Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Motoki Hirano

24Patents
18h-index
21Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 18, 1984 → Oct 1, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4688036A Keyless entry system for automotive vehicle with power consumption saving feature Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 162 Expired
US4670746A Keyless entry system for automotive devices with feature for giving caution for locking wireless code transmitter in vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 119 Expired
US4731613A Positioning system for a vehicle Physics 99 Expired
US6141014A Bird's-eye view forming method, map display apparatus and navigation system Physics 95 Expired
US5917436A Map display apparatus Physics 83 Expired
US4672375A Keyless entry system for automotive devices with compact, portable wireless code transmitter, and feature for preventing users from locking transmitter in vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US4897644A Radio-wave transmission system of keyless entry system for automotive vehicle devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US5111199A Pocket-portable radio code signal transmitter for automotive keyless entry system Physics 81 Expired
US4760394A Antenna for transmitting and/or receiving radio waves by way of electromagnetic induction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US4763121A Keyless entry system for automatically operating automotive door locking devices without manual operation Physics 65 Expired
US4719460A Keyless entry system for automotive vehicle devices with theft-prevention feature Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US6278383A Map display apparatus Physics 42 Expired
US4973958A Keyless entry system for automotive devices antenna device allowing low power radio signal communication Physics 32 Expired
US6346942B1 Bird's-eye view forming method, map display apparatus and navigation system Physics 26 Expired
US6603407B2 Map display apparatus Physics 20 Expired
US4994820A Plane antenna Electricity 19 Expired
US6756919B2 Map display apparatus Physics 18 Expired
US4737784A Keyless entry system for automotive vehicle devices with weak-battery alarm Physics 18 Expired
US6760027B2 Bird's-eye view forming method, map display apparatus and navigation system Physics 18 Expired
US4783658A Method and system for detecting encoded radio signals Physics 14 Expired
US5964810A Map display apparatus Physics 14 Expired
US5010349A Plane patch antenna Electricity 12 Expired
US6654014B2 Bird's-eye view forming method, map display apparatus and navigation system Physics 11 Expired
US8887159B2 Flexible and scalable operating system achieving a fast boot and reliable operation Physics 2 Active

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