Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Nagareda

Hirofumi Nagareda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11500335
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a first display section including a first rotatable part and a processor. In the first display section, a predetermined number of display contents being a same display content is simultaneously displayed at predetermined angle intervals in a rotation angle range of the first rotatable part, wherein the predetermined number is two or more. The first display section makes a display pattern that shows change in the display content appear the predetermined number of times cyclically according to rotation of the first rotatable part. When causing the first display section to display a first display content of first display contents included in the display pattern, the processor selects an angular position from angular positions for the first display content in the predetermined number of display patterns, and causes the first rotatable part to rotate to the selected angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Maruyama, Kosuke Hasegawa, Noriyuki Kitta, Hirofumi Nagareda
  • Patent number: 11397411
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a timer that clocks a current time, a receiver that receives radio waves, a switch that receives an operation from a user, and a processor. The processor acquires, in accordance with the operation received by the switch, a determination result indicating whether the radio waves are receivable by the receiver, and selects and executes one of a first processing and at least one second processing that differs from the first processing. The first processing is processing to correct the current time clocked by the timer on the basis of the radio waves received by the receiver. The processor does not select the first processing when the determination results indicate that the radio waves are not receivable by the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Nagareda
  • Patent number: 11385600
    Abstract: A timer measurement device includes a signal output unit, an operation input unit and a processor. The processor stores ordered time settings including at least respective timer values. When an elapsed time that is measured by using a clock signal output by the signal output unit reaches a timer value of a time setting selected from the time settings, the processor resets the elapsed time, and switches the selected time setting to a next time setting among the ordered time settings. If the operation input unit receives a predetermined change command during, the measurement of the elapsed time for the timer value of the selected time setting, the processor performs, in response to the change command, a change processing which changes a remaining time with respect to the elapsed time for the timer value of the selected time setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nagareda, Shigeki Hisada
  • Patent number: 11071888
    Abstract: A smartphone including a near-field communication circuit capable of performing communication with an electronic terminal; a GPS positioning unit which makes a positional measurement; and a CPU. The electronic terminal includes an acceleration sensor used to count a number of steps and measure an intensity of exercise of a user. The near-field communication circuit receives, from the electronic terminal, an exercise log indicative of the number of steps of the user. The CPU displays, on a touch panel display, a route log positioned by the GPS positioning unit and the exercise log in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Hisada, Hirofumi Nagareda
  • Patent number: 10841414
    Abstract: An information terminal is used with a wrist information device. The information terminal includes a position measurement module, communication circuit, a memory, and a processor. The position measurement module obtains position information. The communication circuit communicates with the wrist information device. The processor obtains information about an operation of a clock function input into the wrist information device during establishment of connection of the communication, obtains the position information from the position measurement module, and stores, in the memory, the position information and the information about the operation of the clock function in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Nagareda
  • Patent number: 10691076
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes indicators, an operation receiving unit, a timing unit and a processor. The operation receiving unit receives an operation performed by a user. The timing unit counts a date and time at present. The processor carries out operation control of the indicators and obtains a local time setting based on a time difference between a predetermined standard time and a local time at a target position. The processor makes at least apart of the indicators display the local time in accordance with the operation received by the operation receiving unit and obtains the local time setting based on a difference between the displayed local time and the date and time counted by the timing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaomi Yonekura, Tadashi Kojima, Takayasu Akagi, Shinji Saito, Hirofumi Nagareda, Hirohisa Maruyama, Junichi Izumi
  • Publication number: 20200106873
    Abstract: An information terminal is used with a wrist information device. The information terminal includes a position measurement module, communication circuit, a memory, and a processor. The position measurement module obtains position information. The communication circuit communicates with the wrist information device. The processor obtains information about an operation of a clock function input into the wrist information device during establishment of connection of the communication, obtains the position information from the position measurement module, and stores, in the memory, the position information and the information about the operation of the clock function in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirofumi NAGAREDA
  • Patent number: 10509371
    Abstract: A smartphone includes a receiver, a log acquirer, a determiner, an information notifier, and a display. The receiver is in wireless communication with a time display device. The log acquirer acquires log data from the time display device by the receiver. The determiner determines the usage status of the time display device on the basis of the log data acquired by the log acquirer. The information notifier provides, via the display, notification of information corresponding to the usage status determined by the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hanada, Katsuhiko Obata, Mitsuaki Matsuo, Hirofumi Nagareda, Tadashi Kojima, Oh Takahashi, Toyokazu Nishio
  • Publication number: 20190240537
    Abstract: A smartphone includes: a near-field communication unit capable of performing communication with an electronic terminal including an acceleration sensor used to count the number of steps and measure the intensity of exercise of a user; a GPS positioning unit which makes a positional measurement; and a CPU. The electronic terminal includes the acceleration sensor used to count the number of steps and measure the intensity of exercise of the user. The near-field communication unit receives, from the electronic terminal, an exercise log indicative of the number of steps of the user. The CPU displays, on a touch panel display, a route log positioned by the GPS positioning unit and the exercise log in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki HISADA, Hirofumi NAGAREDA
  • Publication number: 20190243310
    Abstract: A timer measurement device includes a signal output unit, an operation input unit and a processor. The processor stores ordered time settings including at least respective timer values. When an elapsed time that is measured by using a clock signal output by the signal output unit reaches a timer value of a time setting selected from the time settings, the processor resets the elapsed time, and switches the selected time setting to a next time setting among the ordered time settings. If the operation input unit receives a predetermined change command during, the measurement of the elapsed time for the timer value of the selected time setting, the processor performs, in response to the change command, a change processing which changes a remaining time with respect to the elapsed time for the timer value of the selected time setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAGAREDA, Shigeki HISADA
  • Publication number: 20190079461
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a first display section including a first rotatable part and a processor. In the first display section, a predetermined number of display contents being a same display content is simultaneously displayed at predetermined angle intervals in a rotation angle range of the first rotatable part, wherein the predetermined number is two or more. The first display section makes a display pattern that shows change in the display content appear the predetermined number of times cyclically according to rotation of the first rotatable part. When causing the first display section to display a first display content of first display contents included in the display pattern, the processor selects an angular position from angular positions for the first display content in the predetermined number of display patterns, and causes the first rotatable part to rotate to the selected angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohisa MARUYAMA, Kosuke HASEGAWA, Noriyuki KITTA, Hirofumi NAGAREDA
  • Publication number: 20190072914
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a timer that clocks a current time, a receiver that receives radio waves, a switch that receives an operation from a user, and a processor. The processor acquires, in accordance with the operation received by the switch, a determination result indicating whether the radio waves are receivable by the receiver, and selects and executes one of a first processing and at least one second processing that differs from the first processing. The first processing is processing to correct the current time clocked by the timer on the basis of the radio waves received by the receiver. The processor does not select the first processing when the determination results indicate that the radio waves are not receivable by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirofumi NAGAREDA
  • Publication number: 20180275614
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes indicators, an operation receiving unit, a timing unit and a processor. The operation receiving unit receives an operation performed by a user. The timing unit counts a date and time at present. The processor carries out operation control of the indicators and obtains a local time setting based on a time difference between a predetermined standard time and a local time at a target position. The processor makes at least apart of the indicators display the local time in accordance with the operation received by the operation receiving unit and obtains the local time setting based on a difference between the displayed local time and the date and time counted by the timing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaomi YONEKURA, Tadashi KOJIMA, Takayasu AKAGI, Shinji SAITO, Hirofumi NAGAREDA, Hirohisa MARUYAMA, Junichi IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20180246473
    Abstract: A smartphone includes a receiver, a log acquirer, a determiner, an information notifier, and a display. The receiver is in wireless communication with a time display device. The log acquirer acquires log data from the time display device by the receiver. The determiner determines the usage status of the time display device on the basis of the log data acquired by the log acquirer. The information notifier provides, via the display, notification of information corresponding to the usage status determined by the determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi HANADA, Katsuhiko OBATA, Mitsuaki MATSUO, Hirofumi NAGAREDA, Tadashi KOJIMA, Oh TAKAHASHI, Toyokazu NISHIO
  • Patent number: 10054910
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a timer unit, a timepiece-side communication unit, a timepiece-side daylight saving time information storage unit and a processor. The timer unit counts local time at a current position. The timepiece-side communication unit communicates with an external device. The timepiece-side daylight saving time information storage unit stores daylight saving time implementation information therein at least at the current position. The processor corrects the local time in correspondence to an implementation situation of daylight saving time at the current position, based on the daylight saving time implementation information, acquires update information of the daylight saving time implementation information from the external device through the timepiece-side communication unit and reflects the acquired update information in the daylight saving time implementation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Nagareda
  • Patent number: 10007236
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes indicators, an operation receiving unit, a timing unit and a processor. The operation receiving unit receives an operation performed by a user. The timing unit counts a date and time at present. The processor carries out operation control of the indicators and obtains a local time setting based on a time difference between a predetermined standard time and a local time at a target position. The processor makes at least a part of the indicators display the local time in accordance with the operation received by the operation receiving unit and obtains the local time setting based on a difference between the displayed local time and the date and time counted by the timing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaomi Yonekura, Tadashi Kojima, Takayasu Akagi, Shinji Saito, Hirofumi Nagareda, Hirohisa Maruyama, Junichi Izumi
  • Publication number: 20170060098
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes indicators, an operation receiving unit, a timing unit and a processor. The operation receiving unit receives an operation performed by a user. The timing unit counts a date and time at present. The processor carries out operation control of the indicators and obtains a local time setting based on a time difference between a predetermined standard time and a local time at a target position. The processor makes at least a part of the indicators display the local time in accordance with the operation received by the operation receiving unit and obtains the local time setting based on a difference between the displayed local time and the date and time counted by the timing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaomi YONEKURA, Tadashi KOJIMA, Takayasu AKAGI, Shinji SAITO, Hirofumi NAGAREDA, Hirohisa MARUYAMA, Junichi IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20160246264
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a timer unit, a timepiece-side communication unit, a timepiece-side daylight saving time information storage unit and a processor. The timer unit counts local time at a current position. The timepiece-side communication unit communicates with an external device. The timepiece-side daylight saving time information storage unit stores daylight saving time implementation information therein at least at the current position. The processor corrects the local time in correspondence to an implementation situation of daylight saving time at the current position, based on the daylight saving time implementation information, acquires update information of the daylight saving time implementation information from the external device through the timepiece-side communication unit and reflects the acquired update information in the daylight saving time implementation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirofumi NAGAREDA
  • Patent number: 9022643
    Abstract: Disclosed is an analog electronic timepiece including a first pointer which rotates freely with respect to a dial, a driving control unit which controls rotation of the first pointer, and an operation unit which receives an input operation performed by a user. In the analog electronic timepiece, the driving control unit includes an intermittent fast forwarding unit which performs a fast forwarding operation with temporary stops, where the rotation of the first pointer is stopped for a predetermined time period every time the first pointer is rotated by being fast forward for a predetermined number of steps according to a predetermined starting operation performed on the operation unit, the predetermined number of steps being 2 or more steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nagareda, Mitsuaki Matsuo, Noriyuki Kitta
  • Patent number: 8937851
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes: a radio-wave receiving unit; a time acquiring unit that acquires time information and daylight-saving-time implementation information; a storage unit that stores predetermined information associated with a time in a preset area; and a calculation unit that calculates a current time in the preset area, wherein the predetermined information includes daylight-saving-time setting information; and when the time of switching to/from daylight saving time comes during a radio-wave reception process, the calculation unit determines whether a first or second condition is satisfied, wherein the first condition is that radio-wave reception has failed; and the second condition is that the daylight-saving-time implementation information is information provided before the time of switching; and when the first or second condition is satisfied, the calculation unit switches the time to calculate current time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Matsuo, Hirofumi Nagareda