Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Masahiko Sasaki

55Patents
23h-index
89Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 3, 1984 → Dec 27, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4862873A Stereo endoscope Electricity 189 Expired
US4727418A Image processing apparatus Physics 113 Expired
US5374953A Electronic endoscope apparatus with signal validity monitor Electricity 106 Expired
US4868647A Electronic endoscopic apparatus isolated by differential type drive means Electricity 95 Expired
US4951135A Electronic-type endoscope system having capability of setting AGC variation region Electricity 94 Expired
US5034888A Electronic endoscope apparatus having different image processing characteristics for a moving image and a still image Electricity 90 Expired
US4928172A Endoscope output signal control device and endoscope apparatus making use of the same Electricity 80 Expired
US5592216A Endoscopic apparatus capable of storing image information for a plurality of frames Electricity 73 Expired
US4719508A Endoscopic photographing apparatus Electricity 72 Expired
US5016975A Electronic endoscope provided with a sample-hold circuit Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 65 Expired
US4967269A Endoscope automatic light control apparatus and endoscope apparatus making use of the same Electricity 65 Expired
US4959710A Electronic endoscope whereby the position of the insertable part can be known by a transmitted light outside a body Electricity 62 Expired
US5113254A Electronic endoscope apparatus outputting ternary drive signal Electricity 60 Expired
US4727417A Endoscope video apparatus Physics 56 Expired
US4816909A Video endoscope system for use with different sizes of solid state devices Electricity 51 Expired
US4894715A Electronic endoscope Electricity 45 Expired
USRE34504E Electronic endoscope system provided with a means of imaging frozen pictures having few picture image smears General 41 Expired
US4926258A Electronic endoscope apparatus capable of driving solid state imaging devices having different characteristics Electricity 39 Expired
US4706118A Control circuit for video endoscope Electricity 38 Expired
US4625236A Light source means for endoscope employing solid state imaging device Electricity 35 Expired
US5243666A Static-image signal generation apparatus using fuzzy theory Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5408265A Electronic endoscope system adaptable to different T.V. standards while utilizing a common light source Human Necessities 29 Expired
US4901143A Electronic endoscope system provided with a means of imaging frozen pictures having few picture image smears Electricity 28 Expired
US4956833A Objective driving device for an optical disk apparatus Physics 22 Expired
US5164824A Image freezing signal-processing apparatus Electricity 22 Expired

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