Nekka Matsuura
54Patents
16h-index
82Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 17, 1998 → Mar 15, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6674982B2 | Image forming apparatus including components mounted and/or dismounted in selected order | Physics | 44 | Expired |
| US6459816B2 | Image processing system for compressing image data including binary image data and continuous tone image data by a sub-band transform method with a high-compression rate | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US6571071B2 | Consumption information management apparatus, image formation apparatus, and consumption information management system | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US6052205A | Image data encoding/decoding method and apparatus configured to compress both natural gray scale images and binary images | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US7110917B2 | Abnormality determining method, and abnormality determining apparatus and image forming apparatus using same | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US6519052B1 | Image processing method and apparatus to select a data compression method according to a size of an output image | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US7103301B2 | Image forming apparatus using a contact or a proximity type of charging system including a protection substance on a moveable body to be charged | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US6757509B2 | Image forming apparatus | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US6556707B1 | Method and apparatus for image processing for performing a color conversion | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US7203431B2 | Abnormality determining method, abnormality determining apparatus, and image forming apparatus | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US6707480B2 | Image formation unit including stored performance information | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US7251437B2 | Image formation apparatus having a body to be charged with specified properties and including the use of a protective material | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US7327962B2 | Abnormality determining method, abnormality determining apparatus, and image forming apparatus | Physics | 20 | Active |
| US6507674B1 | Image data encoding apparatus | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6788811B1 | Coding apparatus, decoding apparatus, coding method, decoding method, amd computer-readable recording medium for executing the methods | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US7457550B2 | Abnormality determining apparatus, image forming apparatus, copying machine, and information obtaining method | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US7394470B2 | Method for reversibly transforming data format, image processing apparatus, program for reversibly transforming data format, and computer-readable recording medium thereof | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US7554574B2 | Abnormal state occurrence predicting method, state deciding apparatus, and image forming system | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US6704455B1 | Image processing system and image processing method | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US7082274B2 | Image forming apparatus with components removable in preselected direction and order | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US7313336B2 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively recycling toner | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US6725003B2 | Image forming apparatus having a supporting device for supporting imaging units | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US7409060B2 | Durable and undecipherable digital watermarking technique and detection of unauthorized use | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US6978109B2 | Image forming apparatus | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US7454069B2 | Image processing apparatus, image compressing apparatus, image decompressing apparatus, image processing method, image compressing method, image decompressing method, information processing apparatus, information processing method, program and recording medium | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.