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Kaoru Seto — 42 Patents

Canon: 41 patents #1,047 of 19,416Top 6%
Chigasaki, JP: #22 of 1,171 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #72,062 of 4,157,543Top 2%
42 Patents All Time
Kaoru Seto has been granted 42 US patents while listed as an inventor at Canon. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in April 2006. Kaoru Seto ranks #72,062 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Kaoru Seto in Chigasaki, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2006Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 1995.peak 81986: 1 patents19861987: 3 patents1988: 1 patents19881989: 2 patents1992: 2 patents19921995: 8 patents1996: 5 patents19961997: 6 patents1998: 6 patents19981999: 3 patents2000: 3 patents20002002: 1 patents2006: 1 patents2006

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 42 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7031020 Image processing method, apparatus and controller Akio Aoki, Takao Aoki, Seiji Sagara, Satoshi Shimizu, Katsuhiko Nishimura +1 more 2006-04-18 $237,000
6477319 Image recording apparatus which sends charasteristic/correction signals whenever new look-up table are selected or a pre-selected number of pages have been printed Michio Ito, Masaharu Ohkubo, Hiroshi Sasame, Hiromichi Yamada, Masaki Ojima +3 more 2002-11-05 $74,000
6134025 Dot image data output apparatus Akihiko Takeuchi, Takashi Kawana, Michio Itoh, Hiroshi Atobe, Daisuke Murata +8 more 2000-10-17 $186,000
6111664 Image processing method, apparatus and controller Akio Aoki, Takao Aoki, Seiji Sagara, Satoshi Shimizu, Katsuhiko Nishimura +1 more 2000-08-29 $334,000
6108105 Dot image output apparatus Akihiko Takeuchi, Takashi Kawana, Michio Itoh, Hiroshi Atobe, Daisuke Murata +8 more 2000-08-22 $228,000
5982983 Image recording system accommodating various output devices Michio Ito, Masaharu Ohkubo, Hiroshi Sasame, Hiromichi Yamada, Masaki Ojima +3 more 1999-11-09
5875044 Image forming apparatus and method Atsushi Kashihara, Takashi Kawana, Manabu Takebayashi 1999-02-23 $107,000
5859948 Images processing apparatus for controlling binarized multi-value image data to convert pulse widths differently in at least two modes Michio Ito, Masaharu Ohkubo, Hiroshi Sasame, Hiromichi Yamada, Masaki Ojima +3 more 1999-01-12 $100,000
5850295 Image recording apparatus Seiji Uchiyama, Atsushi Kashihara, Hiroshi Mano, Tetsuo Saito, Takashi Kawana 1998-12-15 $99,000
5828396 Information recording apparatus for recording images using plural information signals corresponding to respective plural colors Atsushi Kashihara, Manabu Takebayashi 1998-10-27 $79,000
5819010 Image recording with adaptation of resolution to printer Seiji Uchiyama, Atsushi Kashihara, Hiroshi Mano, Tetsuo Saito, Takashi Kawana 1998-10-06 $38,000
5760811 Halftone image recording apparatus and method based on first and second timing signals chosen from a plurality of synchronized clocks Takashi Kawana, Shinichiro Maekawa 1998-06-02 $32,000
5754188 Data processing apparatus Hiroshi Mano, Toshio Yoshimoto, Takashi Soya, Atsushi Kashihara, Masaharu Ohkubo +8 more 1998-05-19 $49,000
5729358 Image recording apparatus Seiji Uchiyama, Atsushi Kashihara, Hiroshi Mano, Tetsuo Saito, Takashi Kawana 1998-03-17 $50,000
5696853 Image processing system having variably controllable pixel density patterns Takashi Kawana, Manabu Sakakibara, Shinichiro Maekawa, Toru Kosaka 1997-12-09 $54,000
5652660 Image smoothing using selection among plural pre-stored pixel patterns as smoothed data Kiyoshi Kanaiwa, Michio Itoh, Hiroshi Mano, Hiromichi Yamada, Atsushi Kashihara +3 more 1997-07-29 $126,000
5646670 Color image forming apparatus which reduces toner consumption during image formation Takashi Kawana 1997-07-08 $92,000
5629781 High-speed image processing using parallel storage Fumihiro Ueno, Akira Torisawa, Yasuo Ito, Eihiro Sakaki, Masaki Ohtake +2 more 1997-05-13 $81,000
5627651 Modifying print information based on feature detection Kiyoshi Kanaiwa, Michio Itoh, Hiroshi Mano, Hiromichi Yamada, Atsushi Kashihara +2 more 1997-05-06 $84,000
5596426 Image processing method and apparatus Fumihiro Ueno, Akira Torisawa, Yasuo Ito, Eihiro Sakaki, Masaki Ohtake +2 more 1997-01-21 $72,000
5586227 Image processing apparatus Takashi Kawana, Hiroshi Mano, Hiromichi Yamada, Atsushi Kashihara, Tetsuo Saito 1996-12-17 $31,000
5581358 Information recording apparatus with smoothing processing via pixel feature detection and recording density variation and toner conservation Atsushi Kashihara 1996-12-03 $38,000
5565995 System for correcting a pulse-width-modulated signal in a recording apparatus Hiromichi Yamada, Masaharu Ohkubo, Masaki Ojima, Hiroshi Sasame, Takashi Kawana +4 more 1996-10-15 $45,000
5495341 Image processing apparatus which selects from one of plural generated clock counts Takashi Kawana, Hiroshi Mano, Hiromichi Yamada, Atsushi Kashihara, Tetsuo Saito 1996-02-27 $70,000
5488487 Image forming apparatus, and modulating method therein Masaki Ojima, Masaharu Ohkubo, Michio Itoh, Hiroshi Sasame, Hiromichi Yamada +5 more 1996-01-30 $55,000