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Masao Kato
Also filed as: KATO MASAO · NAKAI MASANORI
215 granted patents·19 pending applications·5,293 citations·filing 1975–2025
99Inventor score
Files withCANON KK145AGENCY IND SCIENCE TECHN7HITACHI LTD6MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD6NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE6
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234 records- 0199US6517199B1Liquid composition, ink set, colored area formation on recording medium, and ink-jet recording apparatusCANON KK·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 11, 2003·130 cites·40 claims
- 0298US6729718B2Recording method, recording apparatus, method for manufacturing recorded article, and recorded articleCANON KK·Filed 2002·Granted May 4, 2004·99 cites·22 claims
- 0398US6540329B1Image recording method, method for improving quality of multicolor image, image recording apparatus, ink set, recording unit, image forming method, method for improving image quality, and method for forming monotone imageCANON KK·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 1, 2003·89 cites·89 claims
- 0498US6536890B1Liquid composition as well as ink set, image forming method, image forming apparatus and bleed alleviation method using the sameCANON KK·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 25, 2003·98 cites·41 claims
- 0598US6460989B1Ink set, formation of colored area on recording medium, and ink-jet recording apparatusCANON KK·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 8, 2002·100 cites·32 claims
- 0697US10043118B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, printing medium and storage mediumCANON KK·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 7, 2018·30 cites·35 claims
- 0797US8757754B2Inkjet printing apparatus with humidification unitAZUMA SATOSHI·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 24, 2014·16 cites·3 claims
- 0896US9661181B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage mediumCANON KK·Filed 2015·Granted May 23, 2017·9 cites·22 claims
- 0996US9039112B2Inkjet printing apparatus for changing a range of used ejection ports according to ejection port usageMURAYAMA YOSHIAKI·Filed 2010·Granted May 26, 2015·14 cites·15 claims
- 1096US9028029B2Inkjet printing methodCANON KK·Filed 2014·Granted May 12, 2015·11 cites·7 claims
- 1196US8444246B2Inkjet printing apparatus and calibration methodMURO KENTAROU·Filed 2010·Granted May 21, 2013·17 cites·8 claims
- 1296US8237991B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and programONO MITSUHIRO·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 7, 2012·27 cites·11 claims
- 1396US7965418B2Image processing apparatus and image processing methodCANON KK·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 21, 2011·24 cites·9 claims
- 1496US7924469B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and programCANON KK·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 12, 2011·28 cites·2 claims
- 1596US7859723B2Image processing to perform error diffusion with dots formed based color component values and their sum relative to a thresholdCANON KK·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 28, 2010·26 cites·7 claims
- 1696US7548346B2Image processing apparatus and method for performing error diffusion based on density values of different color componentsCANON KK·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 16, 2009·24 cites·23 claims
- 1796US5067007ASemiconductor device having leads for mounting to a surface of a printed circuit boardHITACHI LTD·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 19, 1991·360 cites·11 claims
- 1895US9079421B2Inkjet printing apparatus with dot impact accuracy informationKATO MINAKO·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 14, 2015·15 cites·4 claims
- 1995US7699423B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing programCANON KK·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 20, 2010·30 cites·23 claims
- 2095US6450606B1Test pattern printing method, information processing apparatus and printing apparatusCANON KK·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 17, 2002·64 cites·35 claims
- 2195US6390583B1Information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, information processing method and printing methodCANON KK·Filed 2000·Granted May 21, 2002·83 cites·25 claims
- 2294US10290135B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium storing a program that select images based on evaluations and lay out a main image on a main slot and a sub image on a sub slot in a templateCANON KK·Filed 2016·Granted May 14, 2019·22 cites·21 claims
- 2394US9636937B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage mediumCANON KK·Filed 2015·Granted May 2, 2017·14 cites·25 claims
- 2494US6719420B2Liquid composition, ink set, method for forming colored portion on recording medium, and ink-jet recording apparatusCANON KK·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 13, 2004·45 cites·37 claims
- 2594US6494557B1Test pattern printing method, information processing apparatus and printing apparatusCANON KK·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 17, 2002·67 cites·28 claims
- 2693US10033906B2Image processing apparatus with improved quantization, image processing method and storage medium thereofCANON KK·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 24, 2018·10 cites·31 claims
- 2793US9815275B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage mediumCANON KK·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 14, 2017·4 cites·38 claims
- 2893US9704074B2Image processing apparatus and method for quantizing first and second multi-valued dataCANON KK·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 11, 2017·5 cites·38 claims
- 2993US9111204B2Image processing apparatus and method setting color separation parameter based on image data change resulting from lossy compression and expansionCANON KK·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 18, 2015·19 cites·10 claims
- 3093US8175155B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and storage mediumSUWA TETSUYA·Filed 2007·Granted May 8, 2012·27 cites·15 claims
- 3193US7944588B2Image correction processing apparatus, image correction processing method, program, and storage mediumCANON KK·Filed 2007·Granted May 17, 2011·34 cites·7 claims
- 3293US7643178B2Image processing method and apparatusCANON KK·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 5, 2010·17 cites·5 claims
- 3393US6821328B2Liquid composition, ink set, method of forming colored portion in recording medium and ink-jet recording apparatusCANON KK·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 23, 2004·36 cites·39 claims
- 3493US5809512AInformation provider apparatus enabling selective playing of multimedia information by interactive input based on displayed hypertext informationMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 15, 1998·238 cites·74 claims
- 3592US9533492B2Image recording apparatus and control method thereforCANON KK·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 3, 2017·4 cites·17 claims
- 3692US8675250B2Inkjet printing apparatus and calibration methodMURO KENTAROU·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 18, 2014·16 cites·5 claims
- 3792US5929177ABlock polymer having functional groups at both endsKATAOKA KAZUNORI·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 27, 1999·72 cites·10 claims
- 3892US5925720AHeterotelechelic block copolymers and process for producing the sameKATAOKA KAZUNORI·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 20, 1999·262 cites·13 claims
- 3992US5181626AClosure assembly for containersDART IND INC·Filed 1991·Granted Jan 26, 1993·113 cites·25 claims
- 4092US5161711AClosure assembly with separable sealDART IND INC·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 10, 1992·107 cites·18 claims
- 4191US9465571B2Apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediumCANON KK·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 11, 2016·9 cites·19 claims
- 4291US7274491B2Image processing method and apparatusCANON KK·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 25, 2007·40 cites·27 claims
- 4391US6582070B2Recording unit and image recording apparatusCANON KK·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 24, 2003·35 cites·60 claims
- 4491US6474768B1Test pattern printing method, information processing apparatus and printing apparatusCANON KK·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 5, 2002·50 cites·30 claims
- 4591US6267476B1Method and apparatus for ink-jet printingCANON KK·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 31, 2001·65 cites·21 claims
- 4691US6102537AMethod and apparatus for ink-jet printingCANON KK·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 15, 2000·68 cites·81 claims
- 4790US9876940B2Image processing apparatus and image processing method generating quantized data based on a determined print operationCANON KK·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 23, 2018·6 cites·34 claims
- 4890US9815274B2Image recording apparatus and control method thereforCANON KK·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 14, 2017·3 cites·26 claims
- 4990US7432985B2Image processing methodCANON KK·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 7, 2008·46 cites·7 claims
- 5090US6659601B2Recording method, recording apparatus, recorded article and method for manufacturing recorded articleCANON KK·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 9, 2003·32 cites·24 claims
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