Makoto Sato
572Patents
36h-index
549Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 31, 1975 → Sep 26, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5042921A | Liquid crystal display apparatus | Electricity | 160 | Expired |
| US7400644B2 | Digital signal processing apparatus and method, and digital signal processing system | Physics | 134 | Active |
| US5097917A | Steering system of vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 93 | Expired |
| US6487564B1 | Multimedia playing apparatus utilizing synchronization of scenario-defined processing time points with playing of finite-time monomedia item | Physics | 92 | Expired |
| US6332868A | Method for evaluating skin conditions | Human Necessities | 90 | Expired |
| US6360320B2 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING AN APPARATUS ID AND PROVIDED LICENSE KEY FOR AUTHENTICATION OF EACH INFORMATION TO BE PROCESSED | Physics | 85 | Expired |
| US6072924A | Optical switch and method for assembling the same | Physics | 82 | Expired |
| US5933430A | Data communication method | Physics | 81 | Expired |
| US6172989A | Transmitting apparatus and method, receiving apparatus and method | Electricity | 81 | Expired |
| US6560092B2 | Information processing equipment | Physics | 79 | Expired |
| US7093137B1 | Database management apparatus and encrypting/decrypting system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 79 | Expired |
| US6681388B1 | Method and compiler for rearranging array data into sub-arrays of consecutively-addressed elements for distribution processing | Physics | 69 | Expired |
| US5200896A | Method for estimating longitudinal acceleration or deceleration of a vehicle body | Physics | 68 | Expired |
| US5105265A | Projector apparatus having three liquid crystal panels | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US6184879A | Multi-media title editing apparatus and a style creation device employed therefor | Physics | 58 | Expired |
| US5689244A | Communication system and electronic apparatus | Electricity | 58 | Expired |
| US5541866A | Device for correcting frequency characteristic of sound field | Electricity | 55 | Expired |
| US5488357A | Remote controlling method and system feature starting method and controlling method for audio/visual system | Electricity | 54 | Expired |
| US6262723A | System for use in multimedia editor for displaying only available media resources to facilitate selection | Physics | 53 | Expired |
| US5270771A | Aligner and exposure method for manufacturing semiconductor device | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US5598278A | System configuration method for audio-video apparatus with digital bus interface | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US5608730A | Bi-directional communication system | Electricity | 50 | Expired |
| US5785695A | Body wastes receiving appliance | Human Necessities | 47 | Expired |
| US5585925A | Alignment method | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US5302983A | Projector | Physics | 42 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.