Inventor · Nakano, JP

Kotaro Ogasawara

29Patents
8h-index
37Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 22, 1998 → Sep 6, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6677992B1 Imaging apparatus offering dynamic range that is expandable by weighting two image signals produced during different exposure times with two coefficients whose sum is 1 and adding them up Electricity 126 Expired
US6184922A Endoscopic imaging system in which still image-specific or motion picture-specific expansion unit can be coupled to digital video output terminal in freely uncoupled manner Electricity 98 Expired
US7355625B1 Endoscopic imaging system and endoscope system Electricity 83 Expired
US7119830B2 Endoscopic imaging system making it possible to detachably attach expansion unit having external expansion facility and add expansion facility for improving capability of system Electricity 65 Expired
US7821529B2 Image pickup system Electricity 64 Expired
US10085611B2 Light source apparatus for driving light sources based on generated light adjustment information Physics 38 Active
US6873352B2 Image processing unit whose ability to process endoscopic image signal can be expanded, and endoscopic imaging system Electricity 36 Expired
US6538687B1 Endoscopic imaging system making it possible to detachably attach expansion unit having external expansion facility and add expansion facility for improving capability of system Electricity 14 Expired
US6456317B1 Endoscopic apparatus Electricity 6 Expired
US6690410B1 Image processing unit with expandable image signal processing capability and endoscopic imaging system Electricity 6 Expired
US10631720B2 Biological observation and light color component separation system Electricity 2 Active
US9029755B2 Imaging system with illumination controller to variably control illumination light Electricity 2 Active
US9137453B2 Control apparatus and imaging system Electricity 2 Active
US10051193B2 Processing device, imaging device, and endoscope system Electricity 2 Active
US10225446B2 Image pickup system and light source apparatus Electricity 1 Active
US9444994B2 Image pickup apparatus and method for operating image pickup apparatus Electricity 1 Active
US10349027B2 Imaging device and processing device Electricity 1 Active
US7167196B2 Endoscopic imaging system making it possible to detachably attach expansion unit having external expansion facility and add expansion facility for improving capability of system Electricity 1 Expired
US6774930B2 Image processing unit for expanding endoscope image signal processing capability Electricity 1 Expired
USRE41467E1 Endoscopic imaging system in which still image-specific or motion picture-specific expansion unit can be coupled to digital video output terminal in freely uncoupled manner General 1 Expired
US8419628B2 Endoscope system and endoscopic image processing apparatus Physics 1 Active
US9629526B2 Endoscope system for controlling output of laser from laser probe Human Necessities 0 Active
US9621814B2 Image pickup for endoscope and method for operating image pickup system for endoscope Electricity 0 Active
US7951074B2 Endoscope device Human Necessities 0 Active
US9579011B2 Endoscope system that controls laser output of laser probe and control method for endoscope system Physics 0 Active

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