Patents Assigned to Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8801198
    Abstract: The light source device includes: a first support that supports one of a light source and a collimator lens condensing; a second support that supports the other of the light source and the collimator lens; and a fixing member that fixes the first support to the second support. The first support includes a first protruding portion that protrudes from the first support toward the second support, the first protruding portion having a through hole therethrough. The second support includes a second protruding portion that protrudes from the second support toward the first support, the second protruding portion having: a receiving portion that receives the first protruding portion; and a receiving hole. A rod portion of a locking member is inserted into the through hole and the receiving hole, and a head portion of a locking member is sealed with a sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeru Hirosawa
  • Patent number: 8803926
    Abstract: A display drive device includes a correction data memory circuit, a data reading control circuit, and an image data correction circuit. The correction data memory circuit stores a plurality of pieces of correction data according to characteristics of pixels in association with positions where the pixels are arranged in a display panel. The data reading control circuit sets a reading order of the plurality of pieces of correction data to an order corresponding to a display form and reads the correction data in the set reading order. The image data correction circuit associates the image data with each of the plurality of pieces of correction data and generates corrected image data obtained by correcting the image data using the corresponding correction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8803921
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display apparatus including: a display section; a theme icon storage section which stores a plurality of sets of a theme of an image corresponded to a theme icon representing the theme; an image storage section which stores an image folder storing a sequence of a plurality of images; an image theme detecting section which detects an image theme of each image; a representative theme extracting section which extracts an image theme which represents an image line of the divided sequence of the plurality of images as an image line representative theme for each image line; and a folder icon display control section which positions each theme icon corresponding to the plurality of image line representative themes extracted by the representative theme extracting section according to an order of the image line to form a folder icon and allows the display section to display the folder icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Kojo
  • Patent number: 8794824
    Abstract: A case unit includes a resin case main body including an outer peripheral surface and an opening forming surface enclosed by the outer peripheral surface and being formed with an opening. A step is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the opening to face an entrance of the opening. An elastic member is provided along the inner peripheral surface of the opening and mounted on the step. A light transmission member is press-fitted in the opening via the elastic member and covers the opening. And, a fitting part of a frame member is fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the resin case main body to make an elastic member pressing part extending from the fitting part toward the entrance of the frame member cover at least a part of the elastic member at the entrance of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Sen Hirayama
  • Patent number: 8794765
    Abstract: A projection unit projects the optical image formed by the optical image formation unit toward a projection target. A temperature detection unit detects a temperature of each type of the semiconductor light emitting elements during light emission. A measurement unit measures an intensity of light from each type of the semiconductor light emitting elements during light emission. A light emission control unit (a) corrects a measurement result from the measurement unit using a detection result from the temperature detection unit and (b) controls the light emission intensity for each of the semiconductor light emitting elements based on the corrected measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Shibasaki, Hiroki Masuda
  • Patent number: 8797349
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a storage configured to store original images, a display configured to display reduced images of the original images, a specifying unit configured to specify one of the reduced images displayed on the display, and a processor configured to convert the one of the reduced images specified by the specifying unit into an artwork. The processor is configured to convert the one of the reduced images into an artwork of a different tone every time the specifying unit specifies the one of the reduced images, and the display displays the artwork from the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 8793129
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to make an act of viewing an image interactive and further enriched. A microphone 18 inputs a voice signal of a voice uttered by a viewer who is viewing a display image displayed on a display portion 17, and causes the voice signal to be stored in a buffer 19. A voice recognition portion 20 identifies at least one word from the voice uttered by the viewer based on the voice signal, and acquires them as a keyword. A counter 21 calculates the number of incidences of the keyword. A display driver 16 causes information including a keyword having a number of incidences that exceeds a threshold value or information derived from the keyword to be displayed together with the display image displayed on the display portion 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Handa, Kimiyasu Mizuno, Takehiro Aibara, Hitoshi Amagai, Naotaka Uehara, Takayuki Kogane, Sumito Shinohara, Masato Nunokawa
  • Patent number: 8792019
    Abstract: In a video creation device, a creator creates a frame of a first type and a frame of a second type. A difference determiner determines whether or not the difference between frames of a determination pair exceeds a threshold, wherein the determination pair contains two frames of the first type, or the frame of the first type and the frame of the second type. A frame creator creates a frame of a third type between frames of a data pair, wherein the data pair contains two frames of the first type next to each other. A synthesizer creates high-dynamic-range frame by synthesizing frames of synthesized pair, wherein synthesized pair contains the frame of the second type and the frame of the first type, or the frame of the second type and the frame of third type. And, a video creator creates video comprised of the frame synthesized by the synthesizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masami Yuyama
  • Patent number: 8791959
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a display which displays an image, a graph graphic detection unit which detects a graph graphic matching any of predetermined graph shapes in the image, a graph rendering unit which renders a graph overlapping the graph graphic, a length input line segment designation unit which designates any one of line segments included in the image as a line segment subject to length input, a line segment length input unit which inputs a length of the line segment subject to length input, a point of origin setting unit which sets a point of origin of a coordinate system, a display range calculation unit which calculates a display range of the coordinate system, and a graph equation calculation unit which calculates a graph equation of the graph and displays a calculation result in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8783944
    Abstract: A switch device includes a rotating operation member in which a through-hole is formed in an axial direction; a pressing operation member which is movable within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and press-operable from one opening of the through-hole. The pressing operation member is provided so as to rotate integrally with the rotating operation member, when the rotating operation member rotates. A first coil spring is arranged within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and biases the pressing operation member outwardly in the axial direction. A second coil spring is arranged within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and biases the rotating operation member outwardly in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Doi
  • Patent number: 8786525
    Abstract: The light emitting device comprises at least one data line, at least one pixel, a common electrode, a data driver and an ammeter, The pixel comprises a pixel drive circuit and a light emitting element, in which the pixel drive circuit includes a first transistor electrically connected to the data line and one end of the light emitting element, and the other end of the light emitting element is connected to the common electrode. The ammeter measures the current value of a detection current flowing from the data driver to the ammeter via the data line, the first transistor, the light emitting element of the pixel, and the common electrode when the data driver applies to the data line a first set voltage having such a potential that applies a forward bias voltage between both ends of the light emitting element via the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Mizutani, Jun Ogura
  • Patent number: 8787123
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information notifying device including an hour plate with a display opening, a vibrating motor which is placed on a lower side of the hour plate and causes vibration with eccentric rotation of an eccentric rotation section for information notification, and a rotary plate which rotates with the eccentric rotation of the eccentric rotation section of the vibrating motor and exposes a function display section from the display opening for information notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideo Takenawa
  • Patent number: 8786902
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a distance acquiring unit, a painterly transformation processor, a thickness information acquiring unit, and a data generating unit. The distance acquiring unit acquires distance information for each of at least one object image included in an acquired image. The painterly transformation processor transforms each of the object image, included in the acquired image, into a painterly image. The thickness information acquiring unit acquires thickness information corresponding to the distance for each of the object image. The data generating unit generates data in which the painterly image and the thickness information are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Murata
  • Patent number: 8787675
    Abstract: A method includes specifying an image area which is contained in the subject-present image taken and in which nonflatness is less than or equal to a predetermined value, determining whether or not a range of the specified image area in the subject-present image in which the nonflatness is less than or equal to a predetermined value is greater than or equal to a predetermined range, generating an extraction background image used to extract a subject area in the subject-present image containing the subject, from the image area when the range of the image area in which the nonflatness is less than or equal to a predetermined value is determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined range, and extracting the subject area from the subject-present image based on information on a difference between each pixel in the extraction background image and a corresponding pixel in the subject-present image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Makino, Jun Hosoda
  • Patent number: 8786768
    Abstract: An image capturing device 100 includes three blocks, that is, a lens block 1 having an imaging lens 4, a display block 2, and a frame block 3. The display block 2 has a display unit 5 which performs display using a liquid crystal, a transparent touch screen 63 with which the display unit 5 is covered, a shutter button 61 which is disposed adjacent to the display unit 5, and a power button 62. The frame block 3 has a generally U-shaped frame form and surrounds the circumferences of the lens block 1 and the display block 2. Each of the display block 2 and the frame block 3 is coupled to the lens block 1 rotatably via a biaxial hinge unit. Especially, the display block 2 and the frame block 3 are coupled to the lens block 1 rotatably via a first hinge and second hinges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Ogino, Yosuke Nagayama, Susumu Kamiya, Akira Suzuki, Tomoyasu Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 8785761
    Abstract: An electronic drum set is provided, which allows a user to give a performance, feeling as if the user is playing acoustic drums. The electronic drum set DS is provided with a foot board, a potentiometer, and CPU. The foot board is pressed down by the user. When the user presses the foot board down, the potentiometer mounted on the foot board obtains an angular rate and angular acceleration of the foot board. CPU determines based on the obtained angular acceleration, a timing, at which an instruction of generating a musical tone is given. Further, CPU controls based on the obtained angular rate, a generating state of a musical tone, the generation of which is instructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Tabata
  • Patent number: 8785759
    Abstract: An electric keyboard musical instrument 10 includes: keys 32; third switches 36 that detect that the keys 32 are pressed down to a position x3; various switches 12 to 15 that receive a selection of a kind of tone; and a CPU 21 that executes generating a sound with a tone of the kind received by various switches 12 to 15 in response to the third switch 36 detecting that a key 32 is pressed down to a position x3. The CPU 21 changes a time from when the third switch 36 detects that a key 32 is pressed down to position x3 until sound generation is executed, according to a kind of tone received through the various switches 12 to 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwase, Tomomi Notsu
  • Patent number: 8786721
    Abstract: A control unit monitors a state of captured image sequentially outputted by an image capturing unit. The control unit carries out a first determination that determines whether or not the state of a captured image satisfies a prescribed condition. When the result is that the prescribed condition is satisfied, the captured image is recorded in a recording unit. The control unit also carries out a second determination that determines whether or not the state of the captured image is appropriate for being subjected to the first determination. When the result is that the state is not appropriate for being subjected to the first determination, a warning is issued to the user to this effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Onodera, Shinichi Matsui
  • Patent number: 8786679
    Abstract: A control part 210 sets up an exposure condition under which the bright part of the object is properly exposed and an exposure condition under which the dark part of the object is properly exposed. The control part 210 controls the first and second imaging part 110 and 120 to capture images with the set exposures, whereby a pair of images captured with different exposures is obtained. The control part 210 extracts corresponding points that are characteristic points corresponding between the image pairs. The control part 210 optimizes the extracted corresponding points based on the density of corresponding points between the images constituting an image pair captured with the same exposure and based on the pixel value of the corresponding points between the images captured with different exposures. The control part 210 creates 3D modeling data using the optimized corresponding points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuyasu Nakajima, Yuki Yoshihama
  • Patent number: 8779272
    Abstract: In the present invention, a click sound corresponding to key depression speed is generated, and the production timings of fundamental and harmonic components respectively corresponding to each footage are changed to vary from one another in accordance with a wait time, whereby the fundamental and the harmonic components to be synthesized by additive synthesis are changed to differ from one another. Next, a click sound corresponding to key release speed is generated, and the stop timings of the fundamental and harmonic components are changed to vary from one another in accordance with a wait time, whereby the fundamental and the harmonic components to be muted are changed to differ from one another. Accordingly, by the click sound being mixed with the drawbar sound having these slight tone changes, a unique drawbar sound such as that generated by the sound producing mechanism of an actual drawbar organ is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Iwase