Patents Assigned to Casio Computer
  • Information device, mobile device, and wearable information device
    Patent number: 10163093
    Abstract: An information device makes a payment with a payment terminal through a contactless communication, using amount data of an electronic purse function of a mobile device. The mobile device with the electronic purse function permits the information device to be used for performing payment processing with the payment terminal, using amount data of the electronic purse function of the mobile device. A wearable information device includes an image taking unit configured to take an image of an object in the direction of line of vision of a user, and notifies the information device of the presence or absence of the information device in a taken image. The information device makes a payment with the payment terminal through a contactless communication based on the notification from the wearable information device of the presence or absence of the information device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimiyasu Mizuno, Tsuyoshi Minami, Hideo Suzuki, Takashi Suenaga, Keiichi Nomura, Shuhei Uchida, Munetaka Seo, Itsuki Yamashita
  • Display apparatus for displaying images
    Patent number: 10162516
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily display user's desired images. An imaging apparatus includes a frame rate acquiring unit, a measuring unit and a reproduction control unit. The frame rate acquiring unit acquires the imaging frame rate of a video to be reproduced. The measuring unit measures the operation speed of a user's touch operation on a touch panel while the touch operation is performed. The reproduction control unit controls reproduction of the video which is displayed on the display panel, based on the acquired imaging frame rate and the subsequently measured operation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Hideaki Matsuda, Jun Muraki
  • Printer control using scanner disposed ahead of print head to detect frame on print material based on printer movement amount and acquired image before printing
    Patent number: 10165146
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotaka Kuronuma
  • PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180365539
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises: a processor configured to create print data for printing at least one printable character so as to arrange the printable character along a widthwise direction of the print medium based on input data input by a user; and a printhead configured to print on the print medium in accordance with the print data, wherein the processor compares an overall print length of overall data obtained by adding margins to a front end and a rear end of the printable character with a first length of an elongated print medium in the widthwise direction, and, the processor creates the print data including a mark indicating an end portion of the overall data when the overall print length is shorter than the first length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki OGAWA
  • EXPRESSION DETERMINATION DEVICE, EXPRESSION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180365483
    Abstract: A determination result is easily obtained even in expression determination on a face image that is not a front view. A Robot includes a camera, a face detector, a face angle estimator, and an expression determiner. The camera acquires image data. The face detector detects a face of a person from the image data acquired by the camera. The face angle estimator estimates an angle of the face detected by the face detector. The expression determiner determines an expression of the face based on the angle estimated by the face angle estimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi NAKAGOME, Keisuke SHIMADA
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPROVING COOPERATION AMONG A PLURALITY OF MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20180367231
    Abstract: An electronic device 10 that are wirelessly connected to other electronic devices within a range of a limited communication distance, and the device has a controller CNT that configured to determine at least one of whether or not there are a plurality of members who each have an electronic device within a predetermined range and whether or not a plurality of members who each have an electronic device show a same behavior, and to transmit, if it is determined that there are a plurality of members who each have an electronic device within the predetermined range, or that a plurality of members who each have an electronic device show a same behavior, a request to the plurality of electronic devices to generate rhythm signals at a same tempo to encourage improvement in cooperation among the plurality of members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Futoshi YAMAMOTO
  • EXPANSION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, EXPANSION METHOD OF THERMALLY-EXPANDABLE SHEET, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180361634
    Abstract: An expansion device includes: an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a thermally-expandable sheet with light; a movement unit configured to relatively move the thermally-expandable sheet and the irradiation unit; an air-blowing unit configured to cool the irradiation unit by blowing air to the irradiation unit; and a control unit configured to execute a distension process of distending the thermally-expandable sheet by causing the irradiation unit to emit light while relatively moving the thermally-expandable sheet and the irradiation unit by the movement unit, wherein the control unit controls the air-blowing unit to stop or weaken blowing air toward the irradiation unit while the irradiation unit is caused to emit light in the distension process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichi USHIGOME, Minoru SAITO
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPROVING DEAD RECKONING-BASED POSITIONING ACCURACY
    Publication number: 20180364064
    Abstract: Correction of errors in dead reckoning includes: obtaining, without using map information, a first distance between a first location of a user and a second location of the user based on acquired GPS positional information of the first location and acquired GPS positional information of the second location; obtaining, without using map information, a second distance between the first location and the second location, by using dead reckoning based on a step count and a step length of the user as the user traveled from the first location to the second location; and correcting the step length of the user that is used in the dead reckoning on the basis of the first distance obtained by the first distance obtaining process and the second distance obtained by the second distance obtaining process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoto TODA
  • COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO TRANSMIT DATA WITH REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION
    Publication number: 20180367658
    Abstract: A communication device transmits a plurality of types of data to an external device, and the communication device includes: a wireless communication unit 15 configured to communicate with the external device; a near field communication unit 16 configured to communicate with the external device and consuming less power; and a CPU 11 configured to set priority to a plurality of types of data and let the near field communication unit 16 with reduced power consumption transmit the data having predetermined priority to the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Norio ENDO
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPROVING ALTITUDE MEASUREMENT ACCURACY
    Publication number: 20180364065
    Abstract: Altitude detection by an electronic device includes: obtaining altitude information at a location of the electronic device by satellite positioning; obtaining altitude information at said location on the basis of atmospheric pressure data detected at said location; obtaining error in the satellite positioning; and, on the basis of the error obtained, causing the altitude information obtained by the satellite positioning and the altitude information obtained on the basis of the detected atmospheric pressure data to be selectively output to a user or a component of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoto TODA
  • PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180361736
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus and a device. The printing apparatus includes a printing head, a fixture jig and a fixture platform. The printing head prints a design on a nail of a finger or toe. The fixture jig is detachable from the printing apparatus, includes a reference mark, and fixes the finger or toe. In the fixture platform, the fixture jig is set such that the reference mark and the nail of the finger or toe is in an X-Y plane. The device includes a communicator, an imaging unit and a processor. The communicator communicates with the printing apparatus. The imaging unit images the fixture jig with the finger or toe fixed thereon to obtain an image of the reference mark and the nail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tamotsu IRIE
  • Communication device, communication system, communication method and recording medium
    Patent number: 10159094
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a device for communication according to a specific communication protocol is provided. The communication device includes a processor for generating and processing frames based on frame formats defined by the communication protocol. The processor generates a beacon frame so that information on a collision avoidance scheme supported by the device of a plurality kinds of information specified based on the communication protocol is omitted. Further, the processor processes a connection request frame transmitted from other device to extract information on a collision avoidance scheme supported by the other device, and controls communication with the other device based on comparison of the extracted information on the collision avoidance scheme with the information on the collision avoidance scheme supported by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Takahashi, Takahiro Tomida, Tsutomu Terazaki, Ryo Okumura
  • Image transmission method for transmitting image data between image transmission apparatus and a plurality of terminal devices
    Patent number: 10158696
    Abstract: An object is to appropriately control the transmission of image data to a plurality of terminal devices such that the user's desired playback is performed when plural pieces of image data are replayed using the plurality of terminal devices on the user side. When predetermined identification information is received from a first terminal device, a management server apparatus transmits first image data to the first terminal device. Then, when predetermined identification information is received from a second terminal device different from the first terminal device, the management server apparatus transmits second image data related to the first image data to the second terminal device if the received predetermined identification information is the same as the identification information received from the first terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Hato, Tsutomu Terazaki, Shogo Hashimoto
  • SYSTEM FOR FORMING STRUCTURE ON PRINT MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180354274
    Abstract: A system for forming a structure on a print medium 1 includes: a print unit (print device) 10 for printing an electromagnetic wave-heat conversion layer for converting electromagnetic waves into heat, on a medium including an expansion layer that expands by heating; an expansion unit (expansion device) 20 aligned laterally with the print unit 10, for expanding the expansion layer by irradiating the medium with electromagnetic waves; and a top plate 30 covering the print unit 10 and the expansion unit 20 from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichi USHIGOME, Satoshi KUROSAWA, Junichi ONO
  • IMAGE TRANSMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, IMAGE TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180359408
    Abstract: When sensor information acquired from various sensors matches an imaging factor set by a user, a sensor unit transmits a shutter trigger to a remote controller. After receiving the shutter trigger, the remote controller transmits the shutter trigger to a digital camera. Then, when the shutter trigger is received during an operation in an interval imaging mode, the digital camera records a still image or a short moving image in response to the reception of the shutter trigger and stores the image as an unsent image while continuing the operation in the interval imaging mode. Then, after the end of the interval imaging mode, the digital camera transmits all unsent images to a portable wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Iwamoto, Hitoshi Tanaka
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A WATERPROOF STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180356861
    Abstract: An electronic device having a waterproof structure includes a housing having a sound hole waterproofed by a waterproof membrane; an barometer which is arranged in the housing, determines data variable in response to a state of the waterproof membrane, and outputs the determined data; and a central controller which detects an abnormal state of the waterproof membrane based on atmospheric pressure data outputted from the barometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenzo ICHIKAWA, Toshiya KUNO, Hiroyuki FUJIWARA
  • Autonomous mobile device, autonomous movement method, and recording medium storing program
    Patent number: 10152057
    Abstract: An acquirer of an autonomous mobile device acquires a value of level difference between a datum level and the device. A determiner determines whether the value of level difference acquired by the acquirer is equal to or higher than a given value. A movement restrictor restricts parallel shift of the device when the determiner determines that the value is equal to or higher than the given value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawamura, Hiroki Atsumi
  • Drawing device, operation controlling method of drawing device, and operation controlling program of drawing device
    Patent number: 10149526
    Abstract: A drawing device includes: an object placing part on which an object is placed, the object being a finger or a toe having a nail; a direction detection unit configured to detect an extended direction of a streaky pattern naturally-existing on a surface of the nail based on the image including the nail of the object placed on the object placing unit; an image processing unit configured to adjust a direction of a nail design based on the extended direction of the streaky pattern detected by the direction detection unit; and a nail design forming unit configured to form the nail design which is adjusted by the image processing unit on the nail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Nagao
  • RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20180349959
    Abstract: A radio communication apparatus performing radio communication based on either role, a master or a slave, includes a role change receiver receiving a role change request from a slave to a master when the radio communication apparatus has a role of slave and has established connection to another radio communication apparatus operating as a master, and a receiver awaiting identification information transmitted by the other radio communication apparatus by receiving multiple channels including a given channel in a given pattern when the role change receiver receives the change request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu TERAZAKI, Toshihiro TAKAHASHI, Ryo OKUMURA, Takahiro TOMIDA
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS ADJUSTING SKIN COLOR OF PERSON, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180350046
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor which is an image processing processor that is configured to: perform beautiful skin processing, which is processing of beautifying a skin color, on a person portion included in an image, specify a first portion which is a skin color and is a non-makeup portion, and a second portion which is a skin color and a makeup portion, in the person portion of the image, acquire first skin color information which is information corresponding to the skin color of the specified first portion, and second skin color information which is information corresponding to the skin color of the specified second portion, and adjust the beautiful skin processing, on the basis of the acquired first skin color information and the acquired second skin color information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyosuke SASAKI, Takeharu TAKEUCHI, Takao NAKAI, Daiki YAMAZAKI