Inventor

Yasuhiro Nanba

29Patents
9h-index
23Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 14, 1972 → May 19, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5241575A Solid-state image sensing device providing a logarithmically proportional output signal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US4313654A Automatic rangefinder system for photographic camera with light emitting and receiving means Physics 40 Expired
US3950765A Exposure control devices for photographic cameras Physics 18 Expired
US3964073A Exposure control devices for photographic cameras Physics 16 Expired
US3990799A Digital exposure meter Electricity 14 Expired
US4464038A Distance measuring device for use in a camera Physics 13 Expired
US4251144A Rangefinding system Physics 13 Expired
US4209241A Photoelectric rangefinder Physics 12 Expired
US5315554A Dynamic random access memory device with intermediate voltage generator interrupting power supply in test operation Physics 10 Expired
US3938894A Focus detecting device Physics 8 Expired
US4167315A Apparatus for dating camera film Physics 7 Expired
US4174160A Programmed automatic exposure control circuitry Physics 7 Expired
US3936842A Automatic exposure time control circuitry for a camera using a photodiode as a light measuring element Physics 6 Expired
US6445637B1 Semiconductor memory device with a refresh function Physics 5 Expired
US4077043A Exposure indicating device Physics 5 Expired
US3970842A Automatic focus control device Physics 5 Expired
US4062023A Exposure control devices for photographic cameras Physics 4 Expired
US4496834A Focus detecting photoelectric device and focus detecting system Electricity 4 Expired
US6930935B2 Redundancy circuit and semiconductor device using the same Physics 4 Expired
US6430092B2 Memory device with booting circuit capable of pre-booting before wordline selection Physics 4 Expired
US4039824A Focus detecting photoelectric device Physics 4 Expired
US3938893A Image focussing mechanism Physics 3 Expired
US4193676A Data photographic device for camera Physics 3 Expired
US3971045A Light measuring circuit Physics 2 Expired
US4040068A Exposure time control device for an electric shutter in a single reflex camera with through the lens measuring system Physics 1 Expired

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