Toru Iwane
49Patents
7h-index
13Co-inventors
66Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 13, 1987 → Jan 21, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5745804A | Automatic focus device | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US5860032A | Autofocus device of a camera and method | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US4779979A | Automatic lens meter | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US8749657B2 | Image-capturing device and image processing method | Electricity | 13 | Active |
| US8941771B2 | Image-capturing device | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US5349433A | Automatic lensmeter | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US5614983A | Automatic focus device and method | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5787314A | Automatic focusing device | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5625434A | Automatic focus device and method | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7973928B2 | Spectroscopic instrument, image producing device, spectroscopic method, and image producing method | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US5937216A | Focal adjustment apparatus for a camera | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6226461A | Macromolecular liquid crystal element used in a diffusion plate | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US5428414A | Apparatus for measuring the refractive power of an optical system | Human Necessities | 5 | Expired |
| US6493049B2 | PDLC display device including first electrode pattern and second electrode pattern disposed adjoiningly to the first via a boundary area | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US5497209A | Automatic focusing device and automatic focusing method | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US6556179B2 | Display device and camera having the display device | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US8680451B2 | Light receiving device, focus detection device and imaging device | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7705907B2 | Image display apparatus and camera capable of having an electronic image superimposed on an optical image | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US10317686B2 | Image display device | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US6975810B2 | Focal point detection device and camera | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US8237097B2 | Focus detecting apparatus and imaging apparatus having center position detection of micro lenses in micro lens array | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US6973264B2 | Focal point detection apparatus, focusing system, camera, and focal point detection method | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US10230894B2 | Image-capturing device and image processing method | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US9933627B2 | Optical system, optical member, micromirror array, display device, and image- capturing device | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US7702237B2 | Observation device, camera and observation method | Physics | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.