Patents Assigned to Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
  • Electronic device, timepiece, and control method
    Patent number: 11561514
    Abstract: An electronic device including: a positioning module that performs positioning by receiving radio waves from navigation satellites; a movement distance detection sensor that detects movement distance; and a processor that activates the positioning module and, if positioning with the positioning module has not succeeded after a first prescribed period of time has elapsed, suspends the positioning module, wherein if the processor detects that the movement distance detected by the movement distance detection sensor starting from when the positioning module was suspended is greater than or equal to a prescribed distance, the processor reactivates the positioning module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuki Oshita
  • Electronic musical instrument, method of generating musical sound, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11562723
    Abstract: According to one aspect, there is an electronic musical instrument including operators which includes a first operator corresponding to a first pitch and a second operator corresponding to a second pitch, and a sound source configured to generate a first output signal from a first close loop and a second output signal from a second close loop, to generate an integration signal, and return a subtraction signal, the subtraction signal being obtained by subtracting a signal circulating through the first close loop from the integration signal, to the first close loop, and then output a musical sound signal including signal components corresponding to the second pitch as a musical sound signal corresponding to the first pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Goro Sakata
  • Wireless communication device, electronic timepiece, wireless communication method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11564176
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a communicator and a processor. The communicator wirelessly communicates with another wireless communication device. The processor controls the communicator to send an advertisement to the another wireless communication device at a predetermined time interval. The advertisement includes identification information identifying the wireless communication device. The processor changes sending settings on the basis of elapsed time from a start of the sending of the identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuho Kyou
  • Printer and printing method
    Patent number: 11559995
    Abstract: A printer includes a printing head, a nail information detection unit, an outline comparison determination unit, and a display unit. The printing head prints on a print target. The nail information detection unit detects a base outline that is a base outline in an area including the print target and a non-print target adjacent to the print target. The outline comparison determination unit compares a print outline that is an outline of an area to be printed on the print target with the base outline, and determines whether or not there is a difference equal to or larger than a set value. The display unit reports, as a reporting unit, to a user that the difference determined by the outline comparison determination unit is equal to or larger than the set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi Yamasaki
  • RECOMMEND APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230014372
    Abstract: A recommend apparatus includes: a communication device; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: receive performance information generated based on a performance of a first user, via the communication device; determine a recommendation type, which indicates at least one of music information and function information, based on the received performance information of the first user; and send recommendation information to the first user via the communication device, based on the determined recommendation type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi MINAMITAKA, Hiroki KANNO, Mitsuhiro YONEZAWA, Kenya NOZAKI
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE ESTIMATING A PARAMETER BASED ON ACQUIRED INDEXES REPRESENTING AN EXERCISE STATE OF A SUBJECT, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230019283
    Abstract: An information processing device including a memory that stores a program; and a processor that executes the program. The processor is configured to acquire, from exercise data representing an exercise state of a subject, exercise parameter information including a plurality of parameters that represent the exercise state of the subject and have a correlation with each other. When an animation representing a motion of the subject based on the acquired exercise parameter information is displayed and then an operation for changing a value of a first parameter of the plurality of parameters is received, the processor generates an animation reflecting at least the first parameter for which the value is changed and a second parameter of the plurality of parameters, a value of the second parameter being changed in conjunction with the value of the first parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takehiro AIBARA
  • INSERT MOLDING METHOD AND INSERT MOLDING COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20230015382
    Abstract: An insert molding component includes a primary molding section having a concave portion formed in one surface thereof, the concave portion including stepped lower and upper concave portions, an insert component disposed on a bottom surface of the lower concave portion, a heat-insulating component disposed in the upper concave portion above an opening of the lower concave portion in which the insert component is disposed, and a secondary molding section disposed in contact with the one surface of the primary molding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori ISHIHAMA, Toshiya KUNO
  • Printing device
    Patent number: 11558524
    Abstract: Disclosed is a printing device including: a finger stage which has a nail rest, having an identifier, to place a tip of a nail, the nail being a printing target, and on which a finger corresponding to the nail is placed; and at least one camera which obtains an image from a first direction and an image from a second direction. The identifier which detects a position of the nail is provided on one surface of the nail rest such that the identifier does not exist in the image from the first direction but the identifier exists in the image from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Shimizu
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230010822
    Abstract: An information processing device includes at least one processor, in which the at least one processor acquires first information related to a first movement state of at least one of an arm and a leg of a user performing a movement, the first movement state on which a movement state of a torso of the user is superimposed, acquires second information related to a second movement state of the torso of the user performing the movement, and generates third information related to a third movement state of the at least one of the arm and the leg of the user based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masao SAMBONGI
  • Communication device and communication method for transmitting notifications to communicate with first and second softwares and to cause second software to be on standby and to cancel being on standby
    Patent number: 11553326
    Abstract: An electronic clock which is a communication device includes: a transceiver configured to communicate with another communication device including first software and second software; and at least one processor. The processor: controls the transceiver to perform a certain communication with the first software; and causes, after the certain communication ends, the transceiver to transmit a notification for notifying the second software of the end of the certain communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuho Kyou
  • Keyboard instrument
    Patent number: 11551647
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument includes a keyboard and an instrument case having a through hole penetrating therethrough from a top surface side to a bottom surface side and a positioning part configured to decide on a position of a music stand when a part of the music stand is disposed in the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihisa Hoshino, Atsushi Oshiro, Hirokatsu Katoh
  • Electronic timepiece, information update control method and storage medium
    Patent number: 11550269
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a radio wave receiver, a communication unit, a memory and a processor. The radio wave receiver receives radio waves from positioning satellites. The communication unit communicates with an external device. The memory stores a program and predicted positional information on the positioning satellites. Based on the program stored in the memory, in response to a predetermined condition for an elapsed time from a valid period of the stored predicted positional information being satisfied, the processor causes the communication unit to receive predicted positional information with other information from the external device when the communication unit receives the other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Oshita, Kazuho Kyou
  • PRINTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230001720
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least one processor, an apparatus main body that is capable of holding a tank that stores liquid; and a sensor that detects at least a state of motion of the tank. The processor outputs dispersion information showing an operation to move the apparatus main body to disperse the liquid in the tank based on the state of the motion of the tank detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumihiro OSAKABE
  • PRINTING APPARATUS, STAND AND MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20230001693
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a body, a print head, a mover, a stand and a sensor. The body has an opening that faces a printing target during printing. The print head is provided in the body and performs the printing on the printing target. The mover is provided in the body and moves the print head to a first position and a second position. The first position corresponds to the opening, and the second position is different from the first position. The stand is detachable from the body. The sensor at least senses that a distance between the body and the stand is equal to or shorter than a predetermined distance. The mover moves the print head from the second position to the first position in response to the sensor sensing that the distance between the body and the stand is equal to or shorter than the predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki KOGANE
  • Advising apparatus, advising method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 11545048
    Abstract: A display device includes a biometric information value acquiring portion, a comparing portion, and a subject state determining portion. The biometric information value acquiring portion subsequently acquires a subject's biometric information value. The comparing portion compares a first biometric information value that is subsequently acquired by the biometric information value acquiring portion with a second biometric information value which is different from the first biometric information value that is subsequently acquired by the biometric information value acquiring portion. The subject state determining portion determines that the user could get a certain improvement owing to the treatment on the user on the basis of a comparison result by the comparing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Otsuka, Takahiro Tomida
  • Printing device, control method for printing device, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11541655
    Abstract: Disclosed is a printing device including at least one processor and a print head. The processor detects a nail region based on an image obtained by photographing a finger or a toe, sets at least a part of the detected nail region as a preceding print setting region, detects a region on which the preceding print is printed as a succeeding print region based on an image obtained by photographing the finger or the toe on which the preceding print is printed, sets a succeeding print region reference point corresponding to the succeeding print region, or sets a preceding print setting region reference point corresponding to the preceding print setting region and the succeeding print region reference point, and causes the print head to print a succeeding print on the nail region based on information on the preceding print setting region and a reference point that is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi Yamasaki
  • Portable communication terminal control system, portable communication terminal and recording medium
    Patent number: 11546329
    Abstract: A portable communication terminal control system includes a plurality of first portable communication terminals and a second portable communication terminal. A first processor in the first portable communication terminal performs a first portable communication terminal side determination process which determines whether communication connection is in an established state between a first portable communication terminal and the second portable communication terminal. The first processor performs a transmission control process in which, in response to determination that the communication connection with the other first portable communication terminal is in the established state and that the communication connection with the second portable communication terminal is in the established state, a release signal is transmitted to the second portable communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Sakamoto
  • Timepiece
    Patent number: 11543782
    Abstract: A timepiece is provided which ensures connection reliability and improves antenna characteristics. This timepiece includes a wristwatch case which houses a timepiece module, and an antenna which is provided on the upper surface of the wristwatch case in a discontinuous annular shape along the circumferential direction of the wristwatch case and electrically connected to the timepiece module in the wristwatch case from outside the wristwatch case. As a result, since the antenna is electrically connected to the timepiece module in the wristwatch case from outside the wristwatch case, the antenna and the timepiece module are unfailingly and favorably connected to each other. Accordingly, the connection reliability of the antenna is ensured and radio waves are favorably received. In addition, the reception performance and the antenna gain are improved, whereby the antenna characteristics are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Katsuda, Hiroaki Otsubo, Tomoyasu Kurokawa
  • Electronic musical instrument, electronic musical instrument control method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11545121
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes at least one processor that, in accordance with a user operation on an operation unit, obtains lyric data and waveform data corresponding to a first tone color; inputs the obtained lyric data to a trained model so as to cause the trained model to output acoustic feature data in response thereto; generates waveform data corresponding to a singing voice of a singer and corresponding to a second tone color that is different from the first tone color, based on the acoustic feature data outputted from the trained model and the obtained waveform data corresponding to the first tone color; and outputs a singing voice based on the generated waveform data corresponding to the second tone color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Danjyo, Fumiaki Ota, Masaru Setoguchi, Atsushi Nakamura
  • HOLD-DOWN MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME AND TIMEPIECE
    Publication number: 20220413441
    Abstract: A hold-down member including a plate member which is arranged on a first member having an electronic component and supports the first member, and a resin sheet which is adhered to the plate member, pressed by a second member that is arranged to be rotatable with respect to the first member, and slides on the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miho NAGAHARA, Yukio FUNABARA