Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Masami Kurata

51Patents
17h-index
34Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 14, 1981 → Apr 26, 2001

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4467365A Control system for reading device Electricity 193 Expired
US4479242A Dichromatic reading device Physics 40 Expired
US5373254A Method and apparatus for controlling phase of a system clock signal for switching the system clock signal Electricity 35 Expired
US4558374A Picture data processing device Electricity 33 Expired
US4709149A Copying machine Electricity 27 Expired
US4554583A Shading correction device Electricity 26 Expired
US4652913A Method and apparatus for reading color images using a plurality of color light sources in which one of the light sources is turned on continuously Electricity 26 Expired
US4447832A Reproducing machine Electricity 23 Expired
US4638372A Color copier Electricity 23 Expired
US4447818A Multicolor heat-sensitive recording apparatus Physics 22 Expired
US4607262A Thermal head drive circuit Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US4469433A Color copying machine using signal conversion Electricity 22 Expired
US4505574A Copying machine Physics 19 Expired
US4449152A Copying machine Electricity 19 Expired
US4577218A Color separating circuit for producing red and black signals Electricity 18 Expired
US4628368A Method for controlling sub-scanning of document reading apparatus Electricity 17 Expired
US4661703A Two-color copying machine Electricity 17 Expired
US4442460A Copying machine Electricity 17 Expired
US4506302A Cut sheet facsimile Electricity 16 Expired
US4633314A Shading correction device Electricity 16 Expired
US4462704A Thermal heat driving system Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US4442452A Two-color copying machine Electricity 14 Expired
US4532551A Picture information reading apparatus Electricity 12 Expired
US4553160A Picture data reading device Electricity 12 Expired
US4495507A Multicolor transfer heat-sensitive recording apparatus Physics 11 Expired

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