Shiro Kato
30Patents
13h-index
39Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 22, 1976 → Feb 28, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5258835A | Method of quantizing, coding and transmitting a digital video signal | Electricity | 101 | Expired |
| US5148271A | Method for transmission of variable length code and apparatus for coding a video signal | Electricity | 92 | Expired |
| US5677981A | Video signal recording apparatus which receives a digital progressive scan TV signal and switches the progressive signal frame by frame alternately | Electricity | 92 | Expired |
| US5401595A | Film type battery and layer-built film type battery | Electricity | 70 | Expired |
| US5392037A | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding | Electricity | 59 | Expired |
| US5547780A | Battery precursor and a battery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 53 | Expired |
| US6951699B2 | Non-aqueous secondary battery and its control method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 44 | Expired |
| US5290592A | Manufacturing method for electrode | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 37 | Expired |
| US5587806A | Apparatus for separately recording input coded video signal and important data generated therefrom | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US5034965A | Efficient coding method and its decoding method | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US5383144A | Subsampling method and interpolation method of digital signals | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US7642001B2 | Non-aqueous secondary battery and its control method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Active |
| US4051583A | Machine tool with a turret head for tool spindles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US6526098B1 | High efficiency coding device and high efficiency coding method for image data | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US5378557A | Film type battery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US6902847B1 | Non-aqueous secondary cell and method for controlling the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US5355419A | On-vehicle audio system reproducing bodily-sensible sounds | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US4296541A | Tool storage magazine for a machine tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US8023796B2 | Video signal producing system and video signal recording/reproducing device in that system | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US5987215A | Video signal recording apparatus, video signal recording and reproduction apparatus, video signal coding device, and video signal transmission apparatus | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US5431701A | Manufacturing method of film type battery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US5978545A | Video recording apparatus which accepts four different HDTV formatted signals | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US6810198B1 | Record and playback device | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US6011900A | Video signal recording apparatus, video signal recording and reproduction apparatus, video signal coding device, and video signal transmission apparatus | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US6031959A | Television signal recording and reproducing apparatus | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.