Patents Assigned to Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8980150
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping method includes forming a combination to be each level of a three-dimensional shaped object and also forming a combination to be each level of a shaped object support member in each of a plurality of powder material layers having an uncured powder material in accordance with hierarchical shape data corresponding to each of the powder material layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouji Oshima
  • Patent number: 8982428
    Abstract: A page-turning device turning a page of a book includes a turning unit and a blower. The turning unit holds the page at a departure position of the page of the book being opened and releases the holding of the page at a destination position of the page. The blower sends air above the page at the departure position to blow against the page at the destination position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Casio Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8982286
    Abstract: A chart generation unit generates an adjustment chart, and a projection unit projects the adjustment chart onto a circular cylinder. A parameter acquiring unit acquires 12 parameters in total, relating to the positions of four corners and middle points of a top side and a bottom side of a chart and lateral expansion of the chart, the chart being input by a user through manipulations of an operation unit. A transform function determination unit calculates, from the total of 12 parameters, an accurate transform function for projecting an image onto the circular cylinder. An image conversion unit applies geometric transformation to the image based on the calculated transform function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Narikawa
  • Patent number: 8970121
    Abstract: A driving device includes a power source that converts input power to output power, first and second capacitors connected to an output of the power source, a load selector, and a capacitor selector. The load selector opens/closes circuits of first and second loads connected to the output of the power source to alternately close these circuits such that the second-load circuit is closed after the opening of the first-load circuit. The capacitor selector opens/closes circuits of the first and second capacitors to alternately close these circuits such that the first-capacitor circuit is closed in synchronization with the closing of the first-load circuit, and such that the second-capacitor circuit is closed in synchronization with the closing of the second-load circuit. The capacitor selector opens the first-capacitor circuit after the opening of the first-load circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8969699
    Abstract: A CPU (31) of a musical instrument (1) calculates distances between central positions of a plurality of virtual pads (81) and a position of a marker unit (15), by making adjustment such that a distance is shorter as a size associated with the virtual pad (81) is larger. The CPU 31 identifies a virtual pad (81) corresponding to the shortest distance among the distances calculated, as a virtual pad (81) for outputting sound. The CPU (31) identifies a tone corresponding to the virtual pad (81) for outputting sound by referring to set layout information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Tabata, Ryutaro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8971636
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image creating device including a first obtaining unit which obtains an image including a face, a first extraction unit which extracts a face component image relating to main components of the face in the image and a direction of the face, a second obtaining unit which obtains a face contour image associated to the face in the image and a second extraction unit which extracts a direction of a face contour in the face contour image. The image creating device further includes a converting unit which converts at least one of the face component image and the face contour image based on the both directions of the face and the face contour and a creating unit which creates a portrait image by using at least one of the face component image and the face contour image being converted by the converting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Shimada, Shigeru Kafuku, Hirokiyo Kasahara
  • Patent number: 8971153
    Abstract: An information display device includes a dial plate having a display window; a rotatable date display plate provided under the dial plate and having dates to be selectively displayed through the window; an information display plate provided between the dial plate and the date display plate and including a display portion having an information item on a top surface thereof; an information display plate driver capable of moving the information display plate to any one of first and second positions. When the information display plate is in the first position, the display portion does not lie just under the window and a date in a position corresponding to the window is displayed through the window. When the information display plate is in the second position, the display portion is in a position corresponding to the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideo Takenawa
  • Patent number: 8971157
    Abstract: A display apparatus which includes: a first display wheel that has a first display section; a second display wheel that has a second display section; a driving section that rotates in a forward direction and a reverse direction, and rotates the first display wheel in the forward direction and the reverse direction; and a rotating section that rotates only the first display wheel in the forward direction when the first display wheel is rotated in the forward direction, and rotates the second display wheel in the reverse direction together with the first display wheel when the first display wheel is rotated in the reverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuta Saito
  • Patent number: 8970745
    Abstract: An imaging device 100 is equipped with an image acquisition unit 51, a first calculation unit 52 and a correction information calculation unit 53. The image acquisition unit 51 acquires image data including a luminance component and color components, via an optical system. The first calculation unit 52 detects shading of the luminance component included in the image data, and detects shading of the color difference components. The correction information calculation unit 53 calculates luminance shading correction coefficients and color difference shading correction coefficients. The correction information calculation unit 53 then converts the calculated color difference shading correction coefficients so as to have predetermined ratios with respect to the calculated luminance shading correction coefficients. A correction processing unit 62 corrects plural sets of image data on the basis of the converted color difference shading correction coefficients, and then performs pixel addition of the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoichi Murayama
  • Patent number: 8971155
    Abstract: A radio wave timepiece includes: a display unit, a display drive unit, a receiver unit and a control unit. The display unit displays a current time in a digital manner. The display drive unit drives the display unit by a drive signal of a predetermined drive waveform frequency. The receiver unit is capable of receiving radio waves of a plurality of different frequencies including time information. The control unit sets the drive waveform frequency during the reception of a radio wave by the receiver unit so that harmonic frequencies with respect to the drive waveform frequencies can be different from a receiving frequency of the radio wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sano, Eiji Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8962965
    Abstract: An address for reading, from a waveform memory connected by a bus, waveform data to be assigned to each of a plurality of sound generation channels for generating a musical sound, is calculated, by time division, for each sound generation channel, and the calculated address and the sound generation channels are associated and stored in an address memory. When the bus is in an empty state, an address stored in the address memory is read, and waveform data is read from the waveform memory based on the read address; the read waveform data is assigned to the corresponding sound generation channel, and generation of a musical sound is prescribed for the sound generation channel to which the waveform data is assigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Nagasaka
  • Patent number: 8963993
    Abstract: A digital camera according to the present invention includes a CCD, an image display section, and a CPU. The CPU controls the CCD to perform consecutive image-capturing, and generates a wide-range image based on a plurality of images consecutively captured by the CCD. In addition, the CPU detects a predetermined trigger indicating the completion of consecutive image-capturing in a predetermined direction by the CCD. Furthermore, the CPU displays on the image display section information indicating a range to be consecutively captured by the CCD to generate a panoramic image, while changing the information every time the predetermined trigger is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosuke Matsumoto, Naotomo Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 8958634
    Abstract: The image acquisition unit 41 acquires an image including an object. By comparing information related to the shape of a relevant natural object that is included as the object in the target image acquired by the image acquisition unit 41, and information related to respective shapes of a plurality of types prepared in advance, at least one flower type for the natural object in question is selected. The secondary selection unit 43 then selects data of a representative image from among data of a plurality of images of different color, of the same flower type as prepared in advance, for each of at least one flower type selected by the primary selection unit 42, based on information related to color of the relevant natural object included as the object in the image acquired by the image acquisition unit 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Nakagome, Shigeru Kafuku, Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Michihiro Nihei
  • Patent number: 8957913
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an input unit to input an image signal, a display unit to display an image based on the input image signal, an observer information acquiring unit to acquire the number and positions of observers facing the display object, a display mode determining unit to determine a display mode including a direction of the image to be displayer on the basis of the acquired number and the acquired positions of the observers, and a display control unit to cause the display unit to display an image on the display object in the determined display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken Yoshino
  • Patent number: 8957851
    Abstract: A projector apparatus includes a light source, a projection unit to form an optical image by using the light source and to project the formed image, an input unit to input a video signal representing the image, a person detection unit to detect a person existing in a projection area, a first projection control unit to set the projector apparatus to a projection state using a preset illumination pattern, when a person has been detected in the projection area, a motion analyzing unit to analyze a person's motion in the projection area, and a second projection control unit to activate the motion analyzing unit, after setting the projector apparatus to the projection state using the preset illumination pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyasu Fukano
  • Patent number: 8957366
    Abstract: There is provided a light source unit comprising a first and second light sources, a luminescent light emitting device having a light emitting plate, a light source control device controlling the illumination of the light sources and driving of the light emitting plate, and a light guiding optical system guiding light from the light sources and luminescent light from the light emitting plate so that optical axes coincide to be directed in the same direction, wherein the light emitting plate includes a first area with a luminescent material layer on a reflection layer, a second area transmitting light from the light sources while diffusing it and a third area with a luminescent material layer on a dichroic layer, and wherein the light emitting plate includes a drive motor positioning repeatedly sequentially the first, second and third areas in an optical axis position of light from the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8957989
    Abstract: A storage device generates low frame rate video data by frame thinning high frame rate video data input. The storage device performs image synthesis on the low frame rate video data and the high frame rate video data, for which video data input has been delayed, into two screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 8957945
    Abstract: A digital camera 1 includes an image capturing unit 16, an image composition unit 52, and a display control unit 54. The image capturing unit 16 captures frames at predetermined time intervals. The image composition unit 52 sequentially combines at least a part of image data from image data of a plurality of frames sequentially captured by the image capturing unit 16 at predetermined time intervals. The display control unit 54 performs control to sequentially display image data combined by the image composition unit 52 while the image data of the frames are captured by the image capturing unit 16 at predetermined time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotomo Miyamoto, Kosuke Matsumoto, Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Nobuyoshi Nishizaka
  • Patent number: 8947585
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: an imaging element; a main lens that condenses light from a subject toward the imaging element; a micro lens array that is configured by a plurality kinds of micro lenses with different focal lengths that is disposed between the imaging element and the main lens and causes light transmitted through the main lens to form an image on the imaging element; and a CPU that, in response to receiving a designation of a distance to a side of a subject that is photographed, performs weighting for each image that is imaged by the plurality kinds of micro lenses of the imaging element based on the distance so as to constitute one captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nagasaka, Akira Hamada, Ryohei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8946533
    Abstract: In the present invention, a CPU acquires an achievement level based on the difficulty level of a song by evaluating the playing skills of the user based on a comparison of a plurality musical notation data expressing each note composing the song and music playing data generated in response to the song being played and inputted by the user; updates state variables (achievement level rank “achieve” and achievement level rank change “change”) in a value function table “value” based on the acquired achievement level; and gives advice of a type specified by the most effective (maximum value) advice type “action” retrieved from the value function table “value” [achieve][change][action] based on the updated state variables to the user playing and inputting the song.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Minamitaka