Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Makoto Kitamura

95Patents
9h-index
54Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 17, 1985 → Sep 8, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5838381A Image display apparatus capable of displaying personal computer signals and television signal by conversion into a signal of a higher number of pixels Physics 48 Expired
US4697796A Suspension device Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Expired
US8811698B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium Physics 23 Active
US8079586B2 Feed device and image forming apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Active
US7457580B2 Sheet supplying device and image forming apparatus Physics 11 Expired
US4683993A Hydraulic damper Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US7921987B2 Belt drive device and image forming apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Active
US6016416A Image recording apparatus having a drum and a roller with intermeshing gears Physics 9 Expired
US7434680B2 Belt unit and image forming apparatus Physics 9 Expired
US7976315B2 Receptacle with an inner conductor surrounded by an outer conductor and an insulator having overhung portions Electricity 8 Active
US6862426B2 Sheet feeding mechanism and image forming apparatus Physics 7 Expired
US8837821B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer readable recording medium Physics 7 Active
US8689967B2 Belt driving device and image forming apparatus Physics 7 Active
US7018194B2 Powder supplying apparatus and powder molding apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US7985076B2 Receptacle for coaxial connector Electricity 6 Active
US8107698B2 Image processing apparatus and computer program product Physics 6 Active
US8743189B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium storing image processing program Physics 5 Active
US7636530B2 Image forming apparatus having a single device for detecting when cover of the apparatus are all closed Physics 4 Active
US10198811B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium Physics 4 Active
US10223785B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium extracting one or more representative images Physics 4 Active
US5886482A Display device with dynamic focus circuit Electricity 4 Expired
US8670622B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium Physics 3 Active
US7310488B2 Belt device and image forming apparatus Physics 3 Expired
US9162833B2 Medium feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US6060845A Raster distortion correction and deflection circuit arrangement Electricity 3 Expired

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