Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Masato Toda

38Patents
8h-index
62Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 11, 1986 → Jun 17, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5253647A Insertion position and orientation state pickup for endoscope Human Necessities 322 Expired
US4867138A Rigid electronic endoscope Human Necessities 211 Expired
US4905082A Rigid video endoscope having a detachable imaging unit Human Necessities 122 Expired
US4708126A Endoscopic apparatus with connecting means Physics 90 Expired
US4869237A Electronic endoscope apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US8231526B2 Medical apparatus Human Necessities 18 Active
US8540393B2 First and second light-emitting elements having identical peak emission intensities Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Active
US4894495A Watertight electrical contact units Electricity 8 Expired
US8568301B2 Connector system Physics 6 Active
US5526249A Light source device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US8565556B2 Image interpolation method, image interpolation device, and program Electricity 5 Active
US10085630B2 Endoscope apparatus Electricity 4 Active
US8374464B2 Method, apparatus and program for enhancement of image resolution Physics 4 Active
US8803056B2 Light source apparatus having a light emission intensity detection section receives both of a leak light and a light emitted from the light source and reflected by an optical element Human Necessities 4 Active
US7968901B2 Light emitting unit Electricity 3 Active
US8831345B2 Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and image processing program Physics 3 Active
US9826894B2 Endoscope system with frame-sequential light emission Physics 3 Active
US5335154A Optical axis adjustment mechanism for a light source Physics 3 Expired
US10354366B2 Image processing device, image processing method, and recording medium Physics 2 Active
US8885033B2 Endoscope system Electricity 2 Active
US8303493B2 Light source device and endoscope apparatus using the same Human Necessities 2 Active
US9526144B2 Light source apparatus and endoscope apparatus Electricity 1 Active
US8891865B2 Image processing device, image processing method, and storage medium for performing a gradation correction operation in a color space Electricity 1 Active
US9299131B2 Noise reduction apparatus, noise reduction method, and computer-readable storage medium Physics 1 Active
US11227371B2 Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program Physics 1 Active

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