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Takao Tsuruoka
Also filed as: TSURUOKA TAKAO
53 granted patents·5 pending applications·2,328 citations·filing 1988–2022
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58 records- 0198US4862873AStereo endoscopeOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1988·Granted Sep 5, 1989·248 cites·57 claims
- 0295US7738699B2Image processing apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 15, 2010·21 cites·23 claims
- 0395US5379757AMethod of compressing endoscope image data based on image characteristicsOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1992·Granted Jan 10, 1995·179 cites·1 claims
- 0495US5209220AEndoscope image data compressing apparatusOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1990·Granted May 11, 1993·184 cites·4 claims
- 0595US5092331AFluorescence endoscopy and endoscopic device thereforOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1989·Granted Mar 3, 1992·127 cites·33 claims
- 0695US5078150ASpectral diagnosing apparatus with endoscopeOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1989·Granted Jan 7, 1992·151 cites·28 claims
- 0794US9645473B2Endoscope apparatus and control method for endoscope apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2014·Granted May 9, 2017·16 cites·13 claims
- 0894US7656442B2Image pickup system, noise reduction processing device and image pick-up processing programOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 2, 2010·25 cites·53 claims
- 0994US5825947AOptical reproducing system for multimedia information recorded with code data having function for correcting image reading distortionOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 20, 1998·203 cites·5 claims
- 1092US7595825B2Image pickup system and image processing programOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 29, 2009·16 cites·26 claims
- 1192US6738510B2Image processing apparatusOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 2001·Granted May 18, 2004·45 cites·7 claims
- 1292US4845553AImage data compressing device for endoscopeOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1988·Granted Jul 4, 1989·83 cites·5 claims
- 1390US8184924B2Image processing apparatus and image processing programTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2007·Granted May 22, 2012·13 cites·25 claims
- 1489US8019174B2Image processing system, image processing method, and image processing program productOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 13, 2011·12 cites·32 claims
- 1589US7916187B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and programOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 29, 2011·12 cites·42 claims
- 1689US7570287B2Image pickup system for noise estimating and noise reductionOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 4, 2009·31 cites·23 claims
- 1789US5697885AEndoscope for recording and displaying time-serial imagesOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 16, 1997·106 cites·10 claims
- 1889US5331551AEndoscope image recording system for compressing and recording endoscope image dataOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1990·Granted Jul 19, 1994·93 cites·36 claims
- 1987US8290263B2Image processing apparatusTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 16, 2012·6 cites·15 claims
- 2086US8194160B2Image gradation processing apparatus and recordingTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 5, 2012·9 cites·26 claims
- 2186US7574042B2Image processing apparatusOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 11, 2009·22 cites·6 claims
- 2285US8035853B2Image processing apparatus which calculates a correction coefficient with respect to a pixel of interest and uses the correction coefficient to apply tone correction to the pixel of interestOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 11, 2011·9 cites·30 claims
- 2384US8035705B2Image processing system, image processing method, and image processing program productOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 11, 2011·7 cites·30 claims
- 2484US6721003B1Image processing apparatus and storage medium storing image processing programOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 13, 2004·27 cites·22 claims
- 2584US6343146B1Image signal processor apparatus for restoring color signals at high definition by using image structural modelsOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 29, 2002·83 cites·20 claims
- 2684US5515449AEndoscope image processing apparatusOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1992·Granted May 7, 1996·254 cites·6 claims
- 2784US5081524AImage inputting device for endoscopeOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 14, 1992·66 cites·2 claims
- 2879US8223226B2Image processing apparatus and storage medium storing image processing programTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 17, 2012·4 cites·20 claims
- 2978US8081236B2Camera system capable of performing exposure control processing combined with gradation conversion processingTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 20, 2011·5 cites·19 claims
- 3077US7339619B2Image pickup system and image processing program for performing correction on chroma signalOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 4, 2008·14 cites·35 claims
- 3175US8184181B2Image capturing system and computer readable recording medium for recording image processing programTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2009·Granted May 22, 2012·3 cites·14 claims
- 3275US5860679AInformation recording medium, two-dimensional code, information reproduction system and information reproduction methodOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 19, 1999·43 cites·14 claims
- 3373US8040401B2Replay apparatus for noise reduction signal processingOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 18, 2011·2 cites·7 claims
- 3473US7847841B2Image pickup system for reducing noise attributable to an image pickup deviceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 7, 2010·2 cites·3 claims
- 3573US7812865B2Image pickup system with noise estimatorOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 12, 2010·9 cites·32 claims
- 3673US6388702B1Endoscope for recording and displaying time-serial imageOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1995·Granted May 14, 2002·39 cites·42 claims
- 3771US8553111B2Noise reduction system, image pickup system and computer readable storage mediumTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 8, 2013·2 cites·32 claims
- 3870US8310566B2Image pickup system and image processing method with an edge extraction sectionTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 13, 2012·2 cites·63 claims
- 3970US8169509B2Image pickup system with signal noise reductionTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2009·Granted May 1, 2012·2 cites·12 claims
- 4070US8154630B2Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer readable storage medium which stores image processing programTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 10, 2012·2 cites·23 claims
- 4168US8736723B2Image processing system, method and program, including a correction coefficient calculation section for gradation correctionTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2008·Granted May 27, 2014·2 cites·36 claims
- 4267US8351695B2Image processing apparatus, image processing program, and image processing methodOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 8, 2013·2 cites·34 claims
- 4365US8805061B2Signal processing system and signal processing programTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 12, 2014·1 cites·24 claims
- 4465US5951056AInformation reproduction system for reproducing a two-dimensional, optically readable codeOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 14, 1999·27 cites·11 claims
- 4564US8532376B2Signal processing system and computer readable medium for recording signal processing programTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 10, 2013·3 cites·13 claims
- 4660US5956416AEndoscope image processing apparatusOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 21, 1999·86 cites·51 claims
- 4757US8189063B2Image pickup system and image pickup programTSURUOKA TAKAO·Filed 2008·Granted May 29, 2012·0 cites·28 claims
- 4857US7570291B2Imaging system and image processing programOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 4, 2009·2 cites·32 claims
- 4956US2008158395A1Image pickup systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 5055US7598989B2Image pickup system for reducing noise attributable to an image pickup deviceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 6, 2009·1 cites·10 claims
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