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Motoi Kimura
Also filed as: KIMURA MOTOI
30 granted patents·11 pending applications·220 citations·filing 1994–2022
96Inventor score
Files withSONY CORP17SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP12PIONEER CORP4KURIHARA TSUTOMU3PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORP2
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41 records- 0187US6295256B1Focusing bias adjusting apparatus and method in optical recording medium playing apparatusPIONEER CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 25, 2001·27 cites·11 claims
- 0282US6690632B1Tilt servo apparatus and control method thereofPIONEER CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 10, 2004·16 cites·16 claims
- 0376US6151280AFocus jump control apparatus of a player for multilayer recording discPIONEER ELECTRONIC CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 21, 2000·29 cites·16 claims
- 0475US9154753B2Control apparatus, control method, driving apparatus, and electronic apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 6, 2015·2 cites·19 claims
- 0575US8199625B2Laser driving device and method with control signal patterns, reference pulses, and changing pulsesKURIHARA TSUTOMU·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 12, 2012·4 cites·21 claims
- 0675US5764606ATracking control apparatus for a multi-layer optical disc and method thereforSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 9, 1998·28 cites·8 claims
- 0772US5805558ALight signal detection circuit with dual light detecting means and arrangement thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 8, 1998·22 cites·4 claims
- 0870US6147942AFocus control apparatus for multilayer optical recording mediumPIONEER CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 14, 2000·22 cites·5 claims
- 0969US9973738B2Control apparatus, control method, driving apparatus, and electronic apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2015·Granted May 15, 2018·1 cites·10 claims
- 1068US8279720B2Hard disk apparatus and driving method thereforKIMURA MOTOI·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 2, 2012·3 cites·11 claims
- 1168US7230903B2Recording and playback apparatus and optical head including a variable optical coupling efficiency deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 12, 2007·1 cites·22 claims
- 1267US8369368B2Laser driving device, laser driving method, optical unit, and light deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 5, 2013·2 cites·13 claims
- 1366US6891875B2Optical disc deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted May 10, 2005·6 cites·12 claims
- 1466US6134196ACarriage controller for multi-layer discPIONEER ELECTRONIC CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 17, 2000·18 cites·10 claims
- 1566US5550797AOptical reproduction signal processing circuit for producing an RF signal and a servo signal with a high signal to noise ratio even though the RF signal component and the servo signal component partially overlap in frequency distributionSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 27, 1996·16 cites·8 claims
- 1665US8107342B2Laser driving device, optical unit, and light device which can change the setting information for a sampling pulseKURIHARA TSUTOMU·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 31, 2012·2 cites·15 claims
- 1764US9516258B2Laser driving circuit, laser driving method, and device using laser lightSONY CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 6, 2016·1 cites·16 claims
- 1863US2024413605A1Light-emitting element arraySONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 1962US6552984B1Liquid crystal tilt servo apparatusPIONEER CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 22, 2003·5 cites·2 claims
- 2058US7852734B2Recording and playback apparatus and optical headSONY CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 14, 2010·0 cites·10 claims
- 2157US2024170921A1Light emitting element, illumination device, and distance measuring deviceSONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2256US12009638B2Surface emission laser driving method and surface emission laser deviceSONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 11, 2024·0 cites·4 claims
- 2355US8228773B2Laser driving device and optical apparatusKURIHARA TSUTOMU·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 24, 2012·0 cites·10 claims
- 2455US2024219526A1Illumination device and ranging deviceSONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2554US9813682B2Laser driving circuit, laser driving method, and device using laser lightSONY CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 7, 2017·0 cites·9 claims
- 2654US2023238771A1Electronic deviceSONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 2753US12327980B2Semiconductor laser driving apparatus, electronic equipment, and manufacturing method of semiconductor laser driving apparatusSONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 10, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2852US7414952B2Laser driving apparatus and associated methodology of controlling a drive currentSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 19, 2008·2 cites·21 claims
- 2952US6026071AOptical disk playerSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 15, 2000·10 cites·9 claims
- 3051US7680166B2Laser drive, optical disc apparatus, and laser-driving methodSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 16, 2010·0 cites·11 claims
- 3151US2024151821A1Optical module and distance measuring deviceSONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 3251US2024310489A1Illumination device and distance measuring deviceSONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 3350US7342862B2Optical disc system and control method thereofSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 11, 2008·1 cites·16 claims
- 3450US2024111030A1Optical module and distance measuring deviceSONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 3549US2022260684A1Light-emitting element and ranging apparatusSONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 3649US2024019547A1Illumination apparatus and ranging apparatusSONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 3747US9225928B2Laser driving circuit, laser driving method, projector apparatus and apparatus which uses laser lightSONY CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 29, 2015·0 cites·18 claims
- 3843US2023168346A1Optical module and distance measuring apparatusSONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 3941US8335144B2Laser driving apparatus, laser driving method, optical apparatus, optical unit and pulse current generation circuitCHIBA HIROYUKI·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 18, 2012·0 cites·18 claims
- 4041US2003169667A1Recording and playback apparatus and optical headFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4135US5910938ALight signal detection circuitSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 8, 1999·2 cites·5 claims
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