Patents Assigned to Casio Computer
  • Patent number: 11982929
    Abstract: A control unit includes a casing, a first exhaust fan disposed close to a first side surface of the casing to exhaust air inside the casing, a first air intake port disposed to correspond to the first exhaust fan and formed in a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, a second exhaust fan disposed adjacent to the first exhaust fan and close to the first side surface to exhaust air inside the casing, a second air intake port disposed to correspond to the second exhaust fan and formed in the second side surface, a first cooling target object disposed to correspond to the first exhaust fan, a second cooling target object disposed to correspond to the second exhaust fan, and a CPU for controlling a revolution speed of the first exhaust fan and a revolution speed of the second exhaust fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Miura, Tomoyuki Ueda, Kiyohiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 11982931
    Abstract: A light source device includes an excitation light irradiation unit that emits excitation light; a rotary wheel unit including a rotary wheel having a filter region that reflects or transmits light in a predetermined wavelength band different from a wavelength band of the excitation light and transmits the excitation light, and a transmission bending region that bends and transmits the excitation light; and a fixed phosphor that is irradiated with the excitation light transmitted through the filter region and emits fluorescence including light in the predetermined wavelength band toward the filter region. The rotary wheel unit is configured so that an optical axis of the excitation light that is transmitted through the rotary wheel or is reflected from the rotary wheel overlaps with an optical axis of the fluorescence in the predetermined wavelength band reflected from the filter region or transmitted through the filter region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ogino
  • Publication number: 20240153477
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument having a key and a link mechanism provided on a lower side of the key, and the link mechanism has a first member having a first fixing fulcrum, a first link pivotally supported on the first fixing fulcrum on one end side, a second member having a second fixing fulcrum provided further forwards and further downwards than the first fixing fulcrum, a second link pivotally supported on the second fixing fulcrum on one end side and a coupling link configured such that a distance between the other end side of the first link rotating about the first fixing fulcrum in response to a key operation and the other end side of the second link rotating about the second fixing fulcrum in response to the key operation is fixed and remains unchanged, and the second link has a counterweight provided further forwards than the second fixing fulcrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenzo ICHIKAWA, Takahiro MIZUSHINA, Wataru NIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240153476
    Abstract: A keyboard apparatus has a hammer supported rotatably on a fulcrum, including a weight disposed further backwards than the fulcrum, and including an extending member configured to extend further forwards than the fulcrum, a key including a hammer press rod configured to move towards and away from the extending member, and a switch, and the extending member includes a press-down area configured to protrude further forwards than the hammer press rod to press down the switch, and the extending member is configured to press down the switch without contacting the hammer press rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenzo ICHIKAWA, Takahiro MIZUSHINA, Wataru NIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240152099
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a secondary battery, a first power feeder, a second power feeder, and a processor. The first power feeder feeds power to the secondary battery. The second power feeder feeds power to the secondary battery at a current larger than a current fed by the first power feeder. The processor detects a voltage of the secondary battery, and determines a remaining power of the secondary battery based on a comparison of the detected voltage with first or second reference values. The first reference value is a predetermined value set in accordance with the current fed by the first power feeder. The second reference value is a predetermined value set in accordance with the current fed by the second power feeder, and is higher than the first reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki OCHIAI, Yoshinori ASAMI, Yohei KAWAGUCHI, Katsuhiko OBATA
  • Patent number: 11977791
    Abstract: An editing method being performed by a computer according to one aspect includes executing processing of: causing a display to display an editing screen on which a layout of an object is capable of being edited; and enabling switching of a selection condition for each object on the editing screen to be brought into one of a selected state and an unselected state based on an operation by a user. The switchable selection condition may include a combination of a first selection condition for bringing an object whose own area is entirely included in a range designated by an operation of designating the range into a selected state and a second selection condition for bringing an object whose own area is at least partially included in the designated range into a selected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Naruse
  • Patent number: 11975535
    Abstract: Disclosed is a printing system including at least one processor and a print head which performs printing on a printing target. The processor sets an application amount of a base ink to be applied to the printing target according to a design to be printed on the printing target by the print head, and controls the print head to apply the base ink to the printing target based on the set application amount of the base ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20240147149
    Abstract: An acoustic device including: a vibrating film which has waterproofness; a support which is located alongside the vibrating film in a direction and supports the vibrating film; a waterproof which is in contact with the support; an insulating plate which is located on an opposite side of the waterproof to a side where the support is arranged, and which has a first through hole leading to the vibrating film; and a metal plate which is located on an opposite side of the insulating plate to the waterproof, which has a second through hole communicating with or containing the first through hole, and which is fixed in a state pressing the insulating plate along the direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki NISHIYAMA, Hiroaki OTSUBO
  • Patent number: 11971688
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes: a first indicator and a second indicator that are configured to rotate in combination with each other; an operation receiver; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to set a set position that is to be indicated by the second indicator in response to an input operation received by the operation receiver. The at least one processor is configured to cause the first indicator and the second indicator to temporarily stop rotating in combination with each other at a timing when the second indicator indicates the set position, and cause the first indicator and the second indicator to resume rotating in combination with each other after a set time passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Kato
  • Patent number: 11971843
    Abstract: There is provided a data processing apparatus including a processor, the processor is configured to: receive one or more sets of data output from at least one data output apparatus via a communication network, each set of the data including sensor data obtained by at least one sensor and first specifying information that specifies the data processing apparatus; determine whether or not the first specifying information included in the received one or more sets of data satisfies a predetermined condition; classify the one or more sets of data determined to satisfy the condition into a same group; and generate and output an output file based on the one or more sets of data classified into the same group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Hatayama
  • Publication number: 20240134317
    Abstract: A case including a case main body, a first exterior case which is arranged around an outer circumferential portion of the case main body, and a second exterior case which includes an impact receiving portion that is opposed to an inner circumferential portion of at least one of an upper part and a lower part of the first exterior case, and is attached to at least one of the upper part and the lower part of the first exterior case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki NAKATSUKA, Takao MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240134318
    Abstract: An exterior member including an exterior main body which covers a whole periphery of a portion of an outer surface of a case main body in a peripheral direction; and fixing projection sections which are formed on predetermined lower edge portions of the exterior main body while projecting toward outer peripheral sides and fix the exterior main body to the case main body by a fixing member attached covering an outer peripheral surface of the case main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shouta NAGASAWA, Hajime IGUCHI, Shin HITSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11959980
    Abstract: Power consumption due to failed automatic calibration is suppressed. An electronic watch is provided with a magnetic sensor, a processor for performing calibration of the magnetic sensor and controlling two or more function modes, and an acceleration sensor for sensing movement of a user. The processor determines whether a state of movement sensed by the acceleration sensor is a calibratable state in which calibration of the magnetic sensor can be performed, performs discrimination of a function mode being executed among the two or more function modes, and performs the calibration of the magnetic sensor when (i) the state of movement sensed by the acceleration sensor is the calibratable state and (ii) the function mode is not a non-default mode, the non-default mode being a function mode executed in accordance with an operation by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuyoshi Omura, Susumu Yamazaki, Mitsuaki Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11957455
    Abstract: A bioinformation acquiring apparatus includes at least one processor and a memory configured to store a program to be executed in the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuyasu Nakajima, Kouichi Nakagome, Takashi Yamaya, Yasushi Maeno, Akira Hamada, Shinichi Matsui
  • Patent number: 11960649
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Imai
  • Patent number: 11956537
    Abstract: A location positioning device for a moving body acquires, via a communication device, a captured image from a camera in which an imaging direction has changed from a first direction to a second direction, the captured image including at least one marker disposed in space and at least one moving body that moves in the space, detects, based on the captured image and initial data, a change of the imaging direction from the first direction to the second direction, and acquires, based on the captured image, location data of the at least one moving body without returning the imaging direction of the camera in a real world to the first direction from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taichi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20240111206
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first case, a second case provided in such a manner that an internal part is disposed between the first case and the second case, and a cover configured to cover an opposite side of the second case to a side facing the internal part, and a heat conductivity of the second case is higher than a heat conductivity of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi FUJIKURA, Yuta FUKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240112653
    Abstract: An electronic device including at least one processor that controls reproduction of a piece of music based on music data. The processor determines a performance section falling under a condition defined in advance in the piece of music as a first section and determines a section not falling under the condition as a second section, and in reproducing of the piece of music based on the music data, controls to output music sound of the first section and not to output at least a part of music sound of the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Jun YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20240099598
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes, a light emitter that emits light with a certain wavelength toward a body while the device is worn on the body; a light receiver that measures an incident light amount of the light with the certain wavelength; a posture measurer that measures a posture of a part of the body where the device is worn; and one or more processors. The processor is configured to, determine a posture of the part of the body where the device is worn based on a measured result measured by the posture measurer, and set a first standard value for determining whether the device is worn on the body or not based on the incident light amount in a case that the part of the body where the device is worn is in a standard posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoo KASUO, Takeshi MIYAKE, Keiichi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240102802
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides as electronic device, a calibration method, and a program, which can suppress the power consumed by calibration of a geomagnetic sensor while maintaining high convenience. The electronic device operable in a plurality of types of usage modes including an activity mode associated with a predetermined activity, includes: a geomagnetic sensor that detects geomagnetic data; one or more processors; and one or more memories storing a program to be executed by the one or more processors. The program causes the one or more processors to perform the following: starting calibration of the geomagnetic sensor when it is determined. that the electronic device is operating in the usage mode of the activity mode associated with the predetermined activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuyoshi OMURA