Mitsuo Manabe
51Patents
7h-index
29Co-inventors
68Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 2, 1988 → Mar 29, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6101341A | Photographic camera | Physics | 64 | Expired |
| US5708897A | Camera having a grip | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US4921357A | Laser oscillator device | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US5708898A | Camera having a front cover | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US7203011B2 | Lens device, imaging device using the same and cell-phone with camera using the same | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US5974264A | Camera and securing structure for front cover thereof | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US7365914B2 | Actuator | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US6477333B1 | Image frame changing apparatus for camera | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5065330A | Numerical control system for laser | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7368854B2 | Actuator | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US6254289A | Lens cover apparatus for camera | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US4887272A | Laser oscillator device | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US5884106A | Zoom finder for a camera | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US7221526B2 | Lens driving device and imaging device | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US5523813A | Switching mechanism for a photographic camera having a panoramic photographing function | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US7274120B2 | Drive unit and image pickup unit equipped with the drive unit | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US7531941B2 | Piezoelectric element and driving apparatus | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US5708901A | Cover assembly for a camera | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7372190B2 | Driving apparatus | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US7359631B2 | Lens driving device, imaging device using the same, and small-sized electronics device using the same | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US5652932A | Finder visual field switching mechanism | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US6314244A | Camera with retractable flash assembly | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US5784657A | Camera having a display panel | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7292396B2 | Lens device, image pickup device and optical device | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US5379316A | Laser discharge tube | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.