Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Rintaro Nakane

28Patents
12h-index
25Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 22, 1991 → Sep 12, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5351107A Image forming apparatus and method having image density correcting function Physics 35 Expired
US5461462A Image forming apparatus having a function that automatically adjusts a control standard value for controlling image quality Physics 27 Expired
US5148218A Image forming apparatus with a humidity detector Physics 24 Expired
US6747766B1 Color image reader for use in image forming apparatus Electricity 22 Expired
US5266997A Electrophotographic image forming apparatus including means for correcting density drift Physics 19 Expired
US5315352A Image forming apparatus for forming an image on an image bearing member Physics 18 Expired
US7474988B2 Maintenance system and method and program therefor Physics 17 Active
US5898507A Image processing apparatus Electricity 15 Expired
US5640189A Image forming apparatus using an electrode matrix to form a latent image Physics 14 Expired
US6553191B1 Adjustment-control system for image forming apparatus Physics 13 Expired
US5270784A Image forming apparatus having means for measuring the amount of developing agent on the image carrier Physics 13 Expired
US5321468A Image forming apparatus having inference means and method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5196886A Electrophotographic image forming apparatus including means for correcting density drift Physics 12 Expired
US5136160A Optical unit for use in image-forming apparatus Electricity 12 Expired
US7467841B2 Maintenance scheduling system, maintenance scheduling method and image forming apparatus Physics 10 Active
US5298943A Image forming apparatus for correcting image density drift Physics 10 Expired
US5365313A Image forming apparatus for controlling image density using logarithm compressing means Physics 8 Expired
US7100158B2 Program management apparatus, program management system, and program management method Physics 8 Expired
US5398099A Image forming apparatus with bias means for preventing toner particles from clouding optical components Physics 7 Expired
US7236276B2 Image forming apparatus and image forming method Electricity 6 Expired
US6529694B1 Image forming apparatus with density control Physics 5 Expired
US7555660B2 Electric-power management of at least one image forming apparatus to control power consumption of a building Physics 4 Active
US6591147B2 Adjustment control and adjustment control method Physics 3 Expired
US5995777A Image forming apparatus and examination image forming method in image forming apparatus Physics 3 Expired
US7466464B2 Image forming apparatus and image forming method Electricity 2 Active

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