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Kunio Sato
Also filed as: MITUISHI HISAO · SATO KUNIO
59 granted patents·9 pending applications·934 citations·filing 1974–2025
99Inventor score
Files withALPS ALPINE CO LTD23CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD14HITACHI LTD10ALPS ELECTRIC CO LTD7ASAHI GLASS CO LTD2
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68 records- 0199USRE44004EInformation transmission system using light as communication medium, information transmission method, image pickup device, and computer programmed productCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 19, 2013·83 cites·40 claims
- 0299USRE42848EInformation transmission system using light as communication medium, information transmission method, image pickup device, and computer programmed productCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 18, 2011·86 cites·20 claims
- 0396US6933956B2Information transmission system using light as communication medium, information transmission method, image pickup device, and computer programmed productCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 23, 2005·124 cites·20 claims
- 0492US5576811AImage recording apparatus for controlling image in high quality and image quality control method thereofHITACHI LTD·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 19, 1996·58 cites·13 claims
- 0585US7242323B2Electronic device having touch sensorALPS ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 10, 2007·27 cites·36 claims
- 0684US7902839B2Power-control device, electronic apparatus including the same, and method for activating electronic apparatusALPS ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 8, 2011·10 cites·12 claims
- 0784US4437377ADigital electronic musical instrumentCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 1982·Granted Mar 20, 1984·25 cites·10 claims
- 0883US4149171AThermal recording methodHITACHI LTD·Filed 1978·Granted Apr 10, 1979·26 cites·2 claims
- 0982US4538495ATone color setting apparatusCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 1984·Granted Sep 3, 1985·22 cites·12 claims
- 1082US3999947AReducing gas sensor and a method of producing the sameMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1975·Granted Dec 28, 1976·34 cites·12 claims
- 1182US2024404771A1Switch, Switch Module, And Method Of Manufacturing Switch ModuleALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1281US4484506ATuning control apparatusCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 1983·Granted Nov 27, 1984·20 cites·12 claims
- 1379US12128805B2Vehicle system and vibration generation deviceALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 29, 2024·1 cites·17 claims
- 1479US5251329ARadio telephone apparatus with microphone mounted in battery caseSONY CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Oct 5, 1993·86 cites·7 claims
- 1577US8343422B2Water vapor plasma generating apparatus, sterilization and disinfection method, and method for antioxidative treatment using water vapor plasmaSATO CHOKICHI·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 1, 2013·12 cites·6 claims
- 1676US12125650B2Switch, switch module, and method of manufacturing switch moduleALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 22, 2024·0 cites·16 claims
- 1776US11402281B2Force sensor including a capacitance detecting unit configured to detect a capacitance corresponding to a distance between a first electrode and a second electrodeALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 2, 2022·2 cites·6 claims
- 1876US5037552AProcess for removal of mercury from a liquid hydrocarbonJCG CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Aug 6, 1991·38 cites·11 claims
- 1975US10698494B2Tactile sensation presenting deviceALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 30, 2020·1 cites·11 claims
- 2075US4177069AProcess for manufacturing sintered compacts of aluminum-base alloysSHOWA DENKO KK·Filed 1978·Granted Dec 4, 1979·26 cites·15 claims
- 2174US2025381900A1Vibration generator, tactile presentation device, and seat systemALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2272US10732717B2Tactile sensation presenting deviceALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 4, 2020·1 cites·8 claims
- 2372US3974105AOvertemperature and overcurrent resistor fuseMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1974·Granted Aug 10, 1976·19 cites·6 claims
- 2471US10884440B2Control apparatus for thermal sensation providing deviceALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 5, 2021·1 cites·12 claims
- 2568US4543644AControl circuit for matrix-driven recordingHITACHI LTD·Filed 1982·Granted Sep 24, 1985·23 cites·3 claims
- 2667US7412113B2Captured image projection apparatus and captured image correction methodCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 12, 2008·7 cites·8 claims
- 2767US7279904B2Input deviceALPS ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 9, 2007·5 cites·15 claims
- 2866US7524066B2Projection device projection system, and image obtainment methodCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 28, 2009·8 cites·12 claims
- 2966US4946596AMethod for removing mercury from a liquid hydrocarbonJGC CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Aug 7, 1990·26 cites·2 claims
- 3066US4419917APower saving device for an electronic musical instrumentCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 1982·Granted Dec 13, 1983·11 cites·11 claims
- 3164US7595791B2Input deviceALPS ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 29, 2009·4 cites·13 claims
- 3264US4617851AHybrid electronic musical instrumentCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 1984·Granted Oct 21, 1986·20 cites·9 claims
- 3364US2025010778A1Vehicle system and vibration generation deviceALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3463US10748392B2Tactile sensation providing apparatusALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 18, 2020·0 cites·8 claims
- 3560US7199789B2Input apparatus having electrostatic sensorALPS ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 3, 2007·10 cites·2 claims
- 3659US5959655ALight beam scanning apparatus which controls power and spot shape of light beamHITACHI LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 28, 1999·22 cites·7 claims
- 3759US5181129AElectronic blackboardHITACHI LTD·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 19, 1993·20 cites·13 claims
- 3856US11776367B2Tactile sensation providing apparatus, tactile sensation providing system, control method, and non-transitory recording mediumALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 3, 2023·0 cites·13 claims
- 3956US2024274111A1Notification Apparatus, Control Program For Notification Apparatus, And Seat SystemALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4055US2008285878A1Image capturing apparatus and method for correcting captured imageCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4153US12314498B2Input apparatusALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2023·Granted May 27, 2025·0 cites·8 claims
- 4253US11886640B2Operation deviceALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 30, 2024·0 cites·8 claims
- 4351US10928909B2Tactile sensation presenting device for presenting warm/cold information and vibration informationALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 23, 2021·0 cites·6 claims
- 4450US11234639B2Controller, temperature sensation providing apparatus, temperature sensation providing system, control method, and storage mediumALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 1, 2022·0 cites·13 claims
- 4549US12103040B2Vibration generating deviceALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 1, 2024·0 cites·13 claims
- 4649US4958552AApparatus for extracting envelope data from an input waveform signal and for approximating the extracted envelope dataCASIO COMPUTER CO LTD·Filed 1989·Granted Sep 25, 1990·10 cites·24 claims
- 4746US10684639B2Operation deviceALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 16, 2020·0 cites·8 claims
- 4846US10391395B2Operating deviceALPS ALPINE CO LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 27, 2019·0 cites·6 claims
- 4946US4594733ASignal processing system and the methodNIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE·Filed 1982·Granted Jun 10, 1986·8 cites·15 claims
- 5046US2008048992A1Electronic apparatus having display deviceALPS ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
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