Shigeru Nishimura
35Patents
15h-index
42Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 4, 1985 → Dec 30, 2016
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4713685A | Video monitoring apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 355 | Expired |
| US5270810A | Still image control in an electronic endoscope | Electricity | 97 | Expired |
| US7920192B2 | Photoelectric conversion device with a pixel region and a peripheral circuit region sharing a same substrate | Electricity | 59 | Active |
| US6169317A | Photoelectric conversion device and image sensor | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US5597741A | Process for forming a recrystallized layer and diffusing impurities | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US5534069A | Method of treating active material | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Expired |
| US5667474A | Visible and infrared imaging apparatus with movement detecting circuits for affecting freeze and noise reducing operations | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 24 | Expired |
| US7411170B2 | Photoelectric-conversion apparatus and image-pickup system | Electricity | 24 | Active |
| US4805018A | Video signal processing apparatus for separating an image of a moving object from video signals | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US8411187B2 | Photoelectric conversion device, method for producing photoelectric conversion device, and image pickup system | Electricity | 22 | Active |
| US5739590A | Semiconductor device having improved surface evenness | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US5387928A | Electronic endoscope system having both still and moving images | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US5242858A | Process for preparing semiconductor device by use of a flattening agent and diffusion | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US7191010B2 | Built-in-eye eyesight stimulating apparatus | Human Necessities | 16 | Expired |
| US4847688A | Moving body recognition circuit using luminance signal and moving body tracking apparatus using the moving body recognition circuit | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US5476799A | Process for preparing semiconductor device using a tunnel oxidized layer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US9825077B2 | Photoelectric conversion device, method for producing photoelectric conversion device, and image pickup system | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US7749788B2 | Manufacturing method of photoelectric conversion device | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US5438218A | Semiconductor device with Shottky junction | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US7259361B2 | Producing method for solid-state image pickup device including formation of a carrier accumulating region | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6156657A | Method of treating active material | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US7592578B2 | Photoelectric-conversion apparatus and image-pickup system | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US7308315B2 | Vision regeneration assisting apparatus | Human Necessities | 5 | Expired |
| US4898207A | Oil relief valve for lubrication systems for internal combustion engines | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US4903485A | Muffler cooling device for V-type engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.