Inventor · Hiratsuka, JP

Masami Tabata

25Patents
12h-index
10Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 3, 1993 → Sep 10, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6858837B2 Illuminating unit having diffusion means Electricity 93 Expired
US6326602A Image reading apparatus having light source electrically and directly connected to image sensor board Physics 32 Expired
US6295141A Image reading apparatus Electricity 28 Expired
US6360030B1 Illumination device and image reading apparatus using the same Electricity 28 Expired
US6239421A Rod lens array and image read apparatus and system using the same Electricity 22 Expired
US6375335B1 Illumination device and information processing apparatus Physics 19 Expired
US5581076A Contact type image sensor with more-unified construction Electricity 17 Expired
US5661540A Lens array and close contact type image sensor using the same Electricity 16 Expired
US6115187A Optical device and image reading apparatus Electricity 15 Expired
US6661497B2 Illumination apparatus using light guide Electricity 14 Expired
US6081351A Image reading apparatus Electricity 13 Expired
US6002494A Image reading apparatus having light source electrically and directly connected to image sensor board Physics 12 Expired
US5965870A Image reading system with means for converging light from a plurality of light sources on a substantially same position to uniformly irradiate an object Electricity 12 Expired
US6055072A Image reading apparatus and image reading system Electricity 11 Expired
US6333779A Illumination apparatus using light guide Electricity 11 Expired
US5986253A Illuminating unit for illuminating an original to be read by an image sensor Electricity 11 Expired
US6479812B2 Image reading apparatus having diffusion means Electricity 11 Expired
US6556317B2 Image reading apparatus and image reading system Electricity 7 Expired
US5357099A Contact type image sensor having original support member with a reflecting surface Electricity 7 Expired
US6473154B2 Illumination apparatus using light guide Electricity 7 Expired
US6198551A Image reading apparatus having line sensors arranged in specific order and with different or same interval between adjacent line sensors Electricity 6 Expired
US6122105A Optical apparatus and optical system Electricity 5 Expired
US8167475B2 Linear lighting apparatus and image reader using the same Electricity 4 Active
US6337476B2 Image reading apparatus having light source electrically and directly connected to image sensor board Physics 3 Expired
US6462841B1 Image sensor, and image processing apparatus using the same Electricity 2 Expired

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