Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Kentaro Yano

179Patents
32h-index
129Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 18, 1990 → Dec 18, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6050669A Method of controlling an ink-jet recording apparatus according to recording apparatus in which the method is implemented Physics 144 Expired
US6241350A Ink jet printing head and printing apparatus using same Performing Operations; Transporting 142 Expired
US5946007A Temperature control of ink-jet recording head using heat energy Performing Operations; Transporting 96 Expired
US6694051B1 Image processing method, image processing apparatus and recording medium Electricity 86 Expired
US6476926B1 Method and apparatus for controlling the amount of ink and the life of the printhead in an ink-jet recording apparatus Physics 77 Expired
US6517199B1 Liquid composition, ink set, colored area formation on recording medium, and ink-jet recording apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 74 Expired
US5818474A Ink-jet recording apparatus and method using asynchronous masks Physics 72 Expired
US6460989B1 Ink set, formation of colored area on recording medium, and ink-jet recording apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 66 Expired
US6536890B1 Liquid composition as well as ink set, image forming method, image forming apparatus and bleed alleviation method using the same Chemistry; Metallurgy 60 Expired
US5777649A Ink jet printing head with buffering chamber wall having gas transmitting property and printing apparatus using same Performing Operations; Transporting 60 Expired
US6608926B1 Image processing method, image processing apparatus and recording medium Physics 58 Expired
US5448274A Ink jet recording apparatus and carriage mechanism therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 56 Expired
US6139125A Ink jet recording apparatus having temperature control function Performing Operations; Transporting 48 Expired
US6149259A Ink jet recording apparatus and method capable of performing high-speed recording Performing Operations; Transporting 48 Expired
US5166699A Recording apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 45 Expired
US6142600A Print control method and printer Performing Operations; Transporting 44 Expired
US6120129A Ink-jet print method and apparatus Physics 42 Expired
US5485179A Ink-jet recording apparatus and temperature control method therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 41 Expired
US6145950A User interface, printing system using user interface and print control method Electricity 41 Expired
US6084604A Color ink jet recording method and apparatus using black ink and color-mixed black ink Electricity 39 Expired
US6494557B1 Test pattern printing method, information processing apparatus and printing apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US5798775A Ink jet recording apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 38 Expired
US5280310A Ink jet recording apparatus and method capable of performing high-speed recording by controlling the meniscus of ink in discharging orifices Performing Operations; Transporting 38 Expired
US6390583B1 Information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, information processing method and printing method Electricity 37 Expired
US6260938A Ink-jet printing method and apparatus for printing with inks of different densities Electricity 37 Expired

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