Mikio Watanabe
211Patents
26h-index
115Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 2, 1973 → May 2, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4887161A | Memory cartridge and digital electronic still video camera in which said memory cartridge is freely loadable/unloadable | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 185 | Expired |
| US6687608B2 | Information notification system and method, and navigation system and method | Physics | 170 | Expired |
| US5032927A | Image signal recording apparatus capable of recording compressed image data together with audio data | Electricity | 162 | Expired |
| US5590306A | Memory card management system for writing data with usage and recording codes made significant | Physics | 122 | Expired |
| US6138178A | Controlled device storing multiple drivers that judges and downloads a particular driver corresponding to a controller's operating system having an identical or greater version number | Electricity | 113 | Expired |
| US6546187B1 | Digital camera for providing random special effect images and an image processing method therein | Electricity | 106 | Expired |
| US6409026B1 | Showcase assembly unit for showcase structure | Human Necessities | 102 | Expired |
| US5101280A | Device for coding a picture signal by compression | Electricity | 101 | Expired |
| US5528293A | Digital electronic still camera and method of recording image data in memory card | Electricity | 100 | Expired |
| US7605846B2 | Image communication system and an apparatus for and a method of processing an image | Electricity | 98 | Active |
| US5051840A | Device for coding a picture signal by compression | Electricity | 90 | Expired |
| US5229864A | Device for regenerating a picture signal by decoding | Electricity | 75 | Expired |
| US5226145A | Storage management system for memory card using memory allocation table | Electricity | 69 | Expired |
| US5093731A | Image data recording apparatus for storing image data with a recording-finished code and a recording sequence code | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 66 | Expired |
| US6621938B1 | Image capture apparatus and method | Physics | 59 | Expired |
| US5548741A | IC memory card system having a host processor selectively operable with an IC memory card including either an SRAM or an EEPROM | Physics | 57 | Expired |
| US5720341A | Stacked-typed duplex heat exchanger | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 51 | Expired |
| US5170264A | Compression coding device and expansion decoding device for a picture signal | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US6529236B1 | Digital camera for outputting digital image signals and image reproducing device connectable thereof | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US5091787A | Memory cartridge-connectable electronic device such as electronic still video camera | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 36 | Expired |
| US5184229A | Compression coding device and expansion decoding device for picture signal | Electricity | 33 | Expired |
| US4397398A | Compact collapsible containers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 31 | Expired |
| US5454096A | Storage management system for memory card using memory allocation table | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US7027084B1 | Image communication system and an apparatus for and a method of processing an image | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US4907231A | Memory cartridge-connectable electronic device such as electronic still video camera | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.