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Hitoshi Otani
Also filed as: OTANI HITOSHI
77 granted patents·7 pending applications·1,415 citations·filing 1986–2017
99Inventor score
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84 records- 0198US9201422B2Measuring systemTOPCON CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 1, 2015·43 cites·6 claims
- 0296US9053547B2Three-dimensional point cloud position data processing device, three-dimensional point cloud position data processing system, and three-dimensional point cloud position data processing method and programTOPCON CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 9, 2015·34 cites·15 claims
- 0396US8045762B2Surveying method, surveying system and surveying data processing programTOPCON CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 25, 2011·63 cites·18 claims
- 0496US7747151B2Image processing device and methodTOPCON CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 29, 2010·54 cites·15 claims
- 0595US9958268B2Three-dimensional measuring method and surveying systemKK TOPCON·Filed 2014·Granted May 1, 2018·34 cites·9 claims
- 0694US9773420B2Measuring systemKK TOPCON·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 26, 2017·14 cites·3 claims
- 0793US9369697B2Measuring instrument for preparing three-dimensional point cloud modelTOPCON CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 14, 2016·22 cites·7 claims
- 0893US8218131B2Position measuring system, position measuring method and position measuring programOTANI HITOSHI·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 10, 2012·43 cites·10 claims
- 0993US7804996B2Method for associating stereo image and three-dimensional data preparation systemTOPCON CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 28, 2010·41 cites·15 claims
- 1092US9073637B2Flying vehicle guiding system and flying vehicle guiding methodTOPCON CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 7, 2015·19 cites·12 claims
- 1192US7860273B2Device and method for position measurementTOPCON CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 28, 2010·36 cites·40 claims
- 1292US7844077B2Location measuring device and methodTOPCON CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 30, 2010·25 cites·8 claims
- 1392US7206080B2Surface shape measurement apparatus, surface shape measurement method, surface state graphic apparatusTOPCON CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 17, 2007·60 cites·12 claims
- 1491US9020666B2Taking-off and landing target instrument and automatic taking-off and landing systemOHTOMO FUMIO·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 28, 2015·22 cites·9 claims
- 1590US8412418B2Industrial machineKUMAGAI KAORU·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 2, 2013·35 cites·15 claims
- 1690US8319952B2Geographic data collecting systemOTANI HITOSHI·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 27, 2012·18 cites·9 claims
- 1789US7711180B2Three-dimensional image measuring apparatus and methodTOPCON CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 4, 2010·21 cites·9 claims
- 1888US8953933B2Aerial photogrammetry and aerial photogrammetric systemTOPCON CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 10, 2015·18 cites·9 claims
- 1988US4803645AMethod and apparatus for measuring coordinatesTOKYO OPTICAL·Filed 1986·Granted Feb 7, 1989·62 cites·7 claims
- 2087US10602129B2Image acquiring device and image acquiring systemKK TOPCON·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 24, 2020·5 cites·7 claims
- 2187US9013576B2Aerial photograph image pickup method and aerial photograph image pickup apparatusOHTOMO FUMIO·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 21, 2015·12 cites·4 claims
- 2287US8559702B2Model forming apparatus, model forming method, photographing apparatus and photographing methodKOCHI NOBUO·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 15, 2013·10 cites·10 claims
- 2387US7860276B2Image processing device and methodTOPCON CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 28, 2010·17 cites·13 claims
- 2487US6859269B2Surveying instrument and method for acquiring image data by using the surveying instrumentTOPCON CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 22, 2005·66 cites·6 claims
- 2586US7552025B2Position data interpolation method, position detecting sensor and position measuring deviceTOPCON CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 23, 2009·24 cites·9 claims
- 2685US10281580B2Surveying systemTOPCON CORP·Filed 2016·Granted May 7, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 2785US9609282B2Camera for photogrammetry and aerial photographic deviceKK TOPCON·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 28, 2017·6 cites·11 claims
- 2885US8666571B2Flight control system for flying objectOHTOMO FUMIO·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 4, 2014·11 cites·6 claims
- 2985US7726033B2Multi-point measuring method and surveying deviceTOPCON CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 1, 2010·19 cites·16 claims
- 3085US7193626B2Device and method for displaying stereo imageTOPCON CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 20, 2007·31 cites·6 claims
- 3184US7933001B2Geographic data collecting systemTOPCON CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 26, 2011·16 cites·4 claims
- 3284US7747150B2Image processing device and methodTOPCON CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 29, 2010·14 cites·10 claims
- 3383US9541495B2Image pickup deviceKK TOPCON·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 10, 2017·5 cites·16 claims
- 3483US7015967B1Image formation systemTOPCON CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 21, 2006·35 cites·8 claims
- 3581US9171225B2Device, method, and recording medium for detecting and removing mistracked points in visual odometry systemsTOPCON CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 27, 2015·6 cites·4 claims
- 3681US8294769B2Surveying device and automatic tracking methodOTANI HITOSHI·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 23, 2012·13 cites·15 claims
- 3781US7479982B2Device and method of measuring data for calibration, program for measuring data for calibration, program recording medium readable with computer, and image data processing deviceTOPCON CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 20, 2009·47 cites·15 claims
- 3879US8395665B2Automatic tracking method and surveying deviceOTANI HITOSHI·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 12, 2013·11 cites·24 claims
- 3979US7768737B2Servo information writing method, magnetic head tester and magnetic disk tester using the servo information writing methodHITACHI HIGH TECH CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 3, 2010·4 cites·12 claims
- 4078US7508980B2Method for preparing stereo image and three-dimensional data preparation systemTOPCON CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 24, 2009·11 cites·5 claims
- 4177US8224030B2Position measuring method and position measuring instrumentOTANI HITOSHI·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 17, 2012·6 cites·8 claims
- 4277US6442293B1Image forming apparatus, image forming method and computer-readable storage medium having an image forming programTOPCON CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 27, 2002·50 cites·22 claims
- 4376US9409656B2Aerial photographing systemKK TOPCON·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 9, 2016·22 cites·6 claims
- 4476US9251624B2Point cloud position data processing device, point cloud position data processing system, point cloud position data processing method, and point cloud position data processing programTOPCON CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 2, 2016·5 cites·1 claims
- 4576US8630755B2Automatic taking-off and landing systemOHTOMO FUMIO·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 14, 2014·24 cites·13 claims
- 4675US8600170B2Edge extraction apparatus, surveying equipment, and programKITAMURA KAZUO·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 3, 2013·4 cites·14 claims
- 4775US7986825B2Model forming apparatus, model forming method, photographing apparatus and photographing methodTOPCON CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 26, 2011·8 cites·10 claims
- 4875US7764809B2Surveying method and surveying instrumentTOPCON CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 27, 2010·9 cites·13 claims
- 4975US6611664B2Stereo image photographing systemTOPCON CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 26, 2003·18 cites·33 claims
- 5075US5881623ACutting carriage for sheet cutting and sheet cutter using sameHITACHI METALS LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 16, 1999·35 cites·8 claims
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