Inventor · disambiguated record
Toru Tanigawa
Also filed as: TANIGAWA TORU
37 granted patents·12 pending applications·326 citations·filing 1986–2025
97Inventor score
Files withPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA26FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD5TANIGAWA TORU5PANASONIC CORP4PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD3
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49 records- 0193US7269479B2Article transporting robotMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 11, 2007·52 cites·10 claims
- 0290US9265235B2Accidental ingestion detection apparatus, accidental ingestion detection system, and accidental ingestion detection methodPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 23, 2016·11 cites·20 claims
- 0386US9131664B2Excrement detection system, excrement detection method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing program that controls excrement detection systemPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 15, 2015·8 cites·9 claims
- 0485US9434074B2Autonomous running control method and device of autonomous running apparatus, and program for autonomous running control devicePANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 6, 2016·6 cites·19 claims
- 0584US9922301B2Information display method for store work relating to lighting control system, and lighting control methodPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 20, 2018·7 cites·15 claims
- 0684US4822560ACopper alloy and method of manufacturing the sameFURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 1986·Granted Apr 18, 1989·72 cites·26 claims
- 0783US7595730B2State recognition tagPANASONIC CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 29, 2009·12 cites·8 claims
- 0878US10163115B2Control method for displaying merchandising information on information terminalPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 25, 2018·2 cites·24 claims
- 0977US4732731ACopper alloy for electronic instruments and method of manufacturing the sameFURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 1986·Granted Mar 22, 1988·50 cites·7 claims
- 1075US8099427B2Search article estimation apparatus and method and server for search article estimation apparatusTANIGAWA TORU·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 17, 2012·4 cites·1 claims
- 1174US7545278B2Article position estimating apparatus, method of estimating article position, article search system, and article position estimating programPANASONIC CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 9, 2009·3 cites·11 claims
- 1273US2025348142A1Information processing method and information processing systemPANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1372US10692378B2Information collection method, information collection system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing information collection programPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 23, 2020·2 cites·6 claims
- 1471US9516726B2Method for controlling communications terminal and programPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 6, 2016·2 cites·23 claims
- 1570US10650681B2Parking position identification method, parking position learning method, parking position identification system, parking position learning device, and non-transitory recording medium for recording programPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2017·Granted May 12, 2020·2 cites·14 claims
- 1669US9086700B2Autonomous locomotion apparatus, autonomous locomotion method, and program for autonomous locomotion apparatusPANASONIC CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 21, 2015·5 cites·8 claims
- 1769US7304744B1Apparatus and method for measuring the thickness of a thin film via the intensity of reflected lightSHARP KK·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 4, 2007·36 cites·12 claims
- 1865US8401234B2Object position correction apparatus, object position correction method, and object position correction programTANIGAWA TORU·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 19, 2013·2 cites·12 claims
- 1964US8527235B2Object position estimation system, object position estimation device, object position estimation method and object position estimation programTANIGAWA TORU·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 3, 2013·3 cites·8 claims
- 2063US10282634B2Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and recording medium for reducing variation in quality of training data itemsPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2017·Granted May 7, 2019·1 cites·14 claims
- 2163US9079307B2Autonomous locomotion apparatus, autonomous locomotion method, and program for autonomous locomotion apparatusPANASONIC CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 14, 2015·3 cites·15 claims
- 2262US9799044B2Control method, and control systemPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 24, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 2361US2015206188A1Item presentation method, and information display methodPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 2459US11113531B2Annotation device, annotation method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediumPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 7, 2021·0 cites·9 claims
- 2557US8111876B2Object position estimating system, object position estimating apparatus, object position estimating method, and object position estimating programTANIGAWA TORU·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 7, 2012·1 cites·8 claims
- 2654US8436897B2Article estimating apparatus and article position estimating apparatus, article estimating method as well as article estimating programNARUOKA TOMONOBU·Filed 2010·Granted May 7, 2013·2 cites·14 claims
- 2754US4986856AFine copper wire for electronic instruments and method of manufacturing the sameFURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 1989·Granted Jan 22, 1991·21 cites·4 claims
- 2854US2020074377A1Contribution level determination method, contribution level determination apparatus, and recording mediumPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 2952US10809068B2Orientation identification method and recording mediumPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 20, 2020·0 cites·12 claims
- 3051US10747996B2Identification method, identification apparatus, classifier creating method, and classifier creating apparatusPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 18, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 3151US8789236B2Substrate cleaning apparatusMAKITA HIDESHI·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 29, 2014·0 cites·5 claims
- 3249US11978237B2Annotation assisting method, annotation assisting device, and recording medium having annotation assisting program recorded thereonPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2020·Granted May 7, 2024·0 cites·8 claims
- 3349US9408562B2Pet medical checkup device, pet medical checkup method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing programPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 9, 2016·0 cites·9 claims
- 3446US10817751B2Learning data creation method, learning method, risk prediction method, learning data creation device, learning device, risk prediction device, and recording mediumPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 27, 2020·0 cites·24 claims
- 3544US10266260B2Remote-operated working device and control methodPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 23, 2019·0 cites·18 claims
- 3643US2006190266A1Home information appliance systemMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 3742US2018107687A1Learning data creation supporting methodPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 3840US5118470AFine copper wire for electronic instruments and method of manufacturing the sameFURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 1990·Granted Jun 2, 1992·12 cites·7 claims
- 3940US2018137628A1Image data extraction apparatus and image data extraction methodPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4040US2018040153A1Annotation method, annotation system, and recording medium storing programPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4139US10210420B2Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and recording mediumPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 19, 2019·0 cites·15 claims
- 4239US2012020521A1Object position estimation apparatus, object position estimation method, and object position estimation programYAMAGAMI KATSUYOSHI·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 4338US2018113997A1Image processing method, image processing system, recording medium storing programPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4437US9235216B2Running information generating apparatus of autonomous running apparatus, running information generating method, running information generating program, and autonomous running apparatusPANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 12, 2016·0 cites·19 claims
- 4537US8504317B2Position calibration information collecting apparatus, position calibration information collecting method, and position calibration information collecting programTANIGAWA TORU·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 6, 2013·0 cites·6 claims
- 4637US2018373943A1Computer implemented detecting method, computer implemented learning method, detecting apparatus, learning apparatus, detecting system, and recording mediumPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 4737US2019019042A1Computer implemented detecting method, computer implemented learning method, detecting apparatus, learning apparatus, detecting system, and recording mediumPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 4837US2019026558A1Learning data generation device, learning data generation method, and recording medium storing programPANASONIC IP CORP AMERICA·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 4934US4741394ARadiator for motor carsFURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD·Filed 1986·Granted May 3, 1988·5 cites·7 claims
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