Munehiro Nakatani
54Patents
16h-index
37Co-inventors
80Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 18, 1985 → Mar 25, 2004
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5671277A | Image forming apparatus and copy management system | Electricity | 163 | Expired |
| US5517327A | Data processor for image data using orthogonal transformation | Electricity | 85 | Expired |
| US5677736A | Data processor | Electricity | 57 | Expired |
| US6738491B1 | Image forming apparatus and copy management system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 46 | Expired |
| US5608547A | Image forming apparatus having illumination direction altered for every plurality of readout operations with respect to one original | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US5499113A | Image data processing system with still video camera and digital image forming apparatus | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US5379093A | Image processing machine capable of inhibiting copying of valuable papers | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US5649033A | Image processing apparatus outputting desired image irrespective of directions of original and output paper | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US4817174A | Image processing apparatus | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US5410419A | Facsimile machine capable of distinguishing copied image and received image | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US6111667A | Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus connected to the image processing apparatus | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US5491557A | Image forming apparatus having a memory and two operating modes, and method of using same | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US5057937A | Facsimile device enabling efficient output to record sheet | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US5745253A | Image reading apparatus and method for reading images of different sizes of originals | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US5033102A | Image reading apparatus capable of reading desired image areas | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US5282059A | Facsimile apparatus comprising converting means for converting binary image data into multi-value image data | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US4763200A | Image output apparatus | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US5128762A | Image forming apparatus with imbricated discharge of recording paper to improve visual recognition of sorted groups | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US5262851A | Facsimile apparatus capable of distinguishing the communication from a particular transmitter | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US5136372A | Color image forming method and apparatus for improved image color reproducibility | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US5138670A | Image reading apparatus capable of reading desired image areas | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5063459A | Facsimile apparatus | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5317416A | Facsimile apparatus with a page printer having reduced memory capacity requirements | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US5014332A | Image reader | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US5699169A | Image forming apparatus wherein data is converted between multi-level data and bi-level data | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.