Kentaro Yano
179Patents
32h-index
129Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 18, 1990 → Dec 18, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.