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Akio Furukawa
Also filed as: FURUKAWA AKIO
35 granted patents·11 pending applications·394 citations·filing 1977–2022
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46 records- 0194US5229222AFuel cell systemSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1991·Granted Jul 20, 1993·138 cites·5 claims
- 0287US11457801B2Image processing device, image processing method, and endoscope systemSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 4, 2022·5 cites·18 claims
- 0386US5366820AFuel cell systemSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 22, 1994·74 cites·9 claims
- 0482US8228960B2Laser device, laser display device, and laser irradiation deviceFURUKAWA AKIO·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 24, 2012·8 cites·20 claims
- 0582US5854949AFlasher capable of varying a light distribution angleRICOH KK·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 29, 1998·22 cites·14 claims
- 0678US10849486B2Image acquisition system, image acquisition method, control device, and control methodSONY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 1, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 0778US10842367B2Illumination apparatus, method and medical imaging systemSONY CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 24, 2020·3 cites·29 claims
- 0878US8451390B2Projection stereoscopic displayFURUKAWA AKIO·Filed 2009·Granted May 28, 2013·6 cites·5 claims
- 0975US10908430B2Medical imaging system, illumination device, and methodSONY CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 2, 2021·2 cites·24 claims
- 1075US8390920B2Laser device, laser display apparatus, laser radiating apparatus, and nonlinear optical elementKIMURA KAORU·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 5, 2013·4 cites·12 claims
- 1169US10652973B2Control apparatus, control system, and control methodSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Granted May 12, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 1268US7243412B2Method of manufacturing a magnetic head using a magneto-resistive effectSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 17, 2007·12 cites·16 claims
- 1367US2023069839A1Information processing device, information processing method, program, screen, and information drawing systemSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 1463US5073823AVideo light apparatus turned-on selectively in a standby-mode of a video cameraSONY CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Dec 17, 1991·22 cites·5 claims
- 1562US11647900B2Medical imaging system, illumination device, and methodSONY CORP·Filed 2020·Granted May 16, 2023·0 cites·17 claims
- 1661US7678598B2Method for manufacturing surface-emitting semiconductor laserSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 16, 2010·1 cites·4 claims
- 1760US7489717B2Surface-emitting semiconductor laser and method for manufacturing thereof as well as optical deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 10, 2009·4 cites·15 claims
- 1859US2025377281A1Biological sample analysis system and biological sample analysis methodSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 1957US2023417671A1Biological sample analysis system, information processing device, information processing method, and biological sample analysis methodSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 2054US11532250B2Information processing device, information processing method, screen, and information drawing systemSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 20, 2022·0 cites·16 claims
- 2153US5174367AThermal utilization system using hydrogen absorbing alloysSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1990·Granted Dec 29, 1992·18 cites·4 claims
- 2252US11399698B2Light source system, control device, and control methodSONY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 2, 2022·0 cites·12 claims
- 2352US7027272B2Magnetoresistance effect device, and magnetoresistance effect magnetic headSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 11, 2006·9 cites·10 claims
- 2452US6684013B2Optical waveguide device to be optically poled, method of manufacturing optical waveguide device to be optically poled, and method of optically poling optical waveguide deviceNEC CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 27, 2004·5 cites·21 claims
- 2552US6017797AMethod of fabricating a semiconductor device including complementary MOSFET and power MOSFETNEC CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 25, 2000·14 cites·43 claims
- 2650US2020060557A1Control apparatus, control system, control method, and programSONY CORP·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 2750US2013037855A1Si-ge laminated thin film and infrared sensor using sameNEC CORP·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 2849US5277998AHydrogen-absorbing alloy electrodeSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1992·Granted Jan 11, 1994·13 cites·16 claims
- 2948US7180269B2Battery charging methodSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 20, 2007·6 cites·16 claims
- 3047US11278183B2Light source device and imaging systemSONY CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 22, 2022·0 cites·18 claims
- 3145US10904981B2Medical light source system, medical light source device, and method of adjusting light amount of medical light source deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 26, 2021·0 cites·10 claims
- 3245US2024295488A1Biological sample analysis system, information processor, information processing method, and biological sample analysis methodSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 3345US2013107220A1Projector, light source device, method of controlling temperature of light source, and programSONY CORP·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 3441US2018360299A1Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and medical observation equipmentSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 3541US2019076008A1Endoscope light source, control method of endoscope light source, and endoscope apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 3640US11031748B2Illumination device, control device, and control methodSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 8, 2021·0 cites·11 claims
- 3740US10805511B2Controlling a set of light sources by individual adjustment to output a desired lightSONY CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 13, 2020·0 cites·14 claims
- 3839US7259943B2Magnetic head having a current-perpendicular-to-the-plane structure and using a magneto-resistive effectSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 21, 2007·0 cites·7 claims
- 3939US5304345AHydrogen absorbing alloySANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1992·Granted Apr 19, 1994·9 cites·2 claims
- 4039US2019154953A1Control apparatus, control system, and control methodSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4137US2018110422A1Illumination light transmission apparatus and illumination light transmission methodSONY CORP·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 4236US4114170AFlash mechanism for cameraRICOH KK·Filed 1977·Granted Sep 12, 1978·1 cites·3 claims
- 4335US5517425AMethod of discriminating equilibrium characteristics of hydrogen absorbing alloysSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1994·Granted May 14, 1996·5 cites·7 claims
- 4435US5441826AHydrogen-absorbing alloy electrodeSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 15, 1995·4 cites·18 claims
- 4532US5056318ARefrigerating and/or heating device of contact typeSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 15, 1991·5 cites·2 claims
- 4631US4264173ALens tube guide frame for use in lens tube retractable type cameraRICOH KK·Filed 1979·Granted Apr 28, 1981·1 cites·6 claims
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