Patents by Inventor Kazuho KYOU

Kazuho KYOU 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: 11747484
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a radio wave receiver, a communication unit, a memory and a processor. The radio wave receiver receives radio waves from positioning satellites. The communication unit communicates with an external device. The memory stores a program and predicted positional information on the positioning satellites. Based on the program stored in the memory, the processor shifts the timepiece between a normal operation state and a power saving state in which operation of the timepiece is restricted, depending on a status of the timepiece. In response to an elapsed time from a valid period of the predicted positional information exceeding a predetermined reference time during the power saving state, the processor causes the communication unit to receive updated data of the predicted positional information and other information from the external device when shifting the timepiece from the power saving state to the normal operation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Oshita, Kazuho Kyou
  • Publication number: 20230063308
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a radio wave receiver which receives radio waves from a positioning satellite, a communicator which performs communication with an external device, a storage which stores predicted positional information of the positioning satellite acquired from a source other than the positioning satellite, and a processor configured to update the predicted positional information stored in the storage by causing the communicator to acquire the predicted positional information from the external device at or after a specified timing corresponding to an update period of the predicted positional information, the specified timing being a timing before an end of an effective period of the stored predicted positional information, and the update period being determined in advance in the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki OSHITA, Kazuho KYOU
  • Patent number: 11592787
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece including: a radio wave receiver which receives radio waves from a positioning satellite; a communicator which performs communication with an external device; a storage which stores predicted positional information of the positioning satellite acquired from other than the positioning satellite; and a processor, wherein the processor updates the predicted positional information stored in the storage by causing the communicator to acquire the predicted positional information from the external device at or after a predetermined timing corresponding to an update period of the predicted positional information before end of an effective period of the stored predicted positional information, the update period being determined in advance in the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Oshita, Kazuho Kyou
  • Patent number: 11564176
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a communicator and a processor. The communicator wirelessly communicates with another wireless communication device. The processor controls the communicator to send an advertisement to the another wireless communication device at a predetermined time interval. The advertisement includes identification information identifying the wireless communication device. The processor changes sending settings on the basis of elapsed time from a start of the sending of the identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuho Kyou
  • Patent number: 11553326
    Abstract: An electronic clock which is a communication device includes: a transceiver configured to communicate with another communication device including first software and second software; and at least one processor. The processor: controls the transceiver to perform a certain communication with the first software; and causes, after the certain communication ends, the transceiver to transmit a notification for notifying the second software of the end of the certain communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuho Kyou
  • Patent number: 11550269
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a radio wave receiver, a communication unit, a memory and a processor. The radio wave receiver receives radio waves from positioning satellites. The communication unit communicates with an external device. The memory stores a program and predicted positional information on the positioning satellites. Based on the program stored in the memory, in response to a predetermined condition for an elapsed time from a valid period of the stored predicted positional information being satisfied, the processor causes the communication unit to receive predicted positional information with other information from the external device when the communication unit receives the other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Oshita, Kazuho Kyou
  • Patent number: 11368923
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless communicator configured to perform wireless communication with another wireless communication apparatus, and a processor. The processor controls the wireless communicator to transmit to the other wireless communication apparatus prescribed information while incrementally changing transmission power by a prescribed degree until a change occurs in a signal reception state of a connection request from the other wireless communication apparatus, and starts transmission of the prescribed information to the other wireless communication apparatus during a next communication onwards at a transmission power based on a transmission power occurring when the change occurs in the signal reception state of the connection request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuho Kyou, Sadao Nagashima, Hiroshi Iwamiya, Toshihiro Takahashi, Takahiro Tomida, Tsutomu Terazaki, Ryo Okumura
  • Patent number: 11249445
    Abstract: An electronic device is communicatively connected to an electronic terminal configured to display an output value of a sensor. The electronic device includes a storage unit and a processor. The storage unit is stores a first city to be set in the electronic terminal. The processor fixes or changes a display-unit of the output value of the sensor to be displayed on the electronic terminal, based on the first city and a display language set in an OS of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuho Kyou
  • Patent number: 11228894
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes (i) a wireless communicator capable of broadcasting an extended advertising packet having a large transmittable capacity and a compatible advertising packet having a transmittable capacity smaller than the extended advertising packet, and (ii) a processor. The wireless communicator periodically broadcasts the extended advertising packet based on a command from the processor. The processor sets offset information for acquiring of a time at which the extended advertising packet is receivable in an offset notification packet that is the compatible advertising packet, and broadcasts the offset notification packet via the wireless communicator. The offset information is set based on a transmission timing of the offset notification packet and a transmission timing of the extended advertising packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuho Kyou, Sadao Nagashima, Hiroshi Iwamiya, Tsutomu Terazaki, Toshihiro Takahashi, Takahiro Tomida
  • Patent number: 11222332
    Abstract: An electronic terminal capable of using a function of payment includes a wearing detector, a communicator, and a processor. The wearing detector detects whether the electronic terminal is worn by a user. The communicator communicates with a wireless communication apparatus via near field communication. The processor changes, based on information that is obtained by the wearing detector and the communicator, whether to enable or disable use of the function of payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuho Kyou, Sadao Nagashima, Hiroshi Iwamiya, Toshihiro Takahashi, Takahiro Tomida, Tsutomu Terazaki, Ryo Okumura
  • Publication number: 20210274335
    Abstract: An electronic clock which is a communication device includes: a transceiver configured to communicate with another communication device including first software and second software; and at least one processor. The processor: controls the transceiver to perform a certain communication with the first software; and causes, after the certain communication ends, the transceiver to transmit a notification for notifying the second software of the end of the certain communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuho KYOU
  • Publication number: 20210263480
    Abstract: Time is appropriately corrected without needlessly consuming power. In step S101 and step S102, a CPU of an electronic timepiece determines whether to correct a time measured by a timekeeping circuit. Then, when a determination is made to correct the time measured by the timekeeping circuit, in step S111 and step S112, the time measured by the timekeeping circuit is corrected on the basis of time information held by a wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuho KYOU
  • Publication number: 20200319604
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a radio wave receiver, a communication unit, a memory and a processor. The radio wave receiver receives radio waves from positioning satellites. The communication unit communicates with an external device. The memory stores a program and predicted positional information on the positioning satellites. Based on the program stored in the memory, in response to a predetermined condition for an elapsed time from a valid period of the stored predicted positional information being satisfied, the processor causes the communication unit to receive predicted positional information with other information from the external device when the communication unit receives the other information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki OSHITA, Kazuho KYOU
  • Publication number: 20200319348
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a radio wave receiver, a communication unit, a memory and a processor. The radio wave receiver receives radio waves from positioning satellites. The communication unit communicates with an external device. The memory stores a program and predicted positional information on the positioning satellites. Based on the program stored in the memory, the processor shifts the timepiece between a normal operation state and a power saving state in which operation of the timepiece is restricted, depending on a status of the timepiece. In response to an elapsed time from a valid period of the predicted positional information exceeding a predetermined reference time during the power saving state, the processor causes the communication unit to receive updated data of the predicted positional information and other information from the external device when shifting the timepiece from the power saving state to the normal operation state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki OSHITA, Kazuho KYOU
  • Patent number: 10686915
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a device includes a transmitter and receiver that transmits and receives communication packets to and from other device, a memory that stores one or more reference information which present a function for data request and a function for data communication which a service comprises, one or more predetermined data relating to the functions, and one or more distinguishing information for distinguishing the predetermined data, and a processor. The processor generates a packet which includes the reference information associated with the function for data communication, the predetermined data, and the distinguishing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuho Kyou
  • Publication number: 20200107273
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless communicator configured to perform wireless communication with another wireless communication apparatus, and a processor. The processor controls the wireless communicator to transmit to the other wireless communication apparatus prescribed information while incrementally changing transmission power by a prescribed degree until a change occurs in a signal reception state of a connection request from the other wireless communication apparatus, and starts transmission of the prescribed information to the other wireless communication apparatus during a next communication onwards at a transmission power based on a transmission power occurring when the change occurs in the signal reception state of the connection request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuho KYOU, Sadao NAGASHIMA, Hiroshi IWAMIYA, Toshihiro TAKAHASHI, Takahiro TOMIDA, Tsutomu TERAZAKI, Ryo OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20200107179
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes (i) a wireless communicator capable of broadcasting an extended advertising packet having a large transmittable capacity and a compatible advertising packet having a transmittable capacity smaller than the extended advertising packet, and (ii) a processor. The wireless communicator periodically broadcasts the extended advertising packet based on a command from the processor. The processor sets offset information for acquiring of a time at which the extended advertising packet is receivable in an offset notification packet that is the compatible advertising packet, and broadcasts the offset notification packet via the wireless communicator. The offset information is set based on a transmission timing of the offset notification packet and a transmission timing of the extended advertising packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuho KYOU, Sadao NAGASHIMA, Hiroshi IWAMIYA, Tsutomu TERAZAKI, Toshihiro TAKAHASHI, Takahiro TOMIDA
  • Patent number: 10512110
    Abstract: In a pairing establishment process, a controller (220) of a central (200) notifies a peripheral of the application identification information on the central (200). The controller (220) of the central (200) stores the device identification information on the peripheral received therefrom in a ROM (240). The application identification information is information to identify an application (that is, software) owned by the central (200). The application is to perform various communications with the peripheral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuho Kyou
  • Patent number: 10511949
    Abstract: The electronic watch of an embodiment includes a receiver that receives data from a smart phone, a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the electronic watch, a memory that stores rewriting target data, and a processor. The processor determines whether the rewriting target data stored in the memory is rewritable with data expected to be received from the smartphone based on the temperature of the electronic watch detected by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuho Kyou
  • Patent number: 10484293
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a device includes a transmitter and receiver that transmits and receives communication packets to and from other device, and a processor. The processor receives a packet containing first information indicating a structure type of data from the other device via the transmitter and receiver and communicates data corresponding to the first information with the other device via the transmitter and receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuho Kyou, Makoto Nakagawa, Hiroshi Iwamiya, Tsutomu Terazaki, Takahiro Tomida, Ryo Okumura, Toshihiro Takahashi