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).
  • Publication number: 20230351991
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument includes a key including a key base including a top surface and a top surface support portion provided as to be suspended perpendicularly from a lower surface of the top surface, and an attachment configured to be disposed on a side surface of the top surface support portion. The top surface support portion includes a thick portion of a first thickness which is a thickness defined in a key alignment direction and a thin portion of a second thickness which is thinner than the first thickness in different positions along a longitudinal direction of the key base. A contact area with the attachment at the thick portion is larger than a contact area of the thin portion with the attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230351983
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument includes a key which includes a weight, and a key base including a top plate and at least one rib configured to fix the weight by holding the weight from below in such a state that the weight is kept in abutment with a lower surface of the top plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi SHIRAISHI, Hirokazu TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11800989
    Abstract: An electronic device acquires pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave of a first portion of a body and pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave of a second portion of the body, based on video information of the body in each of a first video and a second video obtained by imaging the body. The device further acquires, based on a relationship between the pulse wave information of the first portion and the pulse wave information of the second portion acquired from the first video, and a relationship between the pulse wave information of the first portion and the pulse wave information of the second portion acquired from the second video, a measurement result indicating a degree of change in blood flow from when imaging the first video to when imaging the second video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tomida, Toshihiko Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11801659
    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 second ratio is lower than the first ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Yuji Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11803160
    Abstract: There is provided a solar panel including: solar cells each of which is formed in a belt-shape extending in a predetermined direction on a plate-shaped surface and which are disposed in rows in a cell-width direction; a partition area that divides the solar cells from each other; and a connecting part that connects adjoining solar cells among the solar cells electrically in series at respective ends in the extending direction. The solar cells have, across at least two of the solar cells, a transparent power generation area in which a power generation area and a transparent area are alternately disposed in the extending direction. The transparent power generation area extends over an entire cell width of at least one of the solar cells, and the connecting part is disposed at each of opposite ends in the extending direction of the at least one solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuta Saito
  • Publication number: 20230342013
    Abstract: An information processing method includes determining a type of a selected character, among a plurality of characters included in a displayed mathematical expression, that is selection-operated by a user; identifying, based on the determined type of the selected character, an associated character, among the plurality of characters, that is associated with the character that is selection-operated; and setting, a range including the selected character and the associated character among the plurality of characters as a selection range of the character selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoya MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11796965
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes the following. A protecting plate is formed of a material which transmits light. A light transmitting plate is positioned below the protecting plate and is positioned in contact with the protecting plate. A display is provided below the light transmitting plate and includes a display region which can be viewed from outside. An air layer is positioned between the light transmitting plate and the display. A light reflection prevention layer is provided on at least one of a surface of the light transmitting plate facing the air layer and a surface of the display facing the air layer. The protecting plate, the light transmitting plate, the display, the air layer, and the light reflection prevention layer are layered in a thickness direction of the protecting plate. A region in the protecting plate overlapped with the display region of the display includes a window with which waterproof inspection is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eiji Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 11799042
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solar panel being divided into a plurality of cells and including: a light transmissive power generation region which is a central region in a diameter direction of a ring-shaped member and in which extending thin line power generators are arranged in parallel in a direction substantially orthogonal to the extending direction; and a periphery power generation region which is a periphery region of the light transmissive power generation region and in which a part of the cells is arranged along a circumferential direction. The cells include a composite cell including at least a part of the periphery power generation region and at least a part of the light transmissive power generation region. A first cell and a second cell different from the first cell are respectively arranged on one end side and on the other end side in the diameter direction of the ring-shaped member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Saito, Takashi Sano
  • Patent number: 11796685
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a GPS unit, a GPS information acquisition unit, a sensor information acquisition unit, and a reception condition determination unit. The GPS unit receives a radio wave from at least one of a plurality of positioning satellites. The GPS information acquisition unit acquires ephemeris information by the GPS unit and acquires satellite arrangement information of each of the plurality of positioning satellites acquiring the ephemeris information. The sensor information acquisition unit acquires geographical condition information of a current location at which the electronic device is present. The reception condition determination unit identifies the number of positioning satellites that the receiving unit can capture at the current location among the plurality of positioning satellites acquiring the ephemeris information based on the geographical condition information of the current location and the satellite arrangement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoto Toda
  • Patent number: 11800237
    Abstract: An imaging device that images a disease site as a subject includes a camera body, a light unit that is provided in the camera body and includes a first light source and a second light source that have different characteristics, and a filter unit that includes at least one independent filter capable of being positioned on and retracted from an optical axis of the camera body. The imaging device performs continuous imaging by imaging in a state in which the subject is illuminated with light from the first light source and, via a first mode, the filter is positioned on or retracted from the optical axis and, thereafter, imaging in a state in which the subject is illuminated with light from the second light source and, via a second mode that differs from the first mode, the filter is positioned on or retracted from the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Houjou, Nobuhiro Aoki, Shigeki Mineo
  • Publication number: 20230333654
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus to be worn on a wrist of a user includes a first pulse sensor, a second pulse sensor, and a processor. The second pulse sensor is provided at a different position from the first pulse sensor in a direction from an arm to a fingertip when the user wears the electronic apparatus. The processor determines whether the electronic apparatus is worn on a right wrist or on a left wrist based on a difference between a timing at which the first pulse sensor detects a predetermined pulse and a timing at which the second pulse sensor detects the pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji IMAI
  • Publication number: 20230333733
    Abstract: A soft keyboard display method performed by a processor of a server having a communication function with a first information terminal that is used by a first user, the soft keyboard display method includes a processor performing obtaining first user information about the first user, and adjusting an aspect of a soft keyboard to be displayed on the first information terminal, based on the first user information about the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gou KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230329570
    Abstract: An electronic device includes at least one processor to execute processing including: acquiring first pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave from first video obtained by imaging at least a part of a body and acquiring second pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave from second video obtained by imaging a part of the body or a part corresponding to the part of body; acquiring, from the first and second pulse wave information, a baseline as an average value of the pulse wave and a pulse wave amplitude as an average amplitude of the pulse wave in a predetermined period of time, and deriving a baseline change rate indicating a change and a pulse wave amplitude change rate indicating a change in pulse wave amplitude; and determining a blood circulation state based on a relation of the baseline change rate and the pulse wave amplitude change rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOMIDA, Toshihiko OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20230335082
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument stand for a keyboard instrument set includes a leg portion configured to support a keyboard instrument, a pedal device, and a pedal frame configured to fix the pedal device of which at least a part is disposed further backwards than a backmost end portion in a short direction of the keyboard instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki NAGATSUMA, Hirokatsu KATOH, Takahiro MORIYA
  • Publication number: 20230335093
    Abstract: A pedal device has a pedal case including an opening portion, a base member on which the pedal case is provided, a pedal projecting outwards of the pedal case via the opening portion and provided rotatably by a rotational shaft supported by a bearing portion provided on the base member, and a pedal leg portion provided on the base member, including a setting member provided in such a manner as to be brought into abutment with a setting surface, and projecting outwards of the pedal case on a side where the pedal projects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi IKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230335092
    Abstract: A pedal device includes a pedal case including an opening portion, a pedal projecting outwards of the pedal case via the opening portion and provided rotatably, and a restricting portion including a first restricting surface which inclines along a downward gradient from a proximal end side towards a distal end side of the pedal on a side of the pedal case where the opening portion is formed and of which at least a part is provided on an upper surface of the pedal inside the pedal case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi IKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230335083
    Abstract: A pedal device includes a base plate, a pedal supported rotatably, a rotary volume comprising a rotational shaft configured to rotate in association with the pedal, and an engagement member configured to be brought into engagement with a non-rotational portion provided around the rotational shaft of the rotary volume and with the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi IKEMOTO
  • Patent number: 11786831
    Abstract: A robot includes a body contactable with a placement surface, a head, at least one actuator, and at least one processor. The head is contactable with the placement surface, and is coupled to a front end of the body so as to be rotatable about a first rotational axis extending in a front-rear direction of the body and rotatable about a second rotational axis extending in a width direction of the body. The at least one actuator turns the head by causing the head to make a turn about the first rotational axis and a turn about the second rotational axis independently of each other. The at least one processor repeats a first turn control scheme and a second turn control scheme in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Atsumi, Miyuki Urano
  • Patent number: 11789409
    Abstract: An example case includes a case main body having a first insertion hole; a first exterior case having a second insertion hole coaxially corresponding to the first insertion hole and arranged on an upper part of the case main body; and a fastening member having a fixing portion to be fixed in the first insertion hole and a fitting portion to be fitted into the second insertion hole, the fitting portion being fitted into the second insertion hole while deforming a portion of the fitting portion to be fitted into the second insertion hole, wherein the fixing portion of the fastening member fixed in the first insertion hole includes a press fitting portion press-fitted into the first insertion hole, and wherein the press fitting portion of the fastening member includes a biting portion which bites into an inner circumferential surface of the first insertion hole of the case main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryosuke Hata
  • Patent number: 11789348
    Abstract: A phosphor member has a phosphor body configured to absorb excitation light to thereby emit first fluorescent light including a first wavelength component and a second wavelength component having a wavelength shorter than a wavelength of the first wavelength component, and a filter configured to transmit the first wavelength component as light source light and reflect the second wavelength component towards the phosphor body as second excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11789567
    Abstract: A detection apparatus includes at least one processing unit, a light guide optical system configured to focus projected light to a spatial image forming plane to form an image thereon, and a sensor configured to shine a laser beam over a set scanning range to detect an entry depth of a target object in a direction orthogonal to the spatial image forming plane and an entry position of the target object on the spatial image forming plane, and the processing unit executes an operation associated with the entry position when the entry depth of the target object reaches a set depth. A display mode of a pointer image is displayed as superimposed on the spatial image forming plane is caused to change step by step in accordance with the entry depth of the target object in a direction orthogonal to the image forming plane which is detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hara, Tetsuro Narikawa, Kazuyasu Fukano, Masaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11786027
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least one processor which detects color information on a region which is not coated with base and a base coated region which is coated with the base from an image of a nail, sets, in a relation between the base coated region and a desired design, a region which overlaps with the design in the base coated region as a design printing region in which the design is to be printed, sets a region which does not overlap with the design printing region in the base coated region as a nail color coating region which is to be coated with a nail color which is based on color information on the nail and thereby generates print data and a print head which performs printing on the nail in accordance with the print data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Nagao
  • Publication number: 20230327471
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a connector to be connected to an external apparatus, a second measurer which measures current flowing through a secondary battery, the secondary battery being supplied with power by being electrically connected to the external apparatus, or voltage at the connector, and a controller which acquires a charging state of the secondary battery and determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred to a connection state between the external apparatus and the electronic apparatus, based on the acquired charging state and a measurement result measured by the second measurer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo SUZUKI, Masanori ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230326438
    Abstract: A communication device for an electronic musical instrument, comprising: an antenna for transmitting and receiving a radio signal of MIDI data and receiving a radio signal of audio data; a radio communication module for mutually converting the MIDI data and the radio signal of MIDI data and converting the radio signal of audio data into the audio data; a control device for mutually converting the MIDI data and a signal for a certain interface and converting the audio data into the signal for the certain interface; and a connector for transmitting and receiving the MIDI data as the signal for the certain interface to and from the electronic musical instrument and transmitting the audio data as the signal for the certain interface to the electronic musical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi SUMI, Takumi YOSHIDA, Tomoyuki KAGAWA, Toru WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230326437
    Abstract: An electronic equipment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a reception circuit that receives a musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) message, time stamp information regarding an execution timing of the MIDI message, and offset information regarding buffering of the MIDI message; and a processor that controls the execution timing of the MIDI message according to the time stamp information on a basis of the offset information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fuminori SANO, Jun SATO, Hiroki KANNO
  • Publication number: 20230328392
    Abstract: In “normal” image capturing, a focal position of an imaging lens group with respect to a photographic subject irradiated with light by a light source is specified as an imaging focal position. In “green” image capturing, a focal position of the imaging lens group with respect to the subject irradiated with green light by a light source is identified. When the focal position for “green” image capturing is within a first range, this focal position is specified as an imaging focal position. When this focal position is not within the first range, an imaging focal position for “green” image capturing is specified based on the focal position for the “normal” image capturing, and the subject which is being irradiated with green light is photographed by an image sensor with the focus lens being set at the imaging focal position for “green” image capturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenzo SASHIDA
  • Patent number: 11785286
    Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus which includes an input device having a plurality of video signal terminals including a digital video signal terminal, a display configured to display an input signal which is input from the input device, and a controller configured to set a search time of a digital video signal in accordance with presence or absence of power supply to a power supply terminal of the digital video signal terminal, and a connection status in a case in which the power supply is present, and configured to execute a search of the digital video signal in the search time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Makino
  • Patent number: 11783468
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one processor executing the following processing including: image acquiring processing that acquires an image of an object in which a plurality of subjects, which are individually identifiable, are provided in a predetermined direction, the image including at least two subjects among the plurality of subjects; identifying processing that generates an information image including a feature amount of each of the subjects included in the image acquired in the image acquiring processing, and identifies each of the subjects by comparing with an information image stored in advance in memory; and output control processing that measures a distance between the subjects, each identified in the identifying processing, and controls to output a measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Muneyuki Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11783497
    Abstract: A position measuring device comprising includes an imager, and at least one processor configured to execute a program stored in a memory. The at least one processor detects, from an imaging range of a picture image acquired by the imager, a light-emitter image of a first light emitter that is capable of movement in a space and emits light corresponding to identification information of the first light emitter in the space, and acquires a three-dimensional position of the first light emitter in the space based on a position of the detected light-emitter image of the first light emitter in the picture image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11785693
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a first light source for first light, a second light source for second light differing from the first light, a display device for performing a gradation control on the first light and the second light which are emitted in a time dividing fashion in corresponding gradation control periods to thereby form image light, and a processor configured to control a first dimming mode for adjusting a quantity of light of the first light source in the gradation control periods of the first light and the second light and a second dimming mode for adjusting the quantity of light of the first light source by performing a turn-off control in at least a partial period of the gradation control period of the first light and adjusting the quantity of light of the first light source in the gradation control period of the second light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11780098
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD
    Inventor: Masatoshi Watanuki
  • Publication number: 20230314915
    Abstract: An imaging device cover includes a cover member including at least a partial region that transmits incident light, and a first adhesive layer provided on a cover peripheral portion that is a peripheral portion of the cover member. While covering an object cover that guides reflected light from a target to a lens of an imaging device, the cover member is peelably attached to the imaging device including the object cover via the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu HOUJOU, Tohru YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230318238
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an attaching member including a first attaching member having a first male portion protruding in a first direction from an outer circumference of the first attaching member, and a second attaching member having a first female portion corresponding to the first male portion, and an attached member to which the attaching member is attached. The attaching member includes either one of a second male portion extending in a second direction different from the first direction and a second female portion corresponding to the second male portion. The attached member includes the other of the second male portion and the second female portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji OSHIMA, Naoto IMAMURA, Yuuki NAKAJIMA, Mari NAKAJIMA, Ryohei KOBAYASHI, Shingo FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230317037
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument comprising a plurality of keys that includes a first and a second key having a pitch in a harmonic relationship with a pitch of the first key; and at least one processor. wherein the at least one processor performs the following: deciding, in response to a operation of a first key, whether the second key is in a damped state or in a non-damped state; generating, in a case where the second key is in the non-damped state, a resonance tone corresponding to the second key with at least one of a first resonance pitch and a first timbre; and generating, in a case where the second key is in the damped state, the resonance tone corresponding to the second key with at least one of a second resonance pitch and a second timbre.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoaki ITOH
  • Publication number: 20230315258
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor. The processor displays a plurality of objects and a connecting line on a display, the connecting line defining a connection order of the objects as a direction and connecting the objects one to one; receives selection of two or more objects among the plurality of objects; obtains a selection order in which the two or more objects are selected, and controls display of a direction of the connecting line based on the obtained selection order of the two or more objects among the displayed plurality of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo NIMURA
  • Patent number: 11774839
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes an excitation light shining device for emitting excitation light, a rotational wheel device including a rotational wheel including a filter area for transmitting light in a predetermined wavelength range differing from a wavelength range of the excitation light and reflecting the excitation light and a direction-changing transmission area for transmitting the excitation light while changing a direction thereof, and a luminescent light emission device which receives the excitation light reflected on the filter area to thereby emit luminescent light including the light in the predetermined wavelength range towards the filter area, and the rotational wheel device is disposed so that an axis of the excitation light which passes through the direction-changing transmission area and an axis of the luminescent light in the predetermined wavelength range which passes through the filter area are superposed on each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ogino
  • Patent number: 11774916
    Abstract: An electronic device includes first and second processors, and first and second display units. While the first and second processors cooperate with each other and perform a display operation including a time display, the first processor can be set to a normal mode, a low power mode in which a power consumption is lower than a power consumption in the normal mode, or a pause mode in which a power consumption is lower than the power consumption in the low power mode, and the first processor is stopped. In the normal or low power modes, the first processor controls such that the first display unit displays a time, and the second processor controls such that the second display unit does not display a time. In the pause mode, the first display unit is turned off, and the second processor controls such that the second display unit displays a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Minami, Kimiyasu Mizuno, Hideo Suzuki, Takashi Suenaga, Keiichi Nomura, Shuhei Uchida, Munetaka Seo
  • Publication number: 20230306486
    Abstract: In a display control method in an information processing device including a processor, the processor controls a customization screen for performing customization processing of a target, the target including a plurality of components, each of the components having a plurality of variations, to be displayed on a display, acquires information relating to customization of the components or the variations in the target by the customization processing performed by a user as an action history or a purchase record, and controls a display order of the components in the customization screen for customizing the target to be changed based on the acquired action history or purchase record and the components to be displayed on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MOROHOSHI, Kentaro MARU
  • Publication number: 20230305569
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor. The processor controls an electric power supply to an operating part, and charging and discharging of a secondary battery; estimates electric power being supplied to the operating part and the secondary battery; acquires a charge state for a case of charging the secondary battery; and when a determination is made that the electric power estimated by the processor and being supplied to the operating part and the secondary battery is less than electric power required for a predetermined action to be executed by the operating part and, also, the charge state of the secondary battery is a predetermined charge state, controls so as to limit the predetermined action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu HASEGAWA, Atsushi SHIBUTANI, Wataru NIMURA, Masahiko KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20230307842
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes, a ring-shaped antenna element positioned on a first plane; a grounding conductive plate positioned on a second plane parallel to the antenna element; a conductive member that is positioned on a side farther from a center position of the first plane enclosed by an outer periphery of the antenna element; and a power supply terminal. The power supply point is positioned in a predetermined nearby range from a boundary between a first region and a second region that include first and second angle ranges symmetrical with relation to the center position. The conductive member is positioned in at least one of the first region and the second region, and is provided in a position in which a spreading width from the center position in a distance direction are made different between the first region and the second region by the antenna element and the conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi SANO
  • Publication number: 20230305504
    Abstract: An apparatus control device includes a processor that acquires a stimulus acting on an apparatus from an outside, and sets an action time based on the acquired stimulus data, the action time being related to a behavior that a user of the apparatus habitually performs, the action time being a time at which the apparatus acts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki KANAMURA, Atsushi SHIBUTANI
  • Publication number: 20230305499
    Abstract: A detection device including a device main body and a display arranged on an upper side of the device main body, in which the device main body is provided with a window for conducting a waterproof test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyasu KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230305498
    Abstract: A detection device including a device main body provided with a light receiving hole corresponding to a light receiving element and a light emitting hole corresponding to a light emitting element, and a waterproof member arranged between an outer circumferential surface of a cover arranged in the light receiving hole or the light emitting hole and an inner circumferential surface of the light receiving hole or the light emitting hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyasu KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230306942
    Abstract: An electronic keyboard instrument includes a keyboard provided on a player's side, a case including a back panel including a first sound radiation hole portion, an upper panel provided contiguously with the back panel, and a keyboard installation portion disposed in such a manner as to correspond to the keyboard, a speaker disposed in such a manner as to correspond to the first sound radiation hole portion, and a magnetic shielding member including a magnetic shielding material and disposed between the keyboard and the sound radiating section and fixed to the upper panel and the back panel in such a manner as to span the upper panel and the back panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu KATOH, Hiroki AKAI
  • Publication number: 20230306063
    Abstract: An information processing method is an information processing method to be executed by an information processing apparatus including a memory storing a program and a processor, wherein the processor executes the program to perform operations including: performing control to display, on a display, a slider including an icon associated with a product registered by a user, on a list information about products; causing the slider to operate based on an operation of the slider by the user and moving the icon according to the operation of the slider; and transitioning, in response to selection of the icon, to information about the product registered by the user associated with the icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro TAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230306938
    Abstract: An information processing device includes at least one processor that executes a program stored in a memory. The processor executes processing of acquiring first information corresponding to a first musical sound and second information corresponding to a second musical sound generated after the first musical sound, acquiring a first occurrence probability, which is an occurrence probability of a special playing style with respect to an elapsed time since an end of a predetermined operation, and a second occurrence probability, which is an occurrence probability of the special playing style with respect to an elapsed time after the first musical sound is generated until the second musical sound is generated, according to the first and second information, and determining whether to generate the second musical sound with any one of a normal playing style and the special playing style, according to the first and second occurrence probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki SATO, Hajime KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230306941
    Abstract: A rotary operation device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a rotation detection unit configured to detect rotation; a knob; and an accommodation unit configured to accommodate the rotation detection unit, wherein the knob includes an operation portion configured to rotate in interlock with the rotation detection unit, and a stopper portion disposed more on a radially inner side than an outer edge portion of the operation portion, and the accommodation unit includes an engaging portion configured to be engaged with the stopper portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokatsu KATOH
  • Publication number: 20230306932
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument has a first member having a first fixation fulcrum, a first link rotatably fixed to the first fixation fulcrum at one end side thereof, a second member having a second fixation fulcrum provided further forwards and downwards than the first fixation fulcrum, a second link rotatably fixed to the second fixation fulcrum at one end side thereof, and a coupling link fixed to a key so as to couple the other end side of the first link and the other end side of the second link together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenzo ICHIKAWA, Takahiro MIZUSHINA, Wataru NIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230306939
    Abstract: A case of a keyboard instrument includes a lower case formed from a resin material which is a first material and extended long in a left-right direction which is a first direction, plural reinforcement members (a first reinforcement member, a second reinforcement member) fixed to the lower case, made from a sheet of steel which is a second material whose linear expansion coefficient is smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the first material, and disposed to be divided in the left-right direction, a front case formed in such a manner as to extend long in the first direction and fixed to each of the plural reinforcement members, and side cases (a left side case, a right side case) disposed adjacent to the front case and fixed to ends of the reinforcement members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu KATOH, Takahiro MORIYA
  • Patent number: 11769255
    Abstract: An image processing method in a diagnosis assisting device that diagnoses lesions from a picked-up image, the method including A) performing an image correction on the picked-up image for diagnosis, and B) obtaining an input image to an identifier that identifies diseases based on the picked-up image having undergone the image correction. In A), when a brightness correction is performed as the image correction, a peripheral area other than a diagnosis area that has a high probability as diseases in the picked-up image is set to be a measuring area, a brightness histogram is created relative to the measuring area, a correction gain value is calculated based on a peak value of the created brightness histogram, and each of pixels in a color space is corrected by using the calculated correction gain value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Matsunaga