Inventor · Menlo Park, CA, US

Kenichiro Tanaka

110Patents
18h-index
130Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 28, 1995 → May 23, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7950832B2 LED luminaire Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 128 Active
US6286034A Communication apparatus, a communication system and a communication method Physics 87 Expired
US6057835A Window management system with recording status display Physics 83 Expired
US6738822B2 Relay apparatus, system and method, and storage medium Electricity 80 Expired
US5909543A Communication conference system and communication conference apparatus Electricity 54 Expired
US6878969B2 Light emitting device Electricity 52 Expired
US6654060B1 Video-image control apparatus and method and storage medium Electricity 49 Expired
US6769131B1 Image processing apparatus and method, image distribution system and storage medium Electricity 47 Expired
US7154538B1 Image processing system, image processing method, image upload system, storage medium, and image upload server Electricity 39 Expired
US9072148B2 Light emitting device, and illumination apparatus and system using same Electricity 35 Active
US6326559A Multilayer printed wiring board and method for manufacturing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US6700966B2 System, apparatus and method for processing calls based on place detection of moving personnel or objects Electricity 27 Expired
US7709282B2 Method for producing a light emitting device Electricity 26 Expired
US8500583B2 Aircraft starter generator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US6117706A Print circuit board Electricity 24 Expired
US7355633B2 Video-image control apparatus and method with image generating mechanism, and storage medium containing the video-image control program Electricity 21 Expired
US6414263B1 Processing method of printed wiring board Electricity 19 Expired
US8330378B2 Illumination device and method for controlling a color temperature of irradiated light Electricity 19 Active
US8405299B2 Light source apparatus Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Active
US6561940B2 Method of and apparatus for driving aircraft generator at a constant-speed Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 14 Expired
US6888565B1 Apparatus and method for remote-controlling image sensing apparatus in image sensing system Electricity 13 Expired
US5685276A Engine control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US9548639B2 Power generation unit of integrated gearbox design for aircraft engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Active
US6671949B2 Multilayer printed wiring board and method for manufacturing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6772191B1 System and method for limiting services at a plurality of levels and controlling image orientation via a network Electricity 10 Expired

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