Patents Assigned to Casio Computer
  • Printing apparatus, printing method and computer-readable medium
    Patent number: 10633138
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print head, a first cutter and a processor. The print head performs printing on a printing medium. The first cutter cuts the printing medium on which the print head has performed the printing. The first cutter trims away a corner at an end in a width direction of the printing medium. The processor controls the print head and the first cutter based on cutting information on an area to be trimmed by the first cutter so that a printing area of the printing medium is not cut by the first cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Hasegawa, Toshiaki Kanamura, Yoshimasa Yokoyama, Yasushi Murai
  • Display device, display method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 10636388
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including: an input unit used to input a plurality of image signals from a plurality of external apparatuses; a display unit which displays images; a setting unit which sets a display condition of each of the plurality of images based on an aspect ratio corresponding to each of the plurality of image signals input through the input unit; and a display control unit which generates a composite image from the plurality of image signals input through the input unit based on the contents set by the setting unit, and displays the composite image on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Shinozaki
  • Heating apparatus, heating method, three-dimensional object forming system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
    Patent number: 10632676
    Abstract: A heating apparatus for emitting thermal energy, includes a heater which emits the thermal energy directed at a thermal expansion sheet that expands according to a heating amount absorbed, a relative mover which causes the heater and the thermal expansion sheet to move relatively in a predetermined direction, and a controller which changes one of a speed of the relative movement by the relative mover and a heat generation amount by the heater, according to the relative movement of the heater and the thermal expansion sheet, so that the heating amount received by the thermal expansion sheet is close to uniform regardless of the position in the predetermined direction while the thermal energy is emitted by the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshimune Motoyanagi
  • Stepping motor, motor drive device and time display device
    Patent number: 10637385
    Abstract: A motor drive device includes a motor drive circuit which drives a stepping motor provided with three coils; a switching element for controlling a path through which a current for driving at least one of the coils flows; and a driving pulse generator which outputs a driving pulse to the switching element. The driving pulse generator outputs the driving pulse to the switching element so that the current for driving at least one of the coils flows through one path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuta Saito
  • Bone conduction wave generation device, bone conduction wave generation method, bone conduction wave generation device program, and bone conduction wave output apparatus
    Patent number: 10638240
    Abstract: A bone conduction wave generation device includes a waveform generator which generates a first output wave and a second output wave for bone conduction. The waveform generator generates, on a basis of an input wave, the first output wave outside of an audible range and the second output wave outside of an audible range. The first output wave and the second output wave are to be combined into a composite wave having an audible beat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiya Kuno
  • Processed medium manufacturing method, data generation method, computer-readable storage medium, and structure manufacturing method
    Patent number: 10632776
    Abstract: A structure manufacturing method manufactures a structure including an expansion layer M2 by expanding the expansion layer M2 that is included in a print medium M and expands by heating. An electromagnetic wave-heat conversion material is formed on a first surface of the print medium M in density corresponding to a shape of a structure C0 to be manufactured. Here, either the material is formed in lower density than density of the material in a first part of the expansion layer M2 to be expanded to a first height H1 and density of the material in a second part of the expansion layer M2 to be expanded to a second height H2 or the material is not formed, in a boundary region A0 which is the first surface in a boundary part between the first part and the second part. The print medium M is then irradiated with electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitomi Fujimoto
  • Driving device, electronic timepiece, driving method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 10636371
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a display, a driver that drives the display, and a CPU that controls the driver. The CPU inverts, in a time less than or equal to a reference inversion time and at an inversion timing of a constant polarity inversion cycle, a polarity of a voltage to be applied to the display. Additionally, the CPU outputs image data to the driver at an image update timing of a cycle that is synchronized with the inversion cycle and that is equivalent to a reference cycle equal to the inversion cycle multiplied by an inverse of an integer. The image update timing is a time when a reference adjustment time elapses after a timing of the reference cycle. The reference adjustment time is less than a time of the reference cycle and greater than or equal to the reference inversion time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoo Kasuo
  • Electronic device, musical sound control method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 10635384
    Abstract: An electronic device having a display section, comprising: a processor, wherein the processor executes the processing of: displaying a module image corresponding to a module used for sound processing and a sound information image corresponding to sound information relating to generation of a sound which can be set in the module on the display section; receiving an operation on at least one of the sound information image displayed on the display section and the module image displayed on the display section; and controlling the sound processing performed by setting the sound information corresponding to the sound information image to the module according to the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiju Suzuki, Shinichi Moritani, Yusuke Hatano
  • Portable terminal
    Patent number: 10635872
    Abstract: A portable terminal including a grip section capable of being gripped by a hand of a user in a predetermined gripping style, a first switch section provided such that at least a pressing target portion is exposed from a first surface of a terminal main body and capable of being operated by an index finger of the hand of the user gripping the grip section in the gripping style, and a second switch section provided such that at least a pressing target portion is exposed from a second surface of the terminal main body positioned opposite to the first surface and capable of being operated by a thumb of the gripping hand of the user in the gripping style, in which the pressing target portion of the first switch section is set to require operating force greater than operating force required for the pressing target portion of the second switch section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Chiba, Satoshi Ogasawara, Shinya Okumura, Yoshiaki Mochizuki
  • KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20200126527
    Abstract: A electronic portable keyboard instrument includes a plurality of keys arranged in a first direction; a plurality of hammers respectively corresponding to the plurality of keys, each of the plurality of hammers including a force application point that is formed on one end side and that is pressed down when the corresponding key is pressed, a weight that is formed on another end side and imparts action weight to a pressed key, and a fulcrum formed between the force application point and the weight so that the hammer rocks in vertical directions about the fulcrum when the corresponding key is pressed; and a casing including at least one reinforcing member that is formed in a gap between the plurality of hammers so as to not be contacted by the weights of the hammers when the hammers rock about the respective fulcrums with a lateral positional shift in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So SATO, Naoya ISHIBASHI, Kouji OSHIMA, Naoto IMAMURA
  • THERMALLY EXPANDABLE SHEET PRODUCTION METHOD AND SHAPED OBJECT PRODUCTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200122429
    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 second ratio is lower than the first ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimune MOTOYANAGI, Yuji HORIUCHI
  • ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200126526
    Abstract: An electronic keyboard instrument includes: a keyboard including a plurality of keys; a plurality of switches that are provided for each key and include a first switch and a second switch that are sequentially turned on by pressing of the key; and a processor. The processor instructs that a noise sound corresponding to a selected musical instrument sound be produced in accordance with a prescribed first envelope upon detecting turning on of the first switch by pressing of the key, and instructs that a main musical sound corresponding to the selected musical instrument sound be produced after detecting turning on of the second switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki SATO, Hajime KAWASHIMA
  • Microcapsule, sheet material, circuit board, method for manufacturing circuit board, and computer readable storage medium
    Patent number: 10631403
    Abstract: A microcapsule includes a shell including a conducting component; and a thermally expandable component contained in the shell and having a property of expanding by heating, the shell deforming due to expansion of the thermally expandable component to come in contact with another capsule and have a conducting state with the other capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Iwamoto, Satoshi Kurosawa
  • Electronic musical instrument, electronic musical instrument control method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 10629179
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes: a memory that stores a machine-learning trained acoustic model mimicking voice of a singer and at least one processor. When a vocoder mode is on, prescribed lyric data and pitch data corresponding to a user operation of an operation element of the musical instrument are inputted to the trained acoustic model, and inferred singing voice data that infers a singing voice of the singer is synthesized on the basis of acoustic feature data output by the trained acoustic model and on the basis of instrument sound waveform data that are synthesized in accordance with the pitch data corresponding to the user operation of the operation element. When the vocoder mode is off, the inferred singing voice data is synthesized based on the acoustic feature data without using the sound waveform data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Danjyo, Fumiaki Ota, Masaru Setoguchi, Atsushi Nakamura
  • Switch device and timepiece
    Patent number: 10627781
    Abstract: A switch device including a case provided with a through hole, an operation member including a shaft section which is inserted into the through hole of the case and a head section which is provided on an outer end portion of the shaft section and arranged outside the case, an elastic body which is arranged between outer surface of the case and inner surface of the head section of the operation member opposing the outer surface of the case, and forces the head section outward from the case by an elastic force of a material of the elastic body, and a slipping section which provides slipperiness in a rotational direction to the elastic body and the head section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsumi Ichimura, Hajime Iguchi
  • Display control apparatus to perform predetermined process on captured image
    Patent number: 10630892
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire a peripheral image around a predetermined object captured by image capture units. The predetermined object is different from the image capture units. The processor is also configured to determine whether or not a moving situation of an image of a moving subject included in the acquired peripheral image corresponds to a predetermined specific situation. The moving situation is a moving situation of the image of the moving subject with respect to the predetermined object. The processor is further configured to execute control to produce an output so as to display distinguishably on a display an image of a partial region among the peripheral image, the partial region including the image of the moving subject, when the moving situation of the image of the moving subject corresponds to the predetermined moving situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuo Ura
  • Autonomous movement device, autonomous movement method and program recording medium
    Patent number: 10627828
    Abstract: An autonomous movement device includes an obstacle detector, a map creator, an obstacle canceller, and a router. The obstacle detector detects an obstacle. The map creator records information about the obstacle detected by the obstacle detector on an environment map. The obstacle canceller cancels the information about the obstacle recorded by the map creator from the environment map. The router sets a moving route based on the information recorded on the environment map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Maeno
  • INPUT UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200117294
    Abstract: An input unit includes: a touch panel of a capacitive type configured to detect a touch operation by a user; and an accessary member attached to the touch panel. The accessary member has a specific part above a detection face of the touch panel, the specific part includes a resistive element, and a touch operation to the accessary member by the user enables a touch operation to the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi SUENAGA
  • THERMALLY EXPANDABLE SHEET PRODUCTION METHOD AND SHAPED OBJECT PRODUCTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200114673
    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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshimune MOTOYANAGI
  • DRAWING DEVICE, DRAWING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200113306
    Abstract: A drawing device, including: a drawing head which performs drawing on a drawing target; a head mover which moves the drawing head in a first direction and in a second direction which intersects with the first direction; a cap which protects the drawing head; and a processor which controls the drawing head and the head mover. Within a range where the drawing head is moved by the head mover, a drawing area where the drawing target is placed and the drawing by the drawing head is performed and a stand-by area where the cap is disposed are provided. The drawing head performs the drawing on the drawing target while the processor controls the head mover to move the drawing head in the first direction. The drawing head is protected with the cap by the processor controlling the head mover to move the drawing head to the stand-by area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke SHIMIZU