Casio Patents

Casio Computer Co., Ltd, manufactures electronic instruments and appliances, including watches, electronic dictionaries, calculators, label printers, electronic musical instruments, digital cameras, projectors and other office appliances.

Casio Patents by Type
  • Casio Patents Granted: Casio patents that have been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
  • Casio Patent Applications: Casio patent applications that are pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
  • Patent number: 11726555
    Abstract: An apparatus control device for controlling an apparatus including at least one processor configured to acquire external stimulation applied to the apparatus from outside of the apparatus, acquire an emotion change parameter for changing a simulated emotion of the apparatus in accordance with the acquired external stimulation, control the apparatus based on an emotion parameter of the apparatus, the emotion parameter being determined based on the emotion change parameter, and learn a variation of the emotion change parameter based on the external stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Atsumi
  • Publication number: 20230254460
    Abstract: A projector includes an optical apparatus, a control circuit board disposed above an upper side of the optical apparatus, a cooling fan disposed near a rear surface outside air inlet port in a case which lies opposite to a projection direction and having an upper surface outside air inlet port configured to let in outside air from an upper surface and a lower surface outside air inlet port configured to let in outside air from a lower surface of the case, and a heat sink provided corresponding to a discharge port of the cooling fan and connected with the optical apparatus, and a flow path resistance on a side facing the lower surface outside air inlet port is smaller than a flow path resistance on a side facing the upper surface outside air inlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei MIURA, Tomoyuki UEDA, Hirofumi FUJIKURA
  • Patent number: 11720139
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing device including: at least one processor that executes a program stored in at least one memory; and a timer that repeatedly and continuously counts a setting time. The processor acquires data indicating a battery state, judges occurrence of an event, executes processing based on data acquired in the setting time when judging that the event has not occurred between start and end of counting for one setting time, and executes at least one of a first operation of performing the processing based on data from the counting start to a stop timing based on the event occurrence and a second operation of performing the processing based on data from a start timing based on an event occurrence timing to end of counting for one setting time when judging that the event has occurred between the start and the end of the counting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Suzuki, Toshiya Sakurai, Takeshi Matsue, Masanori Ishihara, Youhei Saitoh
  • Patent number: 11717226
    Abstract: A bioinformation acquiring apparatus includes at least one processor; and a memory configured to store a program to be executed in the processor. The processor acquires bioinformation in a chronological order; derives outlier level parameters, the outlier level parameter indicating a level of inclusion of outliers of the bioinformation in pieces of bioinformation acquired within a first duration; derives correction terms based on the bioinformation after removal of the outliers of the bioinformation from pieces of bioinformation acquired within a second duration that is longer than the first duration; selects one or both of a first correction procedure and a second correction procedure based on the outlier level parameters, as a correction procedure, the first correction procedure using the correction terms, the second correction procedure involving interpolation irrelevant to the correction terms; and corrects the outliers of the bioinformation within the first duration by the selected correction procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuyasu Nakajima, Kouichi Nakagome, Takashi Yamaya, Yasushi Maeno, Akira Hamada, Shinichi Matsui
  • Publication number: 20230240559
    Abstract: An information processing method causes a computer to: execute a first event for evaluating a first activity state of a subject when the subject is performing a first activity; determine whether the subject receives the evaluation in the first event; and execute a second event for evaluating a second activity state different from the first activity state, the second activity state being an activity state of the subject when the subject is performing a second activity, at least on a condition that it is determined that the subject receives the evaluation in the first event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Reina FUKUSHIMA, Futoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11715071
    Abstract: A wrist terminal includes a communicator, timer, and at least one processor. The communicator receives a beacon ID transmitted from a beacon transmitter installed in a workplace. The timer obtains date-and-time information on a date and time at which the communicator receives the beacon ID. The processor performs a determining process and recording process. In the determining process, the processor determines whether a work status in the workplace is a work start or a work end, based on a state of the wrist terminal when the communicator receives the beacon ID. In the recording process, the processor records, in a storage, log information that includes the date-and-time information obtained by the timer and work status information on the work status determined in the determining process, the date-and-time information and the work status information being associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyasu Yamane
  • Patent number: 11714137
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first processor; a load that operates with power supplied by a rechargeable battery; and a first sensor that obtains information on an output voltage of the rechargeable battery. The first processor determines whether the rechargeable battery is in a low usage state with regard to power supply by the rechargeable battery. Based on the information obtained by the first sensor, the first processor determines a degree of decrease in the output voltage over a period of time during which the rechargeable battery is determined to be in the low usage state. Based on the determined degree of decrease, the first processor detects a deterioration of the rechargeable battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Minami
  • Patent number: 11714345
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a first light emitting device configured to emit light in a first wavelength range, a luminescent wheel comprising a luminescent light emitting area configured to emit luminescent light that is excited by the light in the first wavelength range as light in a second wavelength range, and a color wheel onto which the light in the first wavelength range and the light in the second wavelength range are shined. A filter selects a part of the wavelength from the shined light in the first wavelength range and the light in the second wavelength range. A wheel surface of the color wheel is inclined with respect to axes of the light in the first wavelength range and the light in the second wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chihaya Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20230236485
    Abstract: A first cooling apparatus includes a first heat sink having multiple first fins having a U-shaped opening and an O-shaped opening which are provide therein, a first heat receiving member configured to be brought into abutment with a heat source, and a first heat pipe which extends from one end which is connected with the heat receiving member towards the other end, and the first heat pipe has a first extending portion which extends from the one end, a bent portion which is bent from the first extending portion and at least a part of which is disposed inside the U-shaped opening, and a second extending portion which extends from the bent portion and at least a part of which is disposed inside the O-shaped opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta FUKAMI, Tomoyuki UEDA
  • Publication number: 20230236775
    Abstract: An editing method being performed by a computer according to one aspect includes executing processing of: causing a display to display an editing screen on which a layout of an object is capable of being edited; and enabling switching of a selection condition for each object on the editing screen to be brought into one of a selected state and an unselected state based on an operation by a user. The switchable selection condition may include a combination of a first selection condition for bringing an object whose own area is entirely included in a range designated by an operation of designating the range into a selected state and a second selection condition for bringing an object whose own area is at least partially included in the designated range into a selected state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi NARUSE
  • Patent number: 11703812
    Abstract: A timepiece includes a clock circuit, a signal receiver configured to receive signals including time information, a processor configured to control a changing operation of changing a current time measured by the clock circuit based on the time information obtained from the signal receiver and controls a presenting operation of whether or not the changing operation is successful. The processor controls the changing operation based on a first flag indicating whether or not the signal receiver successfully receives the time information. The processor controls the presenting operation based on a second flag indicating whether or not the changing operation is successful within a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato Hori, Shuto Oikawa
  • Patent number: 11703934
    Abstract: An exercise information acquisition equipment of the present invention is an electronic equipment which builds therein a battery, is driven with electric power of the battery and acquires information relating to an exercise that a user performs and includes a battery remaining amount acquisition device which acquires a battery remaining amount of the battery, a time information acquisition device which acquires information relating to a time taken for the exercise which is information that how long the user plans to perform the exercise and an electric power control device which controls an operation pertaining to a power consumption reduction of the electronic equipment on the basis of the battery remaining amount and the information relating to the time taken for the exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Abe
  • Patent number: 11703600
    Abstract: A satellite radio wave receiving device including: one or more processors configured to: cause a receiver to start a receiving operation of receiving radio waves from positioning satellites; perform a current position calculation to calculate a current position based on the radio waves received; calculate a positioning accuracy of the current position; decide whether or not to adopt the current position based on a number of positioning satellites from which the receiver has received radio waves and the positioning accuracy; in response to deciding to adopt the current position, cause the receiver to stop the receiving operation; and in response to deciding to not adopt the current position, cause the receiver to continue the receiving operation of receiving radio waves from the positioning satellites and repeat performance of the current position calculation to calculate current positions based on the radio waves received during the continued receiving operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsue
  • Patent number: 11704126
    Abstract: A non-transitory recording medium records a program that causes a computer to execute a process of causing a display to display, in response to one or more input operations accepted via an input device, one first mathematical expression display area including one first mathematical expression, one first graph display area associated with the one first mathematical expression display area, one first slider display area associated with the one first graph display area, one second mathematical expression display area including one second mathematical expression, one second graph display area which is associated with the one second mathematical expression display area and is an area different from the one first graph display area, and one second slider display area which is associated with the one second graph display area and is an area different from the one first slider display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230221449
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device including: a movement detection sensor; a positioning module; a processor; and a memory, wherein the processor determines whether the device is moving on the basis of a first tentative determination result obtained by determining whether the device is moving based on a value obtained from the movement detection sensor as well as a second tentative determination result obtained by determining whether the device is moving based on positional information detected by the positioning module, and, upon determining that the device is moving, stores the positional information detected by the positioning module in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuki OSHITA
  • Patent number: 11698882
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an electronic apparatus comprises: a memory storing an instruction and configured to secure therein: a key transfer memory storage area configured to store at least a numerical value transferred from the external device; an entered numeral storage area configured to store a definitive entered numeral used for an arithmetic operation; and an entered numeral input area configured to store at least a numerical value input through a key input device for display; a processor configured to, in accordance with the instruction, cause the key transfer memory storage area to store a value transferred from the external device via a communication device, and then cause the entered numeral storage area and the entered numeral input area to store the value stored in the key transfer memory storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11698654
    Abstract: To prevent an erroneous operation and improve operability, a button device and a timepiece including the button device are provided. The button device includes: a cylindrical first guide protector 11 protruding from the lateral face of a wristwatch case 1; and a first button 12 disposed in the first guide protector 11 to be slidable inward and outward of the wristwatch case 1. The first button 12 includes a first button head 13 disposed in the first guide protector 11, and a first button shaft 15 passing through a first through hole 14 of the wristwatch case 1. The first button head 13 is inclined obliquely upward relative to the lateral face of the wristwatch case 1. The first guide protector 11 protects the outer periphery of the first button head 13, and this prevents accidental and erroneous operation of the first button 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keishirou Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230215407
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument according to one aspect of the invention is configured to generate, in response to an excitation signal corresponding to a specified pitch, a first string signal to be output from one of right and left channels based on a first accumulated signal in which outputs of at least a first closed-loop circuit and a second closed-loop circuit among the first closed-loop circuit, the second closed-loop circuit and a third closed-loop circuit, which are provided to correspond to the specified pitch, are accumulated, and generate a second string signal to be output from the other channel based on a second accumulated signal in which outputs of the second closed-loop circuit and the third closed-loop circuit are accumulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Goro SAKATA
  • Publication number: 20230213847
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a light source, a light collection optical system configured to collect a pencil of light emitted from the light source using multiple lenses, a microlens array formed into a size corresponding to a collected light diameter of a pencil of light collected by the light collection optical system and caused to be incident thereon from the light collection optical system, and a display device on to which light transmitted through the microlens array to be superimposed together is incident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi OGINO
  • Patent number: 11693370
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that has a curved part at least at a part of an outer edge of the display panel. The display device also includes a bent connector that is arranged along the curved part and electrically connected to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Namiki
  • Patent number: 11691330
    Abstract: A forming apparatus is equipped with (i) a conveyance unit configured to convey a formation sheet, that expands due to irradiation with electromagnetic waves, along a conveyance path in a state in which tension for causing bending in accordance with a conveyance path that is convexly bent is applied, and (ii) an irradiation unit configured to irradiate with the electromagnetic waves the formation sheet during conveyance by the conveyance unit in the state in which the tension is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11691438
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that performs printing on a nail to which a base is applied determines an order of applying a base to the nails of a plurality of fingers by a practitioner based on practitioner information about the practitioner who applies the base to the nail, sets, based on the base application order for the nails, the print order for the nails of the plurality of fingers, and performs, based on this print order, printing on the nails of the plurality of fingers, to which the base was applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotaka Kuronuma
  • Patent number: 11694664
    Abstract: A keyboard musical instrument includes a musical instrument case including an upper case, and a lower case having a concave part provided on a lower surface and opened on an outer peripheral surface-side, and a strap pin fixing portion is arranged in the concave part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei Kobayashi, Kouji Oshima, Yuuki Nakajima, Naoto Imamura, Shingo Fukushima, Mari Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11695905
    Abstract: A signal detection device of the present invention includes a first control unit configured to determine whether there are inputs of a plurality of external signals connected thereto, a second control unit configured to be activated after the first control unit is activated, a first input unit connected directly to the first control unit and configured to input a first external signal, which is one type of the plurality of external signals, and a second input unit connected to the first control unit via the second control unit and configured to input a second external signal, which is another type of the plurality of external signals, and the first control unit determines whether there is an input of the first external signal before the second control unit is activated and determines whether there is an input of the second external signal after the second control unit is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiharu Arai
  • Patent number: 11694663
    Abstract: An effect addition device includes at least one processor that executes a time domain convolution process of convolving a first time domain data part of impulse response of sound effects with a time domain data on an original sound, a frequency domain convolution process of convoluting a second time domain data part of the impulse response data with the time domain data on the original sound, a convolution extension process of extending a convolved state(s) of an output signal(s) resulting from the time domain convolution process and/or the frequency domain convolution process by arithmetic processing which corresponds to an all-pass filter and/or arithmetic processing which corresponds to a comb filter, and a synthesized sound effect addition process of adding a sound effect which is synthesized by execution of the time domain convolution process, the frequency domain convolution process and the convolution extension process to the original sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masuo Yokota
  • Publication number: 20230205143
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a cylindrical case, a display, an annular light-transmitting parting member, an annular solar cell and an annular elastic member. At least the upper end of the case is open. The display is disposed in the case and exposed to a side where the upper end is located. The parting member is annular along the inner circumferential surface of the case. The annular solar cell is disposed under the parting member. The elastic member fixes the outer edge of the annular solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta SAITO, Sae UCHIBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11688299
    Abstract: A programming device including a shape indication section which receives at least one first user operation for indicating a shape by specifying two or more portions among a plurality of tangible portions arranged at different positions with each other in a planar direction; and a control section which generates a command list for moving a control target section along the indicated shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nagasaka, Shogo Hashimoto, Tomoharu Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Sekitsuka
  • Patent number: 11685139
    Abstract: A thermally expandable sheet includes: a first thermally expansive layer that is formed on one side of a base and contains a first thermally expandable material; and a second thermally expansive layer that is formed on the first thermally expansive layer and contains a second thermally expandable material, wherein the second thermally expandable material further contains white pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Yuji Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11685185
    Abstract: A three-dimensionally shaped object forming sheet includes: a thermally expansive layer distending at a predetermined temperature or higher; a base laminated on one side thereof with the thermally expansive layer; and a photothermal conversion layer for converting absorbed light to heat, formed on at least one side, wherein the base includes a first base and a second base that are laminated; and the first base has an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the second base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Horiuchi, Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Satoshi Mitsui, Hideki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230195508
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a memory configured to a program; and one or more processors configured to execute the program stored in the memory. The one or more processors are connected to a first circuit and a second circuit, the first circuit being configured to execute a first operation cyclically and output an interrupt signal corresponding to the first operation, the second circuit being configured to execute a second operation in response to an operation instruction. In response to receiving the interrupt signal, the one or more processors output the operation instruction to the second circuit such that the second operation is not executed in a period in which the first operation affects the second operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei KAWAGUCHI, Keiichi NOMURA, Fumiaki OCHIAI, Tatsuya SEKITSUKA
  • Publication number: 20230199352
    Abstract: A sound radiation apparatus includes a speaker, a first cover having an opening area provided to be superposed above at least a sound radiation port of the speaker and made up of multiple opening portions at a location superposed above the speaker, a second cover superposed on a front side of the first cover while surrounding the opening area of the first cover, and a saran net covering the first cover and a front side of the second cover and bonded to the second cover, wherein the second cover and the saran net are bonded together at an area on the second member excluding a portion surrounding the opening area of the first cover with a first adhesive and an area on the second cover surrounding the opening area of the first cover with a second adhesive having a higher bonding strength than that of the first adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki AKAI, Kazuo SHIMADA, Hirokatsu KATOH, Takahiro MORIYA
  • Publication number: 20230189942
    Abstract: A band including a band main body in which a catching portion with one end open is provided extending in a longitudinal direction, and a decorative member having a decorative main body which is arranged on at least an outer surface of the band main body and an engaging portion which is provided on the decorative main body and slidably caught in the catching portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaki MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20230199376
    Abstract: A rear panel 15, which is an external member, includes a frame portion 110 including multiple sound radiation holes 150 including a first sound radiation hole 160-1 and a second sound radiation hole 160-2, a first sloping portion 160b disposed in the frame portion 110 with a first sloping surface 161a oriented in a first direction 161c, the sloping surface 161a being disposed within an area of the first sound radiation hole 160-1 in such a manner as to slope from a thickness direction (a Y-axis direction) of the frame portion 110, and a second sloping portion 162b disposed in the frame portion 110 with a sloping surface 162a oriented in a second direction 162c which differs from the first direction 161c, the sloping surface 162a being disposed within an area of the second sound radiation hole 160-2 in such a manner as to slope from the thickness direction (the Y-axis direction) of the frame portion 110.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki AKAI, Hirokatsu KATOH, Takahiro MORIYA, Yoshihiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20230191269
    Abstract: A robot includes an umbrella portion capable of performing a rotational movement and an opening/closing movement of an umbrella; and a processor. The processor acquires emotion data representing a pseudo emotion in accordance with an external stimulus, and controls, based on the emotion data, at least one of the rotational movement or the opening/closing movement of the umbrella of the umbrella portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230199323
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus 5 is provided with a processing unit, the processing unit acquiring images 44 that are continuous over time, acquiring a position of a visible light source in a lit-up state in each of the continuous images 44, as a position of a movable body 3; and acquiring identification information about the movable body 3 based on a blinking pattern of invisible light of an invisible light source provided on the movable body 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230195043
    Abstract: A watch according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first pointer, a first magnetic body fixed to the first pointer, a second magnetic body arranged facing the first magnetic body, a first shaft body fixed to the second magnetic body, and a wheel train mechanism including a first rotary wheel interlocked with the first shaft body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi SUIZU
  • Publication number: 20230197045
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument includes a key base member, a first member which is disposed on either of a left and a right of the key base member, and a second member which is disposed on the other side of disposing the first member, and a length hb in an up-down direction of a portion of the first member which corresponds to a nearer side of a key differs from a length ha in the up-down direction of a portion of the second member which corresponds to the nearer side of the key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20230191810
    Abstract: A cutting mechanism for a printing apparatus, the cutting mechanism includes: a cutter including a cutting blade and a blade receiving member, the cutter being configured to cut at least part of a printing medium with the cutting blade while the blade receiving member is receiving a force from the cutting blade; and a support member provided to suppress deformation of the blade receiving member, wherein the blade receiving member is adjacent to and fixed to the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230195240
    Abstract: A processor performs processing which includes inputting a plurality of mathematical formulas in response to operations performed on operation keys, displaying a list of the plurality of inputted mathematical formulas on a display, and displaying, in different display forms, a first mathematical formula which is a mathematical formula currently being inputted and a second mathematical formula which is a mathematical formula previously inputted, when displaying the list of the plurality of mathematical formulas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi HIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20230195044
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a solar cell, a wiring board, a connector, a first circuit, a second circuit and a fixing member. The wiring board includes a feeder wiring connected to the solar cell. The connector is continuous with the wiring board and includes a feeder electrode electrically connected to the feeder wiring. The first circuit includes a first electrode and a first wiring continuous with the first electrode. The second circuit includes a second electrode and a second wiring continuous with the second electrode. The fixing member fixes the feeder electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode in a state in which the electrodes are superposed on top of one another, to electrically connect each one of the electrodes to another one or more of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta SAITO, Sae UCHIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230191778
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a print head that includes a plurality of nozzles ejecting an ink and performs printing on a print target; and at least one processor that controls an ejection operation of the print head based on ejection specification data defining ejection of the ink. At least a “first mode” and a “second mode” are provided with respect to the application of the ejection specification data, and the processor switches between the “first mode” and the “second mode” based on a set printing density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230199353
    Abstract: A rear panel of an electronic keyboard instrument has a frame portion including multiple sound radiation holes, and the frame portion has a first hole frame including a hole forming surface of the sound radiation hole and a second hole frame including a hole forming surface of the sound radiation hole which is longer in a thickness direction of the frame portion (a Y-axis direction) than the first frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki AKAI, Hirokatsu KATOH, Takahiro MORIYA, Yoshihiko SATO
  • Patent number: 11679613
    Abstract: A thermally expandable sheet includes: a first thermally expansive layer that is formed on one side of a base and contains a first thermally expandable material and a first binder, the first thermally expansive layer having a first ratio of the first thermally expandable material with respect to the first binder; and a second thermally expansive layer that is formed on the first thermally expansive layer and contains a second thermally expandable material and a second binder, the second thermally expansive layer having a second ratio of the second thermally expandable material with respect to the second binder, wherein the first ratio is lower than the second ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshimune Motoyanagi
  • Publication number: 20230188663
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a hardware processor and a printer. The hardware processor is configured to set a temporary base coat region which is a region where a base coat is to be applied, set a temporary design region which is a base design region and which includes an outer shape corresponding to a bounding polygon of the temporary base coat region, detect a base coat region of a nail where the base coat is applied, and adjust the temporary design region so that an outer shape of the temporary design region matches the outer shape of a bounding polygon of the base coat region, set a portion of the adjusted temporary design region overlapping with the base coat region as a design region, and generate design printing data. The printer prints a design on the nail based on the design printing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230186885
    Abstract: An electronic stringed instrument includes: at least one linear string member to be plucked by a user; a plurality of string support members each supporting the string member at different positions in a longitudinal direction of the string member, each of the string support members being individually deformable in accordance with a plucking of the string member by the user; a plurality of sensors that output signals indicating respective deformation states of the plurality of string support members, wherein the respective deformation states of the plurality of string support members may be different from each other depending on a way the string member is plucked; and at last one processor configured to generate a musical tone control signal based on the signals output from the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiya KUNO
  • Publication number: 20230185445
    Abstract: A matrix operation method performed by a computer includes the following, displaying on a display a matrix in which a plurality of components are arrayed; and changing an arrangement of at least one of the plurality of components in the matrix displayed on the display based on a gesture operation to the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230184960
    Abstract: A sensor device includes at least one processor configured to execute processing including: communicating with a user terminal serving as a communication device, acquiring a current position by using prediction ephemeris, acquiring the prediction ephemeris from the user terminal, storing position information indicating the current position acquired, repeating, at intervals, acquiring communication device position information indicating the position of the user terminal and updating the position information based on the communication device position information, and shortening the interval for acquiring the communication device position information when a discrepancy, between the communication device position information and the stored position information prior to being updated is larger than a prescribed reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto TODA, Ryuji SHINGYOJI, Nobuyoshi NISHIZAKA
  • Publication number: 20230186880
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic music playing control device that automatically plays chords to achieve a good music playing. The automatic music playing control device has at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor probabilistically selects any one of a plurality of timing types that defines the number of sound emissions, probabilistically selects any one of a plurality of note timing tables that defines sound emission timings, corresponding to the selected timing type, and instructs a sound source to emit a chord at a sound emission timing based on the selected note timing table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun YOSHINO, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Shingo OKANO
  • Publication number: 20230186879
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic music playing control device that provides an instruction of playing music, the control device implementing natural music playing capable of expressing the timing and voicing in live music playing of a musical instrument by a player. The automatic music playing control device includes at least one processor, and the at least one processor selects a voicing pattern corresponding to a combination of the probabilistically-selected number of sounds to be emitted and a decided voicing type corresponding to a range from among a plurality of voicing patterns based on a scale decided according to the tune and chords of a music piece and instructs a sound source to emit a chord voiced based on the selected voicing pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun YOSHINO, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Shingo OKANO
  • Patent number: D992616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO KEISANKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Miyahara, Shinobu Sugioka