Patents Assigned to Casio Computers Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240069647
    Abstract: A detecting method executed by at least one processor includes acquiring a captured image that includes at least a part of an image display region on which an image is displayed and at least a part of a target object. The detecting method further includes detecting at least a part of the target object that is extracted in an external region as a detection target. The external region is in the captured image excluding the image display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240069498
    Abstract: A timepiece module includes a digital display screen, an antenna device and a metallic component. The antenna device includes an antenna pattern relevant to communication and an antenna component connected to and extending from the antenna pattern. In a plan view, the antenna pattern has a curved shape and overlaps the digital display screen. The antenna device is disposed such that either one side or other side on a virtual line does not overlap the metallic component. The virtual line is an extending direction in which the antenna component, which extends from the antenna pattern, extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyohei HASEBE, Daisuke IKEDA, Shinya CHO
  • Publication number: 20240069417
    Abstract: An adjustment device comprising a base member is configured to move an adjustment member of an electronic device and a holding member is configured to hold the base member and the electronic device, wherein the holding member includes an elastic member and holds the base member and the electronic device by a restoring force of the elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro TSUYUKI
  • Publication number: 20240071696
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first plate spring, a second plate spring and a substrate. The first plate spring extends in a first direction from a fixed end. The second plate spring branches off from the first plate spring and extends in the first direction beyond a tip of the first plate spring in the first direction. The substrate has an electrode that contacts the second plate spring accompanied by the first plate spring being pushed by a pushbutton switch being pushed. The substrate does not contact the first plate spring. The second plate spring has a tip part. In a plan view in a push direction of the switch, the tip part extends, at a point beyond the tip of the first plate spring, in a second direction different from the first direction to overlap the substrate. The tip part contacts the electrode by the switch being pushed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinya CHO
  • Patent number: 11914944
    Abstract: A display control method includes: aligning a plurality of classification groups into which a plurality of display elements are grouped by classifications thereof; and displaying the plurality of display elements belonging to the plurality of aligned classification groups on a display device in a first display mode in which one association group among a plurality of association groups into which the plurality of display elements are grouped by association thereamong is prioritized over the other association groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Manato Ono
  • Publication number: 20240064225
    Abstract: An information terminal includes: a processor: in response to information of a first category being acquired, stores the first category as display target information; in response to information of a category to which second notification information being acquired at a timing after the information of the first category is acquired, and if the category is the first category, stores the first category as the display target information; and in response to information of the category being acquired, and if the category is a second category different from the first category, stores the second category as the display target information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromi INOUE, Takeshi HANADA, Takanori TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11906936
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a secondary battery, a first power feeder, a second power feeder, and a processor. The first power feeder feeds power to the secondary battery. The second power feeder feeds power to the secondary battery at a current larger than a current fed by the first power feeder. The processor selects an operation mode of the electronic apparatus based on different reference values selected based on whether the first power feeder is feeding power to the secondary battery or the second power feeder is feeding power to the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Ochiai, Yoshinori Asami, Yohei Kawaguchi, Katsuhiko Obata
  • Patent number: 11906933
    Abstract: A dial including a base member having a sheet shape containing reinforced fibers, and a decorative member provided on one surface of the base member containing a brittle material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masao Amano
  • Patent number: 11910473
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a processor and a memory configured to store a program for establishing a wireless connection with a terminal device. The processor establishes, in accordance with the program stored in the memory, the wireless connection with the terminal device upon request for the wireless connection from one of the wireless communication device and the terminal device. Upon establishment of the wireless connection with the terminal device, the processor queries the terminal device with which the wireless connection is established to check a state of an application program for causing the wireless communication device to execute a specific function. The processor maintains or cuts off the wireless connection with the terminal device based on a state of a response of the terminal device with respect to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shota Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11906991
    Abstract: An electronic device includes first and second connecting wires to which first and second signal wires are connectable, respectively, and a first resistor. The first signal wire transmits a first signal between the electronic device and an external device. The second signal wire transmits a second signal from the external device to the electronic device. The first resistor is disposed between the first connecting wire and a power source of the electronic device. A resistance value of the first resistor is set such that an output voltage from the second connecting wire is lower than a reference value when a voltage of the power source is input to the second connecting wire via the first connecting wire and the external device in a state in which the first and second signal wires are electrically connected to one another and the second signal is not input to the second signal wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20240053489
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a control unit configured to perform the following: acquiring data of one or more items related to a positioning result by a positioning operation unit that performs satellite positioning and to an accuracy of the positioning result; and judging that the positioning result is valid when the data of the one or more items meet respective predetermined criteria and outputting the positioning result as valid, wherein the one or more items are not changed depending on a usage type of the positioning result, and the respective predetermined criteria are determined in accordance with the usage type of the positioning result, and wherein the predetermined criteria include a criterion value by which the control unit judges that the criterion is met regardless of a content of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuki OSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240054750
    Abstract: An image processing device including a processing unit, in which in a position in a central part of a frame image region related to a plurality of frame images, an output target region smaller than the frame image region is set as a range for which image data is output, and an out-of-frame monitor region to be a target for detecting a subject is set in a position deviated in a predetermined direction from the central part, in a part of the frame image region outside the output target region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuma ITO
  • Publication number: 20240054929
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication module configured to communicate with an external device having a battery capacity greater than a battery capacity of the electronic device, a display, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to control the communication module to transmit a communication start request to the external device, and in a case where the electronic device receives notification information from the external device, change an operation mode of the electronic device from a first mode to a second mode. The display performs displaying a normal operation of the electronic device in the first mode, and the display performs displaying based on the notification information in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki KITTA, Hiroyoshi OGAWA, Masatoshi WATANUKI
  • Publication number: 20240053710
    Abstract: An exterior member includes constituent materials different from one another in crystal grain size. The exterior member has a surface segmented into regions formed of the respective constituent materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masao AMANO
  • Patent number: 11902699
    Abstract: A display device includes a power key, and at least one processor that executes following: determination processing that determines, when turning on a light source in response to a user's operation on the power key, whether a power supply supplying power is a predetermined power supply or not, and control processing that displays, when the determination processing determines that the power supply is the predetermined power supply, a power-on continuation confirmation screen and continues, in case of detection of a confirmation operation from the user according to the power-on continuation confirmation screen, lighting of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihide Takasu, Tetsuro Narikawa
  • Patent number: 11902713
    Abstract: There is provided a projection system including: a projector configured to project an image on a projection surface; and a computer configured to communicate with the projector and instruct the projector to project the image in accordance with an operation by a user. The projector includes a first processor that sends information on an operation state of the projector to the computer while communicating with the computer. The computer includes a display and/or a speaker and a second processor that makes a notification based on the information from the projector by causing the display to display a notification and/or by causing the speaker to output a voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiharu Arai
  • Patent number: 11903061
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communicator and a processor. The communicator communicates with external devices. The processor controls connection. While at least one of the external devices is assigned to a main external device which is a main connection target, the processor switches between a first period and a second period. The first period is a period to allow communication with an auxiliary external device which is not the main external device. The second period is a period not to allow communication with the auxiliary external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hanada, Haruo Kajitani
  • Patent number: 11899408
    Abstract: A pointer controller includes at least one processor; and a display that includes a pointer. The at least one processor is configured to control the display so as to display an elapsed time, switching between (i) a first display mode for display of the elapsed time cumulatively by causing, upon resumption of display, movement of the pointer that inherits a previous display time and (ii) a second display mode for display of the elapsed time non-cumulatively by causing, upon resumption of display, movement of the pointer that does not inherit the previous display time. The movement of the pointer controlled by the at least one processor is such that the first display mode and the second display mode differ from each other in a way of movement that indicates how the pointer moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Ishikawa, Shuto Oikawa, Hitoshi Tanaka, Chiharu Shiratori
  • Patent number: 11900632
    Abstract: A moving body position determination device includes a communicator, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to acquire an image via the communicator, the image including at least two light-emitting devices of a plurality of light-emitting devices for which coordinate positions in three-dimensional space are known, the plurality of light-emitting devices including two light-emitting devices placed at desired positions at which heights in the three-dimensional space differ, the at least two light emitting devices being imaged by an imaging device attached to a moving body; acquire, on the basis of the acquired image, coordinate positions in the image of the at least two light-emitting devices; and determine, on the basis of the coordinate positions in the three-dimensional space and the coordinate positions in the image, at least one of a coordinate position of the moving body and an orientation the moving body is facing in the three-dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuo Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20240045081
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a physical sensor that performs measurements relating to an orientation and movement of the wearable device; an acquisition unit that acquires information representing a user's exercise type; and a processor that performs positioning of the wearable device based on radio waves received from satellites, wherein the processor determines whether to calculate a movement amount of the wearable device per set intervals based on measurement results of the physical sensor during a period in which the positioning based on radio waves received from satellites is not obtained, in accordance with the user's exercise type acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuki OSHITA