Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Kitahiro Kaneda

66Patents
16h-index
47Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 7, 1990 → Sep 24, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5339163A Automatic exposure control device using plural image plane detection areas Electricity 277 Expired
US5594500A Image pickup apparatus Physics 104 Expired
US5982421A Image-shake correcting device utilizing optical correcting means and electronic correcting means Electricity 69 Expired
US5212516A Automatic focus adjusting device Electricity 46 Expired
US6342918B1 Image-shake correcting device having first and second correcting means and control means for proportionately applying same Electricity 42 Expired
US5629735A Image sensing device having a selectable detecting area Electricity 37 Expired
US7391917B2 Image processing method Physics 31 Expired
US5541655A Image pickup device Physics 31 Expired
US5343246A Image sensing apparatus Electricity 24 Expired
US5438190A Lens control device Physics 23 Expired
US5677733A Exposure control device having a plurality of light detecting areas Electricity 21 Expired
US5739857A Image pickup device with settable image detecting region Electricity 21 Expired
US7305619B2 Image processing method, device and storage medium therefor Electricity 19 Expired
US5140357A Automatic focusing device wherein loop gain is set responsively to variation of magnification Physics 18 Expired
US5144492A Lens control system Physics 17 Expired
US5606390A Visual-line detecting device and optical apparatus having the same Physics 17 Expired
US5061954A Automatic focus adjustment system Electricity 16 Expired
US7349577B2 Image processing method and image processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US5187585A Image sensing apparatus with settable focus detection area Electricity 15 Expired
US6970601B1 Form search apparatus and method Physics 14 Expired
US6668101B2 Image processing apparatus and method, and computer-readable memory Physics 14 Expired
US7536026B2 Image processing apparatus and method Electricity 13 Active
US5565918A Automatic exposure control device with light measuring area setting Electricity 13 Expired
US5703638A Image pickup apparatus for moving image photographing or for still image photographing Electricity 13 Expired
US5825415A Electronic image-movement correcting device with a variable correction step feature Electricity 12 Expired

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