Lithium secondary battery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5933680A Image processing apparatus and method for optimizing an image formation condition Physics 31 Expired
US6362573B1 Apparatus and method for monitoring the life of arc lamp bulbs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US7082238B2 Self-aligning optical interconnect utilizing conformal materials Physics 25 Expired
US5978206A Stacked-fringe integrated circuit capacitors Electricity 22 Expired
US6169505A Multi-channel, parallel, matched digital-to-analog conversion method, multi-channel, parallel, matched digital-to-analog converter, and analog drive circuit incorporating same Electricity 13 Expired
US7380722B2 Stabilized laser pointer Physics 12 Expired
US7471040B2 Mixed-color light emitting diode apparatus, and method for making same Electricity 12 Expired
US6858829B2 Avalanche photodiode array biasing device and avalanche photodiode structure Electricity 11 Expired
US6780678B2 Cooling of optoelectronic elements Electricity 9 Expired
US7889186B2 Pen input device and method for tracking pen position Physics 8 Active
US5717958A Automatic photographic processor apparatus, paper feeder device, outdoor installation booth, and object image capturing mechanism used in the automatic photographic processor apparatus, and indentification photograph strip with cutline markings Physics 7 Expired
US6055011A Image processing apparatus which performs density control for each of plural colors of recording material Physics 7 Expired
US8849602B2 Calibrating reconstructed signal using multi-tone calibration signal Physics 7 Active
US7220959B2 Differential color sensor without filters Electricity 7 Expired
US7551158B2 Display device and method for providing optical feedback Physics 5 Active

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