Patents Assigned to Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230205143
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a cylindrical case, a display, an annular light-transmitting parting member, an annular solar cell and an annular elastic member. At least the upper end of the case is open. The display is disposed in the case and exposed to a side where the upper end is located. The parting member is annular along the inner circumferential surface of the case. The annular solar cell is disposed under the parting member. The elastic member fixes the outer edge of the annular solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta SAITO, Sae UCHIBAYASHI
  • Three-dimensionally shaped object forming sheet, three-dimensionally shaped object and production method for same, and production method for decorated three-dimensional object
    Patent number: 11685185
    Abstract: A three-dimensionally shaped object forming sheet includes: a thermally expansive layer distending at a predetermined temperature or higher; a base laminated on one side thereof with the thermally expansive layer; and a photothermal conversion layer for converting absorbed light to heat, formed on at least one side, wherein the base includes a first base and a second base that are laminated; and the first base has an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the second base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Horiuchi, Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Satoshi Mitsui, Hideki Takahashi
  • Thermally expandable sheet production method and shaped object production method
    Patent number: 11685139
    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 second thermally expansive layer that is formed on the first thermally expansive layer and contains a second thermally expandable material, wherein the second thermally expandable material further contains white pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Yuji Horiuchi
  • Programming device and recording medium, and programming method
    Patent number: 11688299
    Abstract: A programming device including a shape indication section which receives at least one first user operation for indicating a shape by specifying two or more portions among a plurality of tangible portions arranged at different positions with each other in a planar direction; and a control section which generates a command list for moving a control target section along the indicated shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nagasaka, Shogo Hashimoto, Tomoharu Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Sekitsuka
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230195044
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a solar cell, a wiring board, a connector, a first circuit, a second circuit and a fixing member. The wiring board includes a feeder wiring connected to the solar cell. The connector is continuous with the wiring board and includes a feeder electrode electrically connected to the feeder wiring. The first circuit includes a first electrode and a first wiring continuous with the first electrode. The second circuit includes a second electrode and a second wiring continuous with the second electrode. The fixing member fixes the feeder electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode in a state in which the electrodes are superposed on top of one another, to electrically connect each one of the electrodes to another one or more of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta SAITO, Sae UCHIBAYASHI
  • CUTTING MECHANISM FOR PRINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20230191810
    Abstract: A cutting mechanism for a printing apparatus, the cutting mechanism includes: a cutter including a cutting blade and a blade receiving member, the cutter being configured to cut at least part of a printing medium with the cutting blade while the blade receiving member is receiving a force from the cutting blade; and a support member provided to suppress deformation of the blade receiving member, wherein the blade receiving member is adjacent to and fixed to the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki MOCHIZUKI
  • SOUND RADIATION APPRATUS, ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND SOUND RADIATION APPRATUS FABRICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20230199352
    Abstract: A sound radiation apparatus includes a speaker, a first cover having an opening area provided to be superposed above at least a sound radiation port of the speaker and made up of multiple opening portions at a location superposed above the speaker, a second cover superposed on a front side of the first cover while surrounding the opening area of the first cover, and a saran net covering the first cover and a front side of the second cover and bonded to the second cover, wherein the second cover and the saran net are bonded together at an area on the second member excluding a portion surrounding the opening area of the first cover with a first adhesive and an area on the second cover surrounding the opening area of the first cover with a second adhesive having a higher bonding strength than that of the first adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki AKAI, Kazuo SHIMADA, Hirokatsu KATOH, Takahiro MORIYA
  • KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20230197045
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument includes a key base member, a first member which is disposed on either of a left and a right of the key base member, and a second member which is disposed on the other side of disposing the first member, and a length hb in an up-down direction of a portion of the first member which corresponds to a nearer side of a key differs from a length ha in the up-down direction of a portion of the second member which corresponds to the nearer side of the key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIRAISHI
  • ROBOT
    Publication number: 20230191269
    Abstract: A robot includes an umbrella portion capable of performing a rotational movement and an opening/closing movement of an umbrella; and a processor. The processor acquires emotion data representing a pseudo emotion in accordance with an external stimulus, and controls, based on the emotion data, at least one of the rotational movement or the opening/closing movement of the umbrella of the umbrella portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji NAKAYAMA
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230199323
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus 5 is provided with a processing unit, the processing unit acquiring images 44 that are continuous over time, acquiring a position of a visible light source in a lit-up state in each of the continuous images 44, as a position of a movable body 3; and acquiring identification information about the movable body 3 based on a blinking pattern of invisible light of an invisible light source provided on the movable body 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki KIKUCHI
  • WATCH
    Publication number: 20230195043
    Abstract: A watch according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first pointer, a first magnetic body fixed to the first pointer, a second magnetic body arranged facing the first magnetic body, a first shaft body fixed to the second magnetic body, and a wheel train mechanism including a first rotary wheel interlocked with the first shaft body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi SUIZU
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230195508
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a memory configured to a program; and one or more processors configured to execute the program stored in the memory. The one or more processors are connected to a first circuit and a second circuit, the first circuit being configured to execute a first operation cyclically and output an interrupt signal corresponding to the first operation, the second circuit being configured to execute a second operation in response to an operation instruction. In response to receiving the interrupt signal, the one or more processors output the operation instruction to the second circuit such that the second operation is not executed in a period in which the first operation affects the second operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei KAWAGUCHI, Keiichi NOMURA, Fumiaki OCHIAI, Tatsuya SEKITSUKA
  • PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230191778
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a print head that includes a plurality of nozzles ejecting an ink and performs printing on a print target; and at least one processor that controls an ejection operation of the print head based on ejection specification data defining ejection of the ink. At least a “first mode” and a “second mode” are provided with respect to the application of the ejection specification data, and the processor switches between the “first mode” and the “second mode” based on a set printing density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi YAMASAKI
  • EXTERNAL MEMBER, EXTERNAL MEMBER MOLDING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20230199376
    Abstract: A rear panel 15, which is an external member, includes a frame portion 110 including multiple sound radiation holes 150 including a first sound radiation hole 160-1 and a second sound radiation hole 160-2, a first sloping portion 160b disposed in the frame portion 110 with a first sloping surface 161a oriented in a first direction 161c, the sloping surface 161a being disposed within an area of the first sound radiation hole 160-1 in such a manner as to slope from a thickness direction (a Y-axis direction) of the frame portion 110, and a second sloping portion 162b disposed in the frame portion 110 with a sloping surface 162a oriented in a second direction 162c which differs from the first direction 161c, the sloping surface 162a being disposed within an area of the second sound radiation hole 160-2 in such a manner as to slope from the thickness direction (the Y-axis direction) of the frame portion 110.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki AKAI, Hirokatsu KATOH, Takahiro MORIYA, Yoshihiko SATO
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230195240
    Abstract: A processor performs processing which includes inputting a plurality of mathematical formulas in response to operations performed on operation keys, displaying a list of the plurality of inputted mathematical formulas on a display, and displaying, in different display forms, a first mathematical formula which is a mathematical formula currently being inputted and a second mathematical formula which is a mathematical formula previously inputted, when displaying the list of the plurality of mathematical formulas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi HIGAKI
  • BAND AND TIMEPIECE
    Publication number: 20230189942
    Abstract: A band including a band main body in which a catching portion with one end open is provided extending in a longitudinal direction, and a decorative member having a decorative main body which is arranged on at least an outer surface of the band main body and an engaging portion which is provided on the decorative main body and slidably caught in the catching portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaki MIYATA
  • EXTERNAL MEMBER, EXTERNAL MEMBER MOLDING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20230199353
    Abstract: A rear panel of an electronic keyboard instrument has a frame portion including multiple sound radiation holes, and the frame portion has a first hole frame including a hole forming surface of the sound radiation hole and a second hole frame including a hole forming surface of the sound radiation hole which is longer in a thickness direction of the frame portion (a Y-axis direction) than the first frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki AKAI, Hirokatsu KATOH, Takahiro MORIYA, Yoshihiko SATO
  • Thermally expandable sheet production method and shaped object production method
    Patent number: 11679613
    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 first ratio is lower than the second ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshimune Motoyanagi
  • ELECTRONIC STRINGED INSTRUMENT, MUSICAL SOUND CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230186885
    Abstract: An electronic stringed instrument includes: at least one linear string member to be plucked by a user; a plurality of string support members each supporting the string member at different positions in a longitudinal direction of the string member, each of the string support members being individually deformable in accordance with a plucking of the string member by the user; a plurality of sensors that output signals indicating respective deformation states of the plurality of string support members, wherein the respective deformation states of the plurality of string support members may be different from each other depending on a way the string member is plucked; and at last one processor configured to generate a musical tone control signal based on the signals output from the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiya KUNO
  • AUTOMATIC MUSIC PLAYING CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, METHOD OF PLAYING AUTOMATIC MUSIC PLAYING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230186879
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic music playing control device that provides an instruction of playing music, the control device implementing natural music playing capable of expressing the timing and voicing in live music playing of a musical instrument by a player. The automatic music playing control device includes at least one processor, and the at least one processor selects a voicing pattern corresponding to a combination of the probabilistically-selected number of sounds to be emitted and a decided voicing type corresponding to a range from among a plurality of voicing patterns based on a scale decided according to the tune and chords of a music piece and instructs a sound source to emit a chord voiced based on the selected voicing pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun YOSHINO, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Shingo OKANO