Patents Assigned to Casio Computer
  • PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD, AND NONVOLATILE COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180086101
    Abstract: A printing device includes a thermal head and a head controller. The head controller acquires a number of heater elements to energize based on the line print data, and determines an energization time of one or more heater elements corresponding to the line print data according to a result of comparison between the number of heater elements to energize and a first threshold, wherein in a case where a width of an ink ribbon heated by the energization is equal to or wider than a second threshold, the first threshold being set to be a value that is greater than a value that is set for the first threshold when the width of the ink ribbon heated by the energization is narrower than the second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji UEMATSU
  • CALCULATING DEVICE, GRAPH DISPLAY METHOD OF CALCULATING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM RETAINING GRAPH DISPLAY PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20180089867
    Abstract: A calculating device includes a receiver-and-transmitter and a processor. The receiver-and-transmitter is configured to communicate with a server. The processor performs processes including: transmitting (i) an increment of an independent variable per one display dot according to a variance range of the independent variable and the number of display dots on a screen, (ii) a function expression of the independent variable, and (iii) the variance range of the independent variable, to the server; receiving coordinate data of each display dot for generating a graph in a graph display range on the screen, from the server; and displaying a graph image generated at each display dot of the graph display range based on the coordinate data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto OZAWA, Naoki AKAE, Hirokazu TANAKA, Miki SUZUKI
  • PRINTER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTER, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180088881
    Abstract: A printer includes: a processor; a head configured to perform printing; a sensor configured to detect an amount of movement of the printer; and a scanner configured to acquire an image including a frame described on a material to be printed beforehand, the scanner being disposed forward of the head in a moving direction of the printer. The processor executes during scanning for frame detection over the material to be printed, frame detection processing to detect the frame based on the amount of movement and the image without performing the printing, and during scanning for printing over the material to be printed, print processing to perform the printing with the head based on the frame detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotaka KURONUMA
  • EFFECT PROVIDING APPARATUS, EFFECT PROVIDING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20180090113
    Abstract: An effect providing apparatus is provided which ostensibly increases the number of effects that can be simultaneously provided. When switching to flanger processing is performed while filter processing in accordance with a periodic signal (LFO signal) is being performed in an effect processing section that can provide only one effect, a CPU advances the periodic signal (LFO signal) from a phase at the time of the switching, and performs the filter processing in accordance with the advancing periodic signal when the flanger processing is ended. As a result of this configuration, the number of effects that can be simultaneously provided is ostensibly increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu MORIYAMA
  • ORDER INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180089771
    Abstract: An order information processing device includes: an input unit which receives input of one or more pieces of order information; and a processor which executes a function of: when an order information set is registered, the order information set including a plurality of pieces of the order information which are same as one another and are input together, segmenting the order information set to change or delete a part of the order information set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Kazuyoshi TOMA
  • MUSICAL SOUND GENERATING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20180090120
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument uses a mouthpiece model that models a mouthpiece as a three-dimensional shape having one end at which the mouthpiece is to be held in a mouth of a performer being smaller than another end. A processor in the instrument calculates a reflection coefficient of a progressive wave and a regressive wave using the mouthpiece model by calculating a wave impedance for the progressive wave and calculating a wave impedance for the regressive wave, and generates a musical sound signal on the basis of the calculated reflection coefficient, which is then outputted to a sound generator for sound production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazutaka KASUGA
  • CHORD JUDGING APPARATUS AND CHORD JUDGING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180090117
    Abstract: A chord judging method performed by a processor to judge chords of a musical piece, in which the processor estimates plural chord candidates of each of plural parts specified in the musical piece; calculates connection costs, each of which is defined between the chord candidates of adjacent parts of the musical piece; obtains total sums of the connection costs between the chord candidates along plural routes through the musical piece; and selects a route from among the plural routes, which route shows a less total sum of the connection costs of the chord candidates, thereby outputting an appropriate chord candidate of each of the parts along the found route of the musical piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichi MINAMITAKA
  • ROBOT THAT DIAGNOSES FAILURE, FAILURE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, FAILURE DIAGNOSIS METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180089013
    Abstract: A robot, failure diagnosis system, failure diagnosis method, and recording medium that enable easy diagnosis of a failure of a robot are provided. In a robot 100, a failure diagnosis unit 150 diagnoses a failure of the robot 100, based on a spontaneous self motion made by the robot 100 independently of a predetermined target without interaction with the predetermined target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko OTSUKA, Hiroki ATSUMI, Takahiro TOMIDA, Yoshihiro KAWAMURA
  • PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180086102
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus which includes a thermal head having a plurality of heat generation elements whose temperatures are controlled by applying a voltage and performing printing on a printing medium and a head drive circuit being supplied periodically with a control signal and print data to control application of a voltage to each of the plurality of heat generation elements. One period of the control signal includes first and second voltage application control periods which are separated from each other. The first voltage application control period is a period in which the printing is performed by controlling the application of a voltage, and the second voltage application control period is a period in which the printing is not performed and a temperature of the thermal head is adjusted by controlling the application of a voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki ITO, Takeo OZAWA, Naoki OGAWA
  • STEPPING MOTOR, ROTATION DETECTING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE
    Publication number: 20180088533
    Abstract: A stepping motor includes: a rotor; and a stator including an opening accommodating the rotor, a first side yoke extending from the opening in a first direction, a second side yoke extending from the opening in a second direction that is a direction opposite to the first direction, and one or a plurality of coils magnetically coupled to the first side yoke or the second side yoke. Assuming a direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction, a first recess is formed in an outer circumference of the stator at a position rotated from the third direction toward the second direction by a prescribed first angle and a second recess that determines a stable resting position of the rotor is formed at a position rotated from the second direction toward the third direction by a prescribed second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuta SAITO
  • PROJECTION APPARATUS AND PROJECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20180091786
    Abstract: A projection apparatus includes a projection unit configured to display an image based on an input signal by a display element, to form an optical image from light provided from a light source passed or reflected by the display element, and to project the formed optical image on a projection target, a photographing unit configured to photograph a region including an image range which is projected by the projection unit, an image recognition unit configured to recognize a person from the image obtained by the photographing at the photographing unit, and a projection control unit configured to change and set an aspect of the image projected by the projection unit based on a result of the recognition at the image recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Futoshi SATO
  • ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SOUND GENERATION
    Publication number: 20180090119
    Abstract: An electronic percussion instrument to control generated sound in accordance with operation to the striking surface includes: a first sensor configured to detect a slapping operation on the striking surface; a second sensor configured to detect a contact operation to the striking surface; and a processor configured to control sound generated in response to detection of a slapping operation by the first sensor in accordance with a place of a contact operation to the striking surface detected by the second sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi SODA
  • CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180088806
    Abstract: A control device, including: a first processor; a second processor which has a higher performance than the first processor; and a storage in which data is stored so as to be readable and writable by the second processor, wherein a part of the storage is usable as a common storage area which is readable and writable by the first processor and the second processor, in reading operation, the second processor reads first data from out of the common storage area in the storage and writes the first data to the common storage area, and the first processor reads the first data from the common storage area, and in writing operation, the first processor writes second data to the common storage area, and the second processor stores the second data out of the common storage area in the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto TODA, Tatsuya SEKITSUKA
  • CHORD JUDGING APPARATUS AND CHORD JUDGING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180090118
    Abstract: A chord judging apparatus for judging chords of a musical piece, is provided with a processor and a memory for storing data of the musical piece, wherein the processor specifies plural segments in the data of the musical piece, estimates a tonality of each of the specified segments based on component tones included in the segment, and judges a chord of the plural segments of the musical piece based on modulation in tonality, when modulation is introduced in the estimated tonalities of the plural segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichi MINAMITAKA
  • IMAGING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF AUTOMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY, IMAGE PLAYBACK APPARATUS WHICH PLAYS BACK AUTOMATICALLY PHOTOGRAPHED IMAGE, IMAGE PLAYBACK METHOD, AND IMAGING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180091731
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, image playback apparatus includes: an image acquisition device configured to acquire, in association with a plurality of sensing functions capable of being activated or inactivated, photography image information automatically photographed under a predetermined photography condition, based on a sensing result of the activated sensing function, the image acquisition device being configured to acquire the photography image information together with trigger information indicative of the photography condition or the sensing function used under the photography condition; and a display device configured to display an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Futoshi YAMAMOTO
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180088768
    Abstract: A display apparatus according to embodiments of the invention includes a display unit configured to display an image, a detection unit configured to detect a detection value associated with an input of the image that is outputted from an external terminal, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the display unit based on the detection value detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi NAKAGAWA
  • PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD, AND NONVOLATILE COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180086100
    Abstract: A printing device, includes a printer that prints onto a printing medium that is conveyed along a reference direction by a conveyer; and a controller that controls the printer to print a print pattern onto the printing medium along the reference direction. The controller controls to forbid the printer to execute printing when a temperature of the printer is projected to become equal to or higher than a set temperature if the printer prints onto the printing medium using a printing length of the print pattern along the reference direction, the printing length being a length of at least a portion of the print pattern along the reference direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji UEMATSU
  • PRINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180086106
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises: a printer that includes a printing mechanism that performs printing on a printing medium, the printing mechanism being provided in a print area; a housing that includes an opening region for exposing the printing mechanism to outside; and a guiding mechanism that represents a position of the print area. The guiding mechanism is provided at a position directly above the print area and visible from outside. Accordingly, when a user performs printing on the printing medium using this printing apparatus, the user can easily grasp a position of the print area by means of the guiding mechanism, and therefore can print on a desired position on the printing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki KOGANE
  • IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180088537
    Abstract: The present invention is to reduce an increase in a processing load when a background image is displayed in addition to pointer images indicating pointer movements. A control section displays a plurality of pointer images indicating pointer movements in a timepiece display area of a display section based on time information acquired from a clock circuit. Here, the control section identifies an area where the plurality of pointer images are displayed, such as a pointer movement area or a pointer presence area in the pointer movement area, and controls to perform high-load and low-load display operations with different processing loads on the identified area and an area other than the identified area, such as an outer area outside the pointer movement area or a pointer absence area in the pointer movement area, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuaki MURAI
  • OBJECT HOLDING MEMBER AND DRAWING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180084889
    Abstract: An object holding member is disposed within an external apparatus. The object holding member includes an object insertion tool, and a connector. The object insertion tool has a space, into which an object being a finger or a toe having a nail is inserted; and the connector is configured to couple with the external apparatus and suppress a change in a position of the object holding member within the external apparatus in a case where the object holding member is disposed in the external apparatus. Thus, when the object holding member is disposed within the external apparatus, the position thereof is generally fixed by the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro HORI