Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Takeharu Tone

39Patents
11h-index
36Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 25, 1995 → Jul 11, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7200287B2 Method and apparatus for image processing, and a computer product Physics 56 Expired
US6462837B1 Gray-scale conversion based on SIMD processor Electricity 38 Expired
US5740333A Image processing method and image processing apparatus for converting an inputted color image into a two-color image Electricity 31 Expired
US5715070A Freely configurable image processing apparatus Electricity 24 Expired
US6954281B2 Method and apparatus for image processing, and a computer product Physics 21 Expired
US5687006A Image regenerating apparatus having improved character resolution and pattern gradation Electricity 20 Expired
US6404512B1 Method and apparatus for image processing capable of efficiently performing a gamma conversion operation Electricity 18 Expired
US6763473B1 Image processing device, method for saving power consumption of the image processing device, and a computer product Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US8237937B2 Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable medium for processing image data based on property information to enhance usability of the image data Electricity 14 Active
US5892852A Image processing apparatus Electricity 14 Expired
US7064863B2 Method and system for see-through image correction in image duplication Electricity 13 Expired
US6862101B1 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR ADDING OR UPDATING SEQUENCE OF IMAGE PROCESSING AND DATA FOR IMAGE PROCESSING IN THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WHERE PROGRAM FOR MAKING COMPUTER EXECUTE THE METHOD IS RECORDED Electricity 9 Expired
US7710599B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program Electricity 9 Active
US7664320B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer product Electricity 8 Active
US6836346B2 Method and apparatus for image processing, and a computer product Electricity 7 Expired
US7072058B1 Image processing apparatus Electricity 6 Expired
US7551796B2 Image processing apparatus, image data generation and transmission method and image data generation and transmission program Electricity 6 Active
US7692816B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer product Electricity 6 Active
US7123385B2 Image processing apparatus Electricity 5 Expired
US6963420B1 Image processing apparatus Electricity 5 Expired
US7272737B2 Image processing device, method for saving power consumption of the image processing device, and a computer product Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7161714B1 Apparatus and method for processing images, and computer product Electricity 5 Expired
US8081344B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program Electricity 4 Active
US7672004B2 Format convertible image processing system, and program Electricity 4 Active
US8817328B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program Electricity 3 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.