Patents by Inventor Yuki OSHITA
Yuki OSHITA 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: 20230063308Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki OSHITA, Kazuho KYOU
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Patent number: 11592787Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Oshita, Kazuho Kyou
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Patent number: 11507030Abstract: A timepiece including a GPS receiver that receives a radio wave from a positioning satellite, a time counter that performs a time count operation, and a processor, the processor being configured to: corrects a time count of the time counter in accordance with time and date information included in the radio wave from the positioning satellite received by the GPS receiver; acquires a temperature in the timepiece; acquires a voltage of a battery; and controls a receive operation at the GPS receiver in accordance with the temperature and the voltage.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Oshita, Katsuhiko Obata, Akihiro Kuroha
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Patent number: 11175636Abstract: A satellite radio wave receiving device including: one or more controllers configured to: continually perform calculation of a current location based on radio waves from positioning satellites received by a receiver; determine whether an action state of the satellite radio wave receiving device detected by an action detection sensor has changed to a stop state; in response to determining that the action state of the satellite radio wave receiving device has changed to the stop state, interrupt the calculation of the current location by causing the receiver to interrupt reception of the radio waves; and cause an output device to perform an interruption notification operation for notifying that the calculation of the current location is being interrupted.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Oshita, Mototaka Minakuchi
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Patent number: 10915071Abstract: A device having: one or more processors for determining an elapsed time since a correction of a calculated date and time; estimate a degree of deviation included in the calculated date and time, based on the elapsed time; and in response to estimating the degree of deviation to be equal to or smaller than a predetermined range, execute a method by which the one or more processors: generate an expected code sequence of a code sequence to be received from a satellite; control a satellite radio wave receiver to receive the code sequence; determine whether there is a match between the expected code sequence and the code sequence; in response to determining that there is a match, obtain a present date and time information represented by the expected code sequence; and correct the calculated date and time, based on the present date and time information obtained.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Oshita, Akihiro Kuroha
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Patent number: 10852701Abstract: An electronic timepiece, including: a receiver which receives broadcast radio waves including time information; a communicator which carries out wireless communication by establishing communication connection with an external device which is set; a processor; and an operation receiving unit which receives an input operation via an operating member, wherein in a case where a predetermined input operation corresponding to a command for obtaining information regarding a present time is received via a predetermined operating member, the processor selects a first information obtaining operation by which the information is obtained from the external device which is set via the communicator or a second information obtaining operation by which the information is obtained based on the broadcast radio waves received by the receiver according to whether a setting regarding the external device exists.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Hasegawa, Yuki Oshita, Mitsuaki Matsuo, Akihiro Kuroha, Shimpei Matsuda
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Publication number: 20190294121Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki OSHITA, Kazuho KYOU
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Publication number: 20190278233Abstract: A satellite radio wave receiving device including: one or more controllers configured to: continually perform calculation of a current location based on radio waves from positioning satellites received by a receiver; determine whether an action state of the satellite radio wave receiving device detected by an action detection sensor has changed to a stop state; in response to determining that the action state of the satellite radio wave receiving device has changed to the stop state, interrupt the calculation of the current location by causing the receiver to interrupt reception of the radio waves; and cause an output device to perform an interruption notification operation for notifying that the calculation of the current location is being interrupted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki OSHITA, Mototaka MINAKUCHI
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Patent number: 10372087Abstract: A satellite radio wave receiving device includes: a receiver that receives a satellite radio wave to identify a reception signal; and a processor that acquires primary date and time information from the identified reception signal and outputs a date and time notifying signal indicating date and time based on the primary date and time information to an outside of the satellite radio wave receiving device. The date and time notifying signal includes at least a timing notifying signal indicating a predetermined timing. The processor determines the predetermined timing without consideration of a timing of a second synchronization point which is a leading edge of every second in the date and time based on the primary date and time information, and outputs the timing notifying signal at the predetermined timing.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Sekitsuka, Takeshi Matsue, Yuki Oshita
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Publication number: 20190094818Abstract: A timepiece including a GPS receiver that receives a radio wave from a positioning satellite, a time counter that performs a time count operation, and a processor, the processor being configured to: corrects a time count of the time counter in accordance with time and date information included in the radio wave from the positioning satellite received by the GPS receiver; acquires a temperature in the timepiece; acquires a voltage of a battery; and controls a receive operation at the GPS receiver in accordance with the temperature and the voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki OSHITA, Katsuhiko OBATA, Akihiro KUROHA
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Publication number: 20180335757Abstract: A device having: one or more processors for determining an elapsed time since a correction of a calculated date and time; estimate a degree of deviation included in the calculated date and time, based on the elapsed time; and in response to estimating the degree of deviation to be equal to or smaller than a predetermined range, execute a method by which the one or more processors: generate an expected code sequence of a code sequence to be received from a satellite; control a satellite radio wave receiver to receive the code sequence; determine whether there is a match between the expected code sequence and the code sequence; in response to determining that there is a match, obtain a present date and time information represented by the expected code sequence; and correct the calculated date and time, based on the present date and time information obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki OSHITA, Akihiro KUROHA
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Publication number: 20180246475Abstract: An electronic timepiece, including: a receiver which receives broadcast radio waves including time information; a communicator which carries out wireless communication by establishing communication connection with an external device which is set; a processor; and an operation receiving unit which receives an input operation via an operating member, wherein in a case where a predetermined input operation corresponding to a command for obtaining information regarding a present time is received via a predetermined operating member, the processor selects a first information obtaining operation by which the information is obtained from the external device which is set via the communicator or a second information obtaining operation by which the information is obtained based on the broadcast radio waves received by the receiver according to whether a setting regarding the external device exists.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke HASEGAWA, Yuki OSHITA, Mitsuaki MATSUO, Akihiro KUROHA, Shimpei MATSUDA
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Patent number: 10031488Abstract: A radio wave receiver includes a radio wave reception processor which receives radio waves and obtains signals transmitted from positioning satellites from the received radio waves; and a processor which sets reception start timing of the radio waves by the radio wave reception processor and controls the radio wave reception processor to start reception. The processor sets the reception start timing so that following reception conditions are satisfied: (i) a total power consumption amount of a power amount necessary for positioning and a power amount according to an obtaining upper limit time from start timing of a positioning operation by the radio wave reception processor to when the radio wave reception processor obtains signals necessary for computing a present position and the positioning operation is equal to or less than a predetermined upper limit power consumption amount, and (ii) the obtaining upper limit time is equal to or more than a predetermined reference time.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki Oshita
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Publication number: 20170269558Abstract: A satellite radio wave receiving device includes: a receiver that receives a satellite radio wave to identify a reception signal; and a processor that acquires primary date and time information from the identified reception signal and outputs a date and time notifying signal indicating date and time based on the primary date and time information to an outside of the satellite radio wave receiving device. The date and time notifying signal includes at least a timing notifying signal indicating a predetermined timing. The processor determines the predetermined timing without consideration of a timing of a second synchronization point which is a leading edge of every second in the date and time based on the primary date and time information, and outputs the timing notifying signal at the predetermined timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya SEKITSUKA, Takeshi MATSUE, Yuki OSHITA
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Publication number: 20170185050Abstract: A radio wave receiver includes a radio wave reception processor which receives radio waves and obtains signals transmitted from positioning satellites from the received radio waves; and a processor which sets reception start timing of the radio waves by the radio wave reception processor and controls the radio wave reception processor to start reception. The processor sets the reception start timing so that following reception conditions are satisfied: (i) a total power consumption amount of a power amount necessary for positioning and a power amount according to an obtaining upper limit time from start timing of a positioning operation by the radio wave reception processor to when the radio wave reception processor obtains signals necessary for computing a present position and the positioning operation is equal to or less than a predetermined upper limit power consumption amount, and (ii) the obtaining upper limit time is equal to or more than a predetermined reference time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki OSHITA
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Patent number: 9635513Abstract: A radio wave receiver includes a radio wave reception processor and a processor. The radio wave reception processor receives radio waves and obtains signals transmitted from positioning satellites. The processor sets reception start timing of the radio wave and controls the radio wave reception processor to start reception. The radio wave reception processor performs acquiring operation to acquire transmission signals from a number of positioning satellites necessary for computing a present position. After the acquiring operation, the radio wave reception processor obtains signals necessary for computing the present position from the acquired transmission signals in an obtaining time from an obtaining start timing to an obtaining end timing determined depending on a format according to the positioning satellite. The processor sets the reception start timing so that certain reception conditions are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki Oshita
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Patent number: 9501148Abstract: A portable display device includes: an acceleration sensor; an outputting section outputting a detection signal when a measurement value changes across a reference value; a calculating section calculating a duration time in which the measurement value exceeds the reference value; a judging section judging whether the movement state is due to running based on an occurrence frequency of the movement state and the duration time; a setting section setting a running state when the movement state is due to the running; a calculating section calculating a time interval between the movement states; a continuous tap judging section judging whether the movement states are due to continuous tap operations according to a judgment condition based on the duration time and time interval; and a setting range changing section setting a range of the judgment condition in the running state to be broader than that in a non-running state.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki Oshita
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Patent number: 9501045Abstract: A radio wave receiver, that receives satellite waves, includes a GPS reception processing unit configured to receive signals from a plurality of positioning satellites, acquire data necessary for positioning from the received signals, calculate a current location of the radio wave receiver, save a failure history related to acquisition of the data necessary for positioning with respect to each of the received signals, determine a reception condition of each of the received signals in accordance with the failure history, and suspend acquisition of the data necessary for positioning with respect to a signal having the reception condition determined to be at least equal to a predetermined reference level, the signal being among the signals from the plurality of positioning satellites.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki Oshita
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Publication number: 20160299476Abstract: A radio wave receiver, that receives satellite waves, includes a GPS reception processing unit configured to receive signals from a plurality of positioning satellites, acquire data necessary for positioning from the received signals, calculate a current location of the radio wave receiver, save a failure history related to acquisition of the data necessary for positioning with respect to each of the received signals, determine a reception condition of each of the received signals in accordance with the failure history, and suspend acquisition of the data necessary for positioning with respect to a signal having the reception condition determined to be at least equal to a predetermined reference level, the signal being among the signals from the plurality of positioning satellites.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki OSHITA
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Publication number: 20160277900Abstract: A radio wave receiver includes a radio wave reception processor and a processor. The radio wave reception processor receives radio waves and obtains signals transmitted from positioning satellites. The processor sets reception start timing of the radio wave and controls the radio wave reception processor to start reception. The radio wave reception processor performs acquiring operation to acquire transmission signals from a number of positioning satellites necessary for computing a present position. After the acquiring operation, the radio wave reception processor obtains signals necessary for computing the present position from the acquired transmission signals in an obtaining time from an obtaining start timing to an obtaining end timing determined depending on a format according to the positioning satellite. The processor sets the reception start timing so that certain reception conditions are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki Oshita