Patents Assigned to Casio Computer
  • Musical performance system, terminal device, method and electronic musical instrument
    Patent number: 12106741
    Abstract: A musical performance system includes an instrument and a terminal. Terminal includes a processor. Processor executes outputting first track data or first pattern data obtained by arbitrarily combining pieces of track data. Processor executes automatically outputting second track data or second pattern data obtained by arbitrarily combining pieces of track data. Instrument includes a processor. Processor executes acquiring first track/pattern data from terminal. Processor executes generating a sound of a music composition in accordance with first track/pattern data. Processor executes acquiring second track/pattern data from terminal. Processor executes generating a sound of a music composition in accordance with second track/pattern data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kafuku, Takeshi Imai
  • Electronic musical instrument, sound production method for electronic musical instrument, and storage medium
    Patent number: 12106742
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes a plurality of performance elements that specify pitch data; a sound source that produces musical sounds; and a processor configured to perform the following: when a user performance of the plurality of performance elements satisfies a prescribed condition, instructing the sound source to produce automatic arpeggio playing sounds corresponding to pitch data specified by the user performance; and when the user performance of the plurality of performance elements does not satisfy the prescribed condition, instructing the sound source to produce a sound of a pitch data specified by the user performance without producing the automatic arpeggio playing sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sato, Hajime Kawashima
  • Electronic musical instrument and control method for electronic musical instrument
    Patent number: 12106745
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument outputs synthesized lyrics of a song based on lyric data in accordance with operations by a user. One or more processors in electronic musical instrument generate voice synthesis data for a lyric of the song based on the lyric data for the song at a timing at which said lyric is supposed to be outputted regardless of whether or not a user operation of the operating unit is detected at said timing; when the user operation of the operating unit is detected at said timing, cause voice sound synthesized based on the generated voice synthesis data to be outputted; and when the user operation of the operating unit is not detected at said timing, cause the voice sound synthesized based on the generated voice synthesis data not to be outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Danjyo, Fumiaki Ota, Atsushi Nakamura
  • POINTER DISPLAY APPARATUS AND POINTER OPERATION CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20240319675
    Abstract: A pointer display apparatus includes a pointer which operates in an operation range; and at least one processor which controls an operation of the pointer. In a first display mode in which the processor displays display contents with the pointer, the processor sets an evacuation state of the pointer in an evacuation operation in which the pointer is temporarily evacuated from a pointing range to be different from an evacuation state of the pointer in a mode other than the first display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chiharu SHIRATORI, Shuto OIKAWA, Tomoki ISHIKAWA, Hitoshi TANAKA
  • DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240319846
    Abstract: There is provided a display control method that is performed by at least one processor of a computer including a memory storing a program that is executed by the processor. The display control method includes: determining, in accordance with a predetermined rule, from among a plurality of images (i) each associated with detailed information to be presented to a user and (ii) arranged and displayed on a list screen, a target image for which supplementary information included in the detailed information is to be displayed; causing a display to display the list screen where the plurality of images is arranged; and causing the display to display, at a position on the list screen, the supplementary information having a content related to the detailed information associated with the target image, the position corresponding to the target image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka KOMIYAMA, Yoshihiro TAKAYAMA, Masaki ITO
  • IMAGING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240323526
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an image sensor configured to photograph an imaging object, and a processor, the processor being configured to: derive a distance between the imaging object and the image sensor to obtain a derived distance; determine whether a close-up attachment is attached to the imaging device, based on the derived distance, to obtain a determination result; and set an imaging mode in accordance with the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki MATSUO, Kaisei IWATA
  • PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240320728
    Abstract: A product recommendation method executed by a computer, the computer comprising: a memory storing a program; and at least one processor that executes the program, wherein the at least one processor acquires, for plurality of products, product data including a tag expressing a feature of each product; identifies a relevant product that is relevant to a user in response to a display request or an update request of a predetermined screen from the user; searches the product data and extracts the tag attached to the relevant product; extracts, based on the extracted tag, a candidate group of products to be recommended to the user; and determines whether the extracted candidate group satisfies a predetermined condition in order to identify a product to display on the predetermined screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka KOMIYAMA, Yoshihiro TAKAYAMA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, LINK ADDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240320413
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory storing a program, and a controller that executes the program. The controller detects, from within text included in a display request page, for which displaying is requested from a terminal, a keyword associated with a subject to be displayed; and adds, to the keyword within the text, a link to a page related to the subject to be displayed identified by the keyword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka KOMIYAMA, Yoshihiro TAKAYAMA
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLAR PANEL
    Publication number: 20240322050
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including: a solar cell including a power generation layer and a pair of electrodes that sandwich the power generation layer; and a coat that has a second face attached to at least part of a first face of the solar cell. The coat includes extraction wirings that are located on the second face and electrically connected to the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuta SAITO
  • Display control device, electronic watch, display control method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 12099332
    Abstract: A CPU determines whether a first condition related to a current position of a subject is satisfied, determines whether a second condition different from the first condition and related to at least one of the current position of the subject and a motion state of the subject is satisfied, and controls a display mode of a display unit on the basis of a determination result as to whether the first condition is satisfied and a determination result as to whether the second condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kiuchi, Yuuichi Sagou, Masaki Ito, Kousuke Ishizaki
  • DEVICE AND WATCH
    Publication number: 20240310791
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device includes: a case body including a peripheral wall portion; a cover frame provided on one side of the peripheral wall portion of the case body and made of a metal with an opening; a cover plate formed to have a plate shape and arranged in the opening of the cover frame; an vibration plate arranged on another side of the cover plate and made of metal; and a piezoelectric ceramic plate arranged on another side of the vibration plate, wherein an inner peripheral surface of the opening of the cover frame and an outer peripheral surface of the vibration plate are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichiro SUZUKI
  • ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, HAND POSITION DETECTION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240310789
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a plurality of hands; a plurality of detection units that detect external light, arranged corresponding to the plurality of hands; and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to perform external light detection operations that respectively determine whether or not external light of a threshold value or more is detected at the plurality of detection units while moving the plurality of hands by a predetermined distance, respectively, and when there is a hand among the plurality of hands for which the external light detection operation detected external light and there is another hand among the plurality of hands for which the external light detection operation did not detect external light, perform the external light detection operation for said another hand again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta SAITO, Tomohiro INABA, Hua GAO, Yohei KAWAGUCHI, Akihiro KUROHA
  • COMPONENT MOUNTING MEMBER, CASE, TIMEPIECE AND COMPONENT MOUNTING MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20240308149
    Abstract: A component mounting member, a case having the component mounting member, a timepiece having the case are provided by which a base member made of metal and a terminal are not electrically connected to each other even when the terminal is provided in the base member. Also, a manufacturing method therefor is provided. This component mounting member includes a back cover which is attached to a wristwatch case having an attachment hole, a terminal attachment member which is arranged in the attachment hole and thereby attached to the back cover, and charging terminals provided in and exposed from the terminal attachment member, in which the back cover is made of metal, and the terminal attachment member is made of an insulative resin. As a result of this structure, the back cover and the charging terminal provided therein are prevented from being electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeaki SUGIYAMA, Yuji DOI, Shouta NAGASAWA
  • DEVICE AND WATCH
    Publication number: 20240310785
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device includes: a case body including a cylindrical peripheral wall portion; a cover frame provided on one side of the peripheral wall portion of the case body and having an opening; a cover plate formed to have a plate shape and arranged in the opening of the cover frame; and an vibration plate joined to the cover plate by a third joining member, wherein the vibration plate and the cover plate are spaced apart from each other, with the third joining member interposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichiro SUZUKI
  • STAND FOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240309987
    Abstract: Provided is a stand for a device that is capable of storing, in a stable state, a plurality of arms that are rotatably coupled. The stand for a device includes a supporter including a first fulcrum, a first arm that is coupled to the supporter so as to be rotatable around the first fulcrum and that includes a second fulcrum on one end, and a second arm that includes a first end and a device-side second end, the first end being coupled to the first arm so as to be rotatable around the second fulcrum. In a case where the first arm and the second arm are positioned at stored positions, the second fulcrum is positioned below the first fulcrum and, also, the second arm is tilted with respect to the vertical direction toward the first arm side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji MUKAI, Jumpei ISHIBASHI
  • Electronic musical instrument, sound production method for electronic musical instrument, and storage medium
    Patent number: 12094440
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes: a plurality of performance elements that specify pitch data; a sound source that produces musical sounds; and a processor configured to perform the following: when a user performance of the plurality of performance elements satisfies a prescribed condition, instructing the sound source to produce a sound of a first timbre and a sound of a second timbre, both corresponding to a pitch data specified by the user performance; and when the user performance of the plurality of performance elements does not satisfy the prescribed condition, instructing the sound source to produce the sound of the first timbre corresponding to the pitch data specified by the user performance and not instructing the sound source to produce the sound of the second timbre.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sato, Hajime Kawashima
  • TIMEPIECE MODULE AND ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE
    Publication number: 20240304984
    Abstract: A timepiece module includes a circuit board having a first surface, a plate-like antenna and a metal member. The antenna extends in a direction to be away from the first surface of the circuit board. The metal member is entirely disposed outside a first region and outside a second region. The first region extends from a plate surface of the antenna outward in a normal direction of the antenna. The second region coincides with the antenna in plan view viewed from above the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munetaka SEO, Takeshi MATSUE, Jun MIWA
  • BAND, WEARABLE DEVICE, AND BAND ATTACHING METHOD
    Publication number: 20240298758
    Abstract: A band includes, a long band member; a second member provided at one end side of the band member; and a first member including a through hole through which the second member and at least one end side of the band member in which the second member is provided are inserted. The second member or the at least one end side of the band member maintains a first state with a width or a thickness that is larger than a width or a thickness of the through hole of the first member in a state in which the second member and the at least one end side of the band member are inserted into the through hole of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ayaka SATO
  • CUMULATIVE ALTITUDE CALCULATION DEVICE, CUMULATIVE ALTITUDE CALCULATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240302165
    Abstract: A cumulative altitude calculation device includes an atmospheric pressure sensor; a memory; and one or more processors. The one or more processors executes the following processing in accordance with instructions stored in the memory: acquiring atmospheric pressure data from the atmospheric pressure sensor; calculating a first cumulative altitude from the acquired atmospheric pressure data; calculating a second cumulative altitude from the acquired atmospheric pressure data; determining, from the acquired atmospheric pressure data, whether a current state is a first state or a second state; and deriving, in accordance with the determined current state and based on the first cumulative altitude and the second cumulative altitude, a cumulative altitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro KUWATA
  • SPREADSHEET APPARATUS, SPREADSHEET METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20240303425
    Abstract: A spreadsheet apparatus accepts a calculation formula for executing calculation with a target being a calculation element that is input in a table format, as a first calculation formula of a first format including a first part corresponding to a description format of referring to a cell of a table and a second part corresponding to a description format for mathematical natural display, and executes one of (i) a calculation process for calculating the first calculation formula by using a value of the cell that the first part refers to, and (ii) a display process for displaying on a display the first calculation formula in a display mode of the mathematical natural display indicated by the second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kota SAJI