Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Watanuki
Masatoshi Watanuki 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).
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Publication number: 20240054929Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication module configured to communicate with an external device having a battery capacity greater than a battery capacity of the electronic device, a display, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to control the communication module to transmit a communication start request to the external device, and in a case where the electronic device receives notification information from the external device, change an operation mode of the electronic device from a first mode to a second mode. The display performs displaying a normal operation of the electronic device in the first mode, and the display performs displaying based on the notification information in the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriyuki KITTA, Hiroyoshi OGAWA, Masatoshi WATANUKI
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Patent number: 11780098Abstract: A robot is equipped with a processor. The processor detects external appearance or audio of a living being, and by controlling the robot, causes the robot to execute an operation in accordance with liking data indicating preferences of the robot regarding external appearance or audio and the detected external appearance or audio of the living being.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTDInventor: Masatoshi Watanuki
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Publication number: 20230016899Abstract: A robot is equipped with a processor. The processor detects external appearance or audio of a living being, and by controlling the robot, causes the robot to execute an operation in accordance with liking data indicating preferences of the robot regarding external appearance or audio and the detected external appearance or audio of the living being.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventor: Masatoshi WATANUKI
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Patent number: 11485021Abstract: A robot is equipped with a processor. The processor detects external appearance or audio of a living being, and by controlling the robot, causes the robot to execute an operation in accordance with liking data indicating preferences of the robot regarding external appearance or audio and the detected external appearance or audio of the living being.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Masatoshi Watanuki
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Publication number: 20190389071Abstract: A robot is equipped with a processor. The processor detects external appearance or audio of a living being, and by controlling the robot, causes the robot to execute an operation in accordance with liking data indicating preferences of the robot regarding external appearance or audio and the detected external appearance or audio of the living being.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventor: Masatoshi WATANUKI
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Patent number: 9756463Abstract: A timer unit to counts a current date and time, a current position acquisition unit to acquire a current position, a determination unit to determine a time zone in which the acquired current position is included, and a local time acquisition unit to calculate local time corresponding to a time difference of the time zone determined by the determination unit are included. When a boundary line of the time zone is along a coastline, the determination unit changes the boundary line from the coastline to a side of a sea in a predetermined distance range and determines a time zone.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Masao Sambongi, Masatoshi Watanuki
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Publication number: 20160021501Abstract: A timer unit to counts a current date and time, a current position acquisition unit to acquire a current position, a determination unit to determine a time zone in which the acquired current position is included, and a local time acquisition unit to calculate local time corresponding to a time difference of the time zone determined by the determination unit are included. When a boundary line of the time zone is along a coastline, the determination unit changes the boundary line from the coastline to a side of a sea in a predetermined distance range and determines a time zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Masao SAMBONGI, Masatoshi WATANUKI
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Patent number: 9020255Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an emphasis map creation module configured to create an emphasis map indicating an emphasis region of image data and an emphasis level of the emphasis region, and an image processor configured to perform a first conversion of a tone of image data of the emphasis region into a first tone and a second conversion of a tone of image data of another region into a second tone, in accordance with the emphasis map created by the emphasis map creation module.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masatoshi Watanuki
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Patent number: 8761567Abstract: A moving image reproducer includes a generation section, a calculation section, a determination section, a correction section and a control section. The generation section generates an interpolation frame image interpolating between two adjacent frame images among a plurality of frame images. The calculation section sequentially calculates a progress level of a predetermined musical piece between the two adjacent frame images reproduced in synchronization with the predetermined musical piece. The determination section determines whether the progress level has varied along with a change in a tempo of the predetermined musical piece defined in the tempo information. The correction section corrects the progress level so as to reduce the variation in the progress level along with the change in the tempo if the progress level is determined to have varied. The control section controls the generation section to generate an interpolation frame image corresponding to the corrected progress level.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Watanuki, Tetsuji Makino, Masaaki Sasaki, Hyuta Tanaka, Michihiro Nihei, Katsunori Ishii
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Publication number: 20120307146Abstract: A moving image reproducer includes a generation section, a calculation section, a determination section, a correction section and a control section. The generation section generates an interpolation frame image interpolating between two adjacent frame images among a plurality of frame images. The calculation section sequentially calculates a progress level of a predetermined musical piece between the two adjacent frame images reproduced in synchronization with the predetermined musical piece. The determination section determines whether the progress level has varied along with a change in a tempo of the predetermined musical piece defined in the tempo information. The correction section corrects the progress level so as to reduce the variation in the progress level along with the change in the tempo if the progress level is determined to have varied. The control section controls the generation section to generate an interpolation frame image corresponding to the corrected progress level.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi WATANUKI, Tetsuji MAKINO, Masaaki SASAKI, Hyuta TANAKA, Michihiro NIHEI, Katsunori ISHII
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Publication number: 20120250996Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an emphasis map creation module configured to create an emphasis map indicating an emphasis region of image data and an emphasis level of the emphasis region, and an image processor configured to perform a first conversion of a tone of image data of the emphasis region into a first tone and a second conversion of a tone of image data of another region into a second tone, in accordance with the emphasis map created by the emphasis map creation module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Masatoshi WATANUKI
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Publication number: 20120237186Abstract: A moving image generating method, a moving image generating apparatus and a storage medium for generating a moving image from a still image. According to one application, a moving image generating method uses a moving image generating apparatus which stores in advance a plurality of pieces of movement information showing movements of a plurality of movable points. The method includes, an obtaining step which obtains a still image; a setting step which sets a plurality of movement control points in the still image; a frame image generating step which moves the plurality of control points based on movements of movement information and deforms the still image to generate a plurality of frame images; and a moving image generating step which generates a moving image from a plurality of frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuji MAKINO, Mitsuyasu Nakajima, Masayuki Hirohama, Akira Hamada, Yasushi Maeno, Satoru Kakegawa, Katsunori Ishii, Yoshihiro Teshima, Masatoshi Watanuki, Hyuta Tanaka, Michihiro Nihei, Masaaki Sasaki, Shinichi Matsui
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Patent number: 7839543Abstract: A computer program product executed by a computer connected with a document imager that uses an imaging section to image an original document mounted on a document bed plate on which the original document is mounted and which has a specific pattern formed on a surface thereof and outputs an image of the original document allows a CPU to execute a judging step of judging stillness of the original document mounted on the document bed plate from at least one of a discontinuity of the pattern at an outer peripheral portion in a document bed plate image obtained by the imaging section and a change in the document bed plate image.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masatoshi Watanuki
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Publication number: 20070188830Abstract: A computer program product executed by a computer connected with a document imager that uses an imaging section to image an original document mounted on a document bed plate on which the original document is mounted and which has a specific pattern formed on a surface thereof and outputs an image of the original document allows a CPU to execute a judging step of judging stillness of the original document mounted on the document bed plate from at least one of a discontinuity of the pattern at an outer peripheral portion in a document bed plate image obtained by the imaging section and a change in the document bed plate image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masatoshi Watanuki
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Patent number: 5546466Abstract: When a plurality of effects are simultaneously applied to an input audio signal, a plurality of effect-algorithms each for applying solely an effect to the input signal are stored in a memory, and a plurality of combination-algorithms or combination-data which represent combinations of the effects and orders in which effects are applied to the input audio signal are stored in the memory. When one of the combination-algorithms or the combination-data is selected, effect-algorithms included in the selected combination-algorithm or combination-data are selectively read out from the memory. A program for applying effects in a predetermined combination and order is written by CPU based on the read out effect-algorithms and combination-algorithm or combination-data. Receiving the program, DSP successively applies effects to the input audio signal in accordance with the program.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1994Date of Patent: August 13, 1996Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shiro Ishiguro, Masatoshi Watanuki, Toshiaki Kawanishi, Kohtaro Hanzawa, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Jun Yoshino
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Patent number: 5410603Abstract: When a plurality of effects are simultaneously applied to an input audio signal, a plurality of effect-algorithms each for applying solely an effect to the input signal are stored in a memory, and a plurality of combination-algorithms or combination-data which represent combinations of the effects and orders in which effects are applied to the input audio signal are stored in the memory. When one of the combination-algorithms or the combination-data is selected, effect-algorithms included in the selected combination-algorithm or combination-data are selectively read out from the memory. A program for applying effects in a predetermined combination and order is written by CPU based on the read out effect-algorithms and combination-algorithm or combination-data. Receiving the program, DSP successively applies effects to the input audio signal in accordance with the program.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1992Date of Patent: April 25, 1995Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shiro Ishiguro, Masatoshi Watanuki, Toshiaki Kawanishi, Kohtaro Hanzawa, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Jun Yoshino
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Patent number: 5298676Abstract: A plurality of groups of tone parameters different in kind required for the generation of a musical sound is stored. The tone parameters of the same kind among those tone parameters are modulated with the same sway signal generated at the same time at a desired time or at fixed intervals of time when a key concerned is depressed. The modulated parameters are either restored in the original storage region or directly delivered to a sound source. The resulting musical sound has an acoustically natural comfortable tone quality. Even if musical sounds are generated simultaneously, no sways in the respective tones of the musical sound are canceled.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1993Date of Patent: March 29, 1994Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Sasaki, Kohtaro Hanzawa, Jun Yoshino, Toshiaki Kawanishi, Masatoshi Watanuki