Makoto Tsumura
69Patents
23h-index
89Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 28, 1985 → Dec 6, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5668379A | Active matrix crystal display apparatus using thin film transistor | Physics | 195 | Expired |
| US7495719B2 | Device capable of switching between an image display status and a mirror status, and an instrument disposed therewith | Physics | 190 | Expired |
| US7006173B1 | Liquid crystal display device having particular reflective polarizer | Physics | 151 | Expired |
| US7245336B2 | Liquid crystal display device | Physics | 131 | Expired |
| US5786876A | Active matrix type liquid crystal display system | Physics | 108 | Expired |
| US7038641B2 | Color/black-and-white switchable portable terminal and display unit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 105 | Expired |
| US6469755B1 | Illuminating arrangement with reflector having inclined irregularities or corrugations | Physics | 96 | Expired |
| US5760854A | Liquid crystal display apparatus | Physics | 90 | Expired |
| US6456267B1 | Liquid crystal display | Physics | 67 | Expired |
| US6300926A | Active matrix type liquid crystal display | Physics | 65 | Expired |
| US5561440A | Liquid crystal display device and driving method therefor | Physics | 60 | Expired |
| US6115017A | Liquid crystal display apparatus | Physics | 58 | Expired |
| US5886761A | Process for producing actively addressing substrate, and liquid crystal display | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US5949502A | Liquid crystal device having resistor elements | Physics | 51 | Expired |
| US6331845A | Liquid crystal display device and driving method therefor | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US6064358A | Liquid crystal display device and driving method therefor | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US6561663B2 | Plane-like lighting units and display equipment provided therewith | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 44 | Expired |
| US5477355A | Process for producing the passivation layer of an active matrix substrate by back exposure | Physics | 44 | Expired |
| US6909442B2 | Display device for decompressing compressed image data received | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US5751381A | Active matrix LCD device with image signal lines having a multilayered structure | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US6329973A | Image display device | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US5430460A | Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display unit | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US7355575B1 | Matrix panel display apparatus and driving method therefor wherein auxiliary signals are applied to non-selected picture elements | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US7463235B2 | Light illumination apparatus and liquid crystal display apparatus using the same | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US6650472B1 | Luminous intensity distribution control device and display having the same | Physics | 20 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.