Hitoshi Mitani — 25 Patents at Sony

Hitoshi Mitani has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in October 2025. Hitoshi Mitani ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Hitoshi Mitani in Kyoto, JP.

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Patent #	Title	Co-Inventors	Date	Approx Value ⓘ
12444018	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program	Masafumi Wakazono	2025-10-14
11778325	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program	Masafumi Wakazono, Tomoki Numata	2023-10-03	$721,000
11743593	Imaging device, imaging signal processing device, and imaging signal processing method to reduce image display delay	Masafumi Wakazono	2023-08-29	$531,000
11531151	Imaging apparatus and image generating method that detects an orientation of an imaging section and generates an image corresponding to a polarization direction corresponding to the orientation the imaging section	Masafumi Wakazono	2022-12-20	$655,000
11399144	Imaging apparatus, image forming method, and imaging system	Masafumi Wakazono	2022-07-26	$979,000
11206355	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program	Masafumi Wakazono, Tomoki Numata	2021-12-21	$3,150,000
11056518	Imaging apparatus and imaging method	Masafumi Wakazono	2021-07-06	$2,102,000
10893221	Imaging sensor with wavelength detection regions and pre-determined polarization directions	Masafumi Wakazono	2021-01-12	$1,645,000
10877288	Imaging device and imaging method	Masafumi Wakazono	2020-12-29	$1,222,000
10776901	Processing device, processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium program with output image based on plurality of predetermined polarization directions and plurality of predetermined wavelength bands	Masafumi Wakazono	2020-09-15	$907,000
10704957	Imaging device and imaging method	Masafumi Wakazono	2020-07-07	$816,000
8098324	Imaging device, GPS control method, and computer program	Ichiro Ueno, Baiping Liao	2012-01-17	$142,000
8068699	Imaging apparatus and imaging method	—	2011-11-29	$212,000
7948063	Semiconductor device with stress control film utilizing film thickness	—	2011-05-24
7875954	Semiconductor chip	—	2011-01-25
7843506	Imaging device, GPS control method, and computer program	Ichiro Ueno, Baiping Liao	2010-11-30	$382,000
7745936	Semiconductor integrated circuit device	—	2010-06-29
6466233	Information processing unit for controlling a plurality of electronic devices and method thereof, and provision medium associated therewith	—	2002-10-15	$555,000
6031291	Common contact hole structure in semiconductor device	Norifumi Sato, Takami Hiruma, Hidetaka Natsume	2000-02-29	$34,000
5949113	Static RAM having a stable high-resistance load	Noriyuki Ota, Shingo Hashimoto	1999-09-07	$30,000
5895238	Doping technique for MOS devices	—	1999-04-20	$20,000
5770495	Method of fabricating semiconductor device including high temperature heat treatment	Nolifumi Sato, Shinji Ohara, Hidetaka Natsume, Takami Hiruma	1998-06-23	$18,000
5761113	Soft error suppressing resistance load type SRAM cell	Hidetaka Natsume, Nolifumi Sato, Takami Hiruma	1998-06-02	$10,000
5757694	Balanced resistance load type SRAM cell	—	1998-05-26	$9,000
5287733	Apparatus for receiving liquid treatment samples for disposal	Narihiro Oku, Hiroaki Takahasi	1994-02-22

Hitoshi Mitani — 25 Patents

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