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Masanori Hirano
Also filed as: HIRANO MASANORI
57 granted patents·28 pending applications·639 citations·filing 1986–2025
98Inventor score
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85 records- 0198US7977408B2Recording ink, ink set, ink cartridge, ink record, inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording methodRICOH CO LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 12, 2011·42 cites·18 claims
- 0294US4820666AZirconia base ceramicsNORITAKE CO LTD·Filed 1986·Granted Apr 11, 1989·71 cites·26 claims
- 0392US7938527B2Ink, ink cartridge, ink jet recording apparatus, and ink jet recording methodRICOH CO LTD·Filed 2007·Granted May 10, 2011·15 cites·13 claims
- 0492US7527351B2Image forming apparatus, liquid discharging head, image forming method, recorded matter, and recording liquidRICOH KK·Filed 2007·Granted May 5, 2009·15 cites·21 claims
- 0592US7407248B2Image processing method, program, image processing device, image forming device, and image forming systemRICOH KK·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 5, 2008·19 cites·8 claims
- 0691US6578944B1Image-recording device recording image on sheet in recording mode that is appropriate to type of sheetRICOH KK·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 17, 2003·44 cites·48 claims
- 0791US5561321ACeramic-metal composite structure and process of producing sameNORITAKE CO LTD·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 1, 1996·137 cites·20 claims
- 0889US7481510B2Image forming apparatus, image processing method, and printer driverRICOH KK·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 27, 2009·13 cites·17 claims
- 0988US11623455B2Liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharge methodABE KIMITO·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 11, 2023·3 cites·6 claims
- 1088US8469471B2Image forming apparatusKIKUCHI NAOKI·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 25, 2013·10 cites·10 claims
- 1188US7924465B2Dither matrix, image processing method, storage medium, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming systemRICOH CO LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 12, 2011·12 cites·15 claims
- 1288US7782486B2Image processing method, program product, image processing device, image forming apparatus and image forming system for limiting ink quality when printing on both sides of a print mediumRICOH KK·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 24, 2010·10 cites·18 claims
- 1388US7083247B2Method for correcting color difference in bi-directional printing, printing apparatus, program, and storing mediumRICOH KK·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 1, 2006·36 cites·25 claims
- 1487US8011756B2Imaging method and inkjet recording apparatusRICOH CO LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 6, 2011·7 cites·18 claims
- 1587US7660016B2Image-processing apparatus, an image-forming apparatus, and a programRICOH KK·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 9, 2010·12 cites·20 claims
- 1685US8186793B2Image processing method, program, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image forming systemHOSAKA SHIGETOSHI·Filed 2007·Granted May 29, 2012·8 cites·13 claims
- 1782US8705124B2Image forming apparatus, color-misregistration correcting method, and computer program productHIRANO MASANORI·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 22, 2014·5 cites·10 claims
- 1881US7710620B2Image processing method, recorded matter, storage medium, image processing apparatus, image forming method, image forming apparatus, image forming system, and inkRICOH KK·Filed 2006·Granted May 4, 2010·7 cites·14 claims
- 1980US7499198B2Threshold value matrix, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus and printer driverRICOH KK·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 3, 2009·18 cites·38 claims
- 2079US8610957B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable mediumHIRANO MASANORI·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 17, 2013·4 cites·15 claims
- 2179US7102791B2Mask producing method, image outputting device and computer readable recording mediumRICOH KK·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 5, 2006·17 cites·25 claims
- 2278US9126635B2Cowl section structure for vehicleNIHON PLAST CO LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 8, 2015·7 cites·4 claims
- 2377US7733545B2Image processing method, program, image processing apparatus, and image forming systemRICOH KK·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 8, 2010·5 cites·16 claims
- 2477US7600842B2Image reproducing and forming apparatus, printer driver and data processing apparatusRICOH KK·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 13, 2009·14 cites·16 claims
- 2576US8416459B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, recording medium, printing system, image forming apparatusITO TAKAYUKI·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 9, 2013·4 cites·12 claims
- 2674US8498020B2Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image processing methodHIRANO MASANORI·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 30, 2013·2 cites·19 claims
- 2774US7710606B2Image processing method, printer driver, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus and image forming systemRICOH KK·Filed 2005·Granted May 4, 2010·6 cites·11 claims
- 2873US10083380B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, computer program product, and image forming apparatusHIRANO MASANORI·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 25, 2018·2 cites·6 claims
- 2973US10053575B2Binder resin composition for preform, binder particle, preform, and fiber-reinforced composite materialTORAY INDUSTRIES·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 21, 2018·1 cites·14 claims
- 3072US8626623B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording mediumITO TAKAYUKI·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 7, 2014·2 cites·19 claims
- 3172US2025242617A1UnitHIRANO MASANORI·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3270US5274787AMethod of copy-back cache coherence control and tightly coupled multi-processor system with split transfer system busNIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE·Filed 1991·Granted Dec 28, 1993·56 cites·10 claims
- 3369US2025092211A1Prepreg, fiber-reinforced composite material, tubular body made of fiber-reinforced composite material, golf club shaft, and fishing rodTORAY INDUSTRIES·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3467US2025091371A1Image forming method, image forming apparatus, and image forming systemHIRANO MASANORI·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3565US11794818B2Cowl cover apparatusNIHON PLAST CO LTD·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 24, 2023·0 cites·4 claims
- 3665US8480200B2Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image forming system, and storage mediumHIRANO MASANORI·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 9, 2013·2 cites·7 claims
- 3764US11225560B2Preform for fiber-reinforced composite material, thermosetting resin composition, fiber-reinforced composite material, and method of producing fiber-reinforced composite materialTORAY INDUSTRIES·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 18, 2022·0 cites·13 claims
- 3862US11667749B2Epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials, epoxy resin cured product, preform and fiber-reinforced composite materialTORAY INDUSTRIES·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 6, 2023·0 cites·11 claims
- 3962US8730524B2Image processing apparatus to correct an image during double-sided printingHOSHINO YOSHIAKI·Filed 2008·Granted May 20, 2014·2 cites·8 claims
- 4062US7210757B2Image processing method and apparatus, image forming apparatus and system, program and recording mediumRICOH COMPNAY LTD·Filed 2004·Granted May 1, 2007·5 cites·36 claims
- 4162US2023027417A1Molding material and fiber reinforced composite materialTORAY INDUSTRIES·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 4261US10400077B2Reinforcing fiber fabric substrate, preform, and fiber-reinforced composite materialTORAY INDUSTRIES·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 3, 2019·0 cites·22 claims
- 4360US2025108636A1Platen, liquid discharge apparatus, and fixing memberMIYABE YUKA·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4459US7982915B2Inkjet recording apparatus, image processing method, storage medium, pigmented ink, and recorded matterRICOH CO LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 19, 2011·1 cites·16 claims
- 4559US2025026132A1Liquid discharge apparatusHIRANO MASANORI·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4658US2025292048A1Printing system, printer, and printing methodTAKANO NANAMI·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4757US2024227412A1White ink printing method and printed matterHIRANO MASANORI·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4857US2022396696A1Method for forming fiber-reinforced composite material and epoxy resin composition for use thereinTORAY INDUSTRIES·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 4956US11661484B2Epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials, and fiber-reinforced composite materialTORAY INDUSTRIES·Filed 2018·Granted May 30, 2023·0 cites·18 claims
- 5056US8040562B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable encoding medium encoded with a computer programRICOH CO LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 18, 2011·0 cites·9 claims
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