Patents Assigned to Casio Computers Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11199817
    Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic timepiece includes a cylindrical exterior case, a bezel and a windshield member. In the exterior case, a circuit board is housed. The bezel is formed of a metal material to be ring-shaped, includes an inward flange part that projects from an inner side surface toward a center of the ring-shaped bezel, is arranged on an outer upper side of the exterior case and is electrically connected with the circuit board. The windshield member is formed of a transparent dielectric substance, arranged in the bezel and supported by the inward flange part. The bezel is configured to resonate with a radio wave having a desired frequency by adjustment of at least one of (i) a relative permittivity of the dielectric substance and (ii) an area of an overlap region where the inward flange part and the windshield member overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Uematsu, Takashi Sano, Yohei Kawaguchi, Tatsumi Ichimura, Takumi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11199816
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes an exterior case, one or more circuits housed in the exterior case, wherein the one or more circuits are configured to process a signal in a radio wave having a predetermined frequency, and a bezel disposed on an outer side of the exterior case, wherein the bezel comprises a metal portion configured to resonate with the radio wave, and wherein the metal portion of the bezel is electrically connected to the one or more circuits to transmit the signal in the radio wave received by the metal portion of the bezel to the one or more circuits. A method for assembling the electronic timepiece is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Sano, Daisuke Uematsu, Yohei Kawaguchi, Tatsumi Ichimura, Takumi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11194383
    Abstract: A display device and a method for controlling same are provided which are capable of suppressing power consumption of an electronic apparatus while supplying a user with various types of information in various display formats. The display device has a first display block including a processor with relatively high processing power and a display section with high display performance and a second display block including a processor with relatively low processing power and a display section with low display performance. The processors mutually collaborate and are controlled to properly use the first display block and the second display block in accordance with an operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kimiyasu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11191341
    Abstract: A change in a state of a user is more properly recognized by the user. A notification device includes a physical condition information acquiring section or a makeup information acquiring section, a light emitting section and a display section serving as a notifying section, a control section, and a determining section. The physical condition information acquiring section or the makeup information acquiring section acquires face information. The light emitting section and the display section serving as the notifying section perform a notification on the basis of the face information. The determining section determines a change between the face information before the notification and the face information after the notification. The control section controls the notification by the light emitting section and the display section serving as the notifying section on the basis of a determination result by the determining section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Natsumi Hamaoka
  • Patent number: 11195499
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument includes an upper case having an upper side installation part; a lower case having a lower side installation part at a position corresponding to the upper side installation part of the upper case; a keyboard unit including a key-connecting part to which a plurality of keys are connected, the key-connecting part having an insertion hole to which at least one of the upper side installation part and the lower side installation part is inserted; and a fastening member fastening the upper side installation part and the lower side installation part together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Taniguchi, Atsushi Oshiro, Daisuke Noto
  • Publication number: 20210370137
    Abstract: An activity state analyzer 10 configured to analyze an activity state of a cyclist during cycling includes: a sensor unit (21 to 26, 18) configured to acquire sensor data from a plurality of types of sensors including an acceleration sensor 21 and a gyroscope sensor 22 that are attached to a lower back of the cyclist, and a CPU 11 configured to analyze an activity state of the cyclist during cycling based on a detection output from the plurality of types of sensors of the sensor unit (21 to 26, 18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki NAGASAKA, Masashi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20210373507
    Abstract: An antenna receiving apparatus includes, a first antenna; a second antenna that is synchronized with a frequency band different from the first antenna; a substrate that includes a receiving circuit connected to each of the first antenna and the second antenna; and a back lid that includes a conductor, wherein the conductor is in at least a portion of the back lid. The substrate includes a grounding surface of the first antenna. The substrate and the second antenna are positioned between the first antenna and the back lid. The second antenna is positioned on a side of the substrate opposite of the first antenna, and the second antenna is electrically connected to the conductor of the back lid and grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi MATSUE, Munetaka SEO, Hiroshi KATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11186017
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichi Ushigome, Minoru Saito
  • Patent number: 11185143
    Abstract: A nail printing device includes: a base; a finger placing portion provided on an upper surface side of the base; a grip portion provided on a lower surface side of the base and near a lower portion of the finger placing portion; and a print head configured to perform printing on a nail of a finger placed on the finger placing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Yoshii
  • Publication number: 20210366451
    Abstract: An electronic portable keyboard instrument includes: a lower casing that includes a plurality of supporting members that support the fulcrums of a plurality of hammers, and a plurality of reinforcing members arranged in the first direction, each reinforcing member having a shape of rib that is erected upward from the lower casing and that is running in a length direction of the keys, wherein each of the plurality of supporting members sandwiches, from sides in the first direction, the corresponding hammer at the fulcrum so as to restrict movement of the hammer in the first direction, and wherein each of the reinforcing members is disposed in a gap between adjacent hammers, and a portion of the reinforcing members that corresponds to the weights of the adjacent hammers in position is lower than any other portions of the reinforcing member to avoid contacting the weights of the adjacent hammers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So SATO, Naoya ISHIBASHI, Kouji OSHIMA, Naoto IMAMURA
  • Patent number: 11182575
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes: a reading section configured to read optical information; a display section configured to display information read by the reading section; and a mounting section having at least a part formed of a flexible member and configured to support the display section and the reading section, wherein the mounting section is wearable to an arm and is configured to be capable of fixing the display section to a radius of a forearm and the reading section to a back of a hand or a back of a finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sakamoto, Yoshiaki Mochizuki, Ryo Oe
  • Patent number: 11181867
    Abstract: A push button capable of improving shock resistance and a timepiece equipped therewith are provided. This push button includes an operation member having a shaft section inserted into a through hole of a case and a head section provided on the outer end of the shaft section, and an elastic member which presses the head section toward the outside of the case or is elastically deformed, and this elastic member includes a buffer section that buffers a pressure externally applied to the head section which is greater than a predetermined pressure. Accordingly, when a pressure greater than the predetermined pressure is applied to the head section, the head section comes in contact with the buffer section while elastically deforming the elastic member so as to buffer the pressure. By this structure, shock resistance is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shin Hitsumoto
  • Patent number: 11181865
    Abstract: A case including a case member having a back cover attached thereto, and a cover member which is arranged on a side of the back cover opposite to the case member side while covering an outer circumferential surface of the case member and on which band attachment sections are provided corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the case member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sen Hirayama
  • Patent number: 11181866
    Abstract: A case includes a main case body and an exterior member. The exterior member is welded to the main case body with laser light. The laser light is irradiated onto an irradiation surface. A welding part of the main case body and the exterior member is formed on the inner periphery surface extending along a height direction of the case and is formed such that the irradiation surface is perpendicular to the incident laser light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Maruyama, Masakuni Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 11176840
    Abstract: A server includes: a processor, a transmitter/receiver to communicate with a communication terminal and a plurality of other communication terminals, and a storage storing instructions. The processor executes the instructions to: select at least one first user among the plurality of other users based on a viewing state indicating extent of viewing of content by a user, which is stored in a storage of the communication terminal, and a plurality of other viewing states by each of a plurality of other users, each indicating extent of viewing of the content, which is stored in a storage of each of the plurality of other communication terminals; and control the transmitter/receiver of the server to output information indicating at least one first other viewing state corresponding to the selected at least one first user among the plurality of other viewing states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11175636
    Abstract: A satellite radio wave receiving device including: one or more controllers configured to: continually perform calculation of a current location based on radio waves from positioning satellites received by a receiver; determine whether an action state of the satellite radio wave receiving device detected by an action detection sensor has changed to a stop state; in response to determining that the action state of the satellite radio wave receiving device has changed to the stop state, interrupt the calculation of the current location by causing the receiver to interrupt reception of the radio waves; and cause an output device to perform an interruption notification operation for notifying that the calculation of the current location is being interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Oshita, Mototaka Minakuchi
  • Publication number: 20210351596
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece 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 determines remaining power of the secondary battery based on different references that are a reference of when the first power feeder is feeding the power to the secondary battery and a reference of when the second power feeder is feeding the power to the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki OCHIAI, Yoshinori ASAMI, Yohei KAWAGUCHI, Katsuhiko OBATA
  • Patent number: 11172438
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a communication unit that performs wireless communication with one wireless communication device set as a communication connection target; a reader that reads a predetermined identification mark; and a processor. The processor performs a connection target setting process including selection of a wireless communication device with which the communication unit performs wireless communication and setting operation of setting the wireless communication device as the communication connection target. The processor further performs a movement detection process of detecting a movement of the terminal device causing a predetermined requirement based on a read identification mark that is read by the reader and position correspondence information in which an identification mark is associated with information relating to a position of a corresponding identification mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Imai
  • Patent number: 11167206
    Abstract: A portable device includes a speaker; a first sensor that detects movement of the device; a second sensor that detects a direction in which the device is facing; and a controller that, when time-series variation of the movement detected by the first sensor indicates a jump movement, causes a sound corresponding to the direction detected by the second sensor to be output from the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yaji, Kenichi Sakai, Katsuhiko Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11167558
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including: a cartridge holder that holds a cartridge; a motor for moving the cartridge holder in a moving direction; and a motor control circuit that controls a movement in the moving direction of the cartridge holder by the motor, wherein the motor control circuit applies a voltage or a current to the motor to apply, to the cartridge holder, a resisting force in a direction facing an external force, against the external force which is applied along the moving direction to the cartridge holder through the cartridge so as to mount the cartridge in the cartridge holder from the moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Kimura