Inventor

Kiyotaka Kaneko

Inventor

Tokyo, JP

Overview

1987–2009

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 63 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Nprimary

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television38%

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer26%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests8%

G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them6%

B41JTypewriters5%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus3%

F02BInternal-combustion piston engines2%

G06FElectric digital data processing2%

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding2%

G01JMeasurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation, phase or pulse characteristics of infrared, visible or ultraviolet light1%

PatentTitleYear

7,639,877'Apparatus and program for selecting photographic images'2009 7,542,720'Communication apparatus'2009 7,340,095'Subject estimating method, device, and program'2008 RE039410'White balance adjusting device for a camera'2006 6,575,546'Ink jet printer, ink jet printing method and continuous recording sheet'2003 6,546,187'Digital camera for providing random special effect images and an image processing method therein'2003 6,523,948'Ink jet printer and ink jet printing method'2003 6,517,190'Ink jet printing method and ink jet printer'2003 6,412,902'Printing head inspecting device and method for printer'2002 6,402,287'Printing method and printer capable of inspecting printing head'2002 5,576,758'Electric still camera having a display for displaying an image compression ratio'1996 5,438,367'Still video camera and device for adjusting control data for amount of strobe emission'1995 5,416,515'Video camera and photometric method therein, image pick-up apparatus and method, and photometric method and focusing control method in said image pick-up apparatus'1995 5,376,964'Video camera, method of photometry therein, and method of focusing same'1994 5,282,042'Strobe control method and apparatus for use in pseudo-frame photography'1994 5,262,868'Digital electronic still camera with function alarming low voltage of built-in battery of memory card'1993 5,233,431'Image pickup device'1993 5,212,797'Multiple CPU system including automatic power supply restoration following instantaneous shutdown'1993 5,210,568'Camera having a charging operation which is inhibited during an operation of the camera function section and a battery check function which is inhibited during the charging function'1993 5,189,570'Bistable magnetic head advancing/retracting device for rotating magnetic recording medium'1993 5,159,248'Position detecting apparatus'1992 5,153,783'Electronic still camera'1992 5,121,218'Recording/playback apparatus and method of communication in same'1992 5,101,303'Peak position detecting method and peak position deciding method in magnetic playback apparatus'1992 5,099,334'Electronic still camera'1992 5,091,806'Rotating magnetic recording medium recording/playback apparatus'1992 5,087,936'Camera'1992 5,086,345'Method of operation in a still video camera system for transferring track information from a playback device to the still video camera'1992 5,050,014'Magnetic recording apparatus for correcting the absolute track position'1991 5,049,996'Still-video camera for inhibiting read-out of a video signal when the shutter is open'1991 5,016,094'White balance correction apparatus'1991 4,989,093'Camera automatically operable in a flash photographic mode for providing color-balanced images'1991 4,972,223'Camera with automatic exposure function which is operatable in a normal photography mode and a slow photography mode'1990 4,972,267'Still-video camera for eliminating dark current differences'1990 4,967,294'Magnetic recording/reproducing device which discriminates recorded and unrecorded tracks'1990 4,959,599'Head positioner'1990 4,945,441'Zero-cross point detecting circuit'1990 4,920,371'Camera control device'1990 4,914,738'Apparatus for discriminating light source having spectrum peaks'1990 4,907,092'Modulating/demodulating circuit for multiplex recording/playback of data in a magnetic recording/playback system'1990 4,899,212'White balance adjusting device for a camera'1990 4,868,642'Apparatus for displaying an image on a video monitor corresponding to an image being photographed'1989 4,835,631'Apparatus for controlling playback head tracking for rotary recording medium using average peak envelope position'1989 4,835,635'Compact rotary magnetic disc device having a magnetic disc holder'1989 4,827,332'Still video camera with color balance adjustment circuit responsive to shutter release switch and strobe light ready signal'1989 4,825,324'Still video camera with continuous picture-taking mode'1989 4,811,133'Electronic still video record/play head positioner having both open and closed loop positioning control'1989 4,804,925'DPSK exclusive-OR demodulator'1989 4,803,568'Motor control apparatus effecting phase control on rotating body'1989 4,802,020'Variable mode electronic still camera including optical and electronic view finders'1989 4,800,448'Image recording/reproducing apparatus'1989 4,779,260'Recording or reproducing device'1988 4,760,452'Electronic still camera with dark current minimized in produced video signal'1988 4,750,051'Color difference line sequential circuit in a magnetic recording system'1988 4,739,394'White balanced electronic still camera'1988 4,734,793'Synchronization control system in video signal reproducing device'1988 4,727,443'Method of protecting a magnetic recording medium in a magnetic recording/playback system and apparatus therefor'1988 4,725,902'Method of erasing a magnetic recording track and apparatus therefor'1988 4,719,522'Method of magnetic recording'1988 4,717,961'Electronic still camera preventing premature removal of recording disk'1988 4,701,813'Method of protecting a magnetic recording medium in a magnetic recording/playback system and apparatus therefor'1987 4,689,700'Tracking apparatus for rotary recording medium on the basis of envelope detection'1987 4,677,506'Tracking apparatus for rotational magnetic recording medium with envelope level correction'1987

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1987–2006Patents assigned to FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD (60)· patent assignee history

1987–1990Based in Kawasaki, JP· patent location history

1987–2008Based in Kaisei-machi, JP· patent location history

1988–2006Based in Tokyo, JP· patent location history

1988–2009Based in Kanagawa, JP· patent location history

1989Patents assigned to FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO LTD (1)· patent assignee history

1994–1995Based in Asaka, JP· patent location history

2008–2009Patents assigned to FUJIFILM CORP (3)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD	60	1987–2006
FUJIFILM CORP	3	2008–2009
FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO LTD	1	1989

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Tokyo, JP	39	1988–2006
Kanagawa, JP	11	1988–2009
Kawasaki, JP	7	1987–1990
Kaisei-machi, JP	3	1987–2008
Asaka, JP	3	1994–1995