Inventor · Sakai, JP

Mamoru Terada

21Patents
8h-index
20Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 29, 1998 → Sep 9, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6185049A Zoom lens system Physics 24 Expired
US6038084A Zoom lens system Physics 21 Expired
US7206137B2 Taking optical system and image sensing apparatus Physics 19 Expired
US7336426B2 Image pickup optical system and image pickup apparatus Physics 12 Active
US7443599B2 Magnification varying optical system and image taking apparatus Physics 11 Active
US6118592A Zoom lens system Physics 11 Expired
US6191895A Zoom lens system Physics 9 Expired
US7042652B2 Image-taking apparatus Physics 9 Expired
US7221517B2 Image forming device Physics 8 Expired
US7068440B1 Variable magnification optical system Physics 8 Expired
US7417801B2 Image pickup optical system and image pickup apparatus Physics 7 Active
US6977778B2 Image-taking apparatus Physics 6 Expired
US7180682B1 Variable-magnification optical system and image taking apparatus Physics 6 Expired
US7180679B2 Image-taking apparatus Physics 5 Expired
US7339748B2 Variable magnification optical system Physics 5 Expired
US7315422B2 Image forming device Physics 3 Expired
US7557852B2 Image-taking apparatus, magnification variation control method, and lens unit Electricity 3 Active
US7139129B2 Image-taking apparatus Physics 2 Expired
US7489451B2 Taking lens system and image capturing apparatus Physics 1 Active
US9261683B2 Zoom lens, imaging optical apparatus, and digital device Physics 1 Active
US9256059B2 Zoom lens system, imaging optical device, and digital appliance Electricity 1 Active

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