Patents by Inventor Daisuke MATSUOH
Daisuke MATSUOH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11706839Abstract: A portable communication device cooperation system includes a slave portable communication device that can communicate with a master portable communication device. Each of a plurality of slave-side slots of a slave-side storage unit included in the slave portable communication device stores a slave application program transferred from a master-side slot disposed in the master portable communication device. The slave application program includes part of information of a master application program, and causes the slave portable communication device to operate by being executed by a slave-side control unit of the slave portable communication device. As a result, the portable communication device cooperation system, the master portable communication device, and the slave portable communication device exhibit an effect of enabling the slave portable communication device to be variously used.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTDInventors: Daisuke Matsuoh, Ryutaro Uemura
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Patent number: 11537093Abstract: A mobile device includes a drive unit for which correspondence between a command that is input and a drive signal that is output to an operation unit is predetermined, and a controller configured to output the command to the drive unit and cause the operation unit to operate. The controller includes a storage unit storing therein a user program including script language and outputs the command in accordance with the user program.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Matsuoh, Ryutaro Uemura
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Patent number: 11422511Abstract: An electronic watch with a two-coil stepper motor including: a magnetized rotor; a stator including: first and second stator magnetic-pole portions, which are formed so as to oppose to each other through the rotor; and a third stator magnetic-pole portion, which is formed between the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the second stator magnetic-pole portion so as to face the rotor; a coil A to be magnetically coupled to the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; and a coil B to be magnetically coupled to the second stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; and a high-speed drive pulse generation circuit configured to output a drive pulse for driving the rotor to the coil A or the coil B, and wherein the rotor is rotationally driven in increments of 360° due to a drive pulse train formed of the plurality of drive pulses.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu Takyoh, Toshiaki Fukushima, Toshinari Maeda, Daisuke Iri, Daisuke Matsuoh, Masatoshi Nishida
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Patent number: 11409247Abstract: In an analog electronic watch system, a terminal equipment detects current display positions of hands in an image of the hands and a dial plate, and generates current display time information based on the current display positions. An analog electronic watch corrects the display positions of the hands based on the display time information. The terminal equipment at least acquires hand identification information including hand shape information about a shape of the hand of the analog electronic watch based on watch identification information transmitted from the analog electronic watch. The terminal equipment detects the current display positions based on the hand identification information, and transmits display time information based on the current display positions to the analog electronic watch.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventor: Daisuke Matsuoh
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Patent number: 11375043Abstract: A program management system includes: a terminal device having a terminal processing unit capable of executing processing to create a computer program, and a terminal communication unit capable of transmitting the computer program created by the terminal processing unit to an outside; and an external device having an external device storage unit storing therein the computer program transmitted from the terminal device, and an external device processing unit capable of executing processing to give approval to the computer program stored in the external device storage unit. The external device storage unit stores therein appropriateness of approval of the computer program as first status information together with the computer program. The external device processing unit is capable of executing processing to manage the computer program based on the first status information.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryutaro Uemura, Daisuke Matsuoh
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Patent number: 11243518Abstract: A computer program production system, a computer program, and a production terminal instrument each cause a computer to execute service block selection processing of selecting a service block program from among selection candidate service block programs, trigger block selection processing of selecting a trigger block program from among selection candidate trigger block programs, action block selection processing of selecting an action block program from among selection candidate action block programs, and production processing of producing an application program by combining the selected block programs.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Matsuoh, Ryutaro Uemura
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Patent number: 11226593Abstract: An analog electronic watch includes watch's internal time, and controls rotation of a group of indicators based on the watch's internal time. A terminal appliance stops the rotation of the group of indicators, generates an image of the indicators and the dial plate with an imaging unit, detects current display positions of the group of indicators in identification areas as part of the image of the indicators and the dial plate, generates current display time information based on the current display positions, and generates display time correction information based on a difference between the current display time information and the watch's internal time information. The analog electronic watch corrects the display positions of the group of indicators based on the display time correction information. There are provided an analog electronic watch system and an analog electronic watch that can reduce a time required for display time correction.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Watanabe, Katsuyoshi Aihara, Daisuke Matsuoh, Daisuke Yamada, Ryutaro Uemura
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Publication number: 20210318902Abstract: A cooperation system includes a first terminal device and a second terminal device. The first terminal device acquires output information defined by a service block program or information for generating the output information from an external device in accordance with a trigger generated by a trigger generation unit of the second terminal device, and generates an action command for causing an action execution unit defined by an action block program to execute an action based on the acquired information. With this configuration, a service can be properly provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryutaro UEMURA, Daisuke MATSUOH
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Publication number: 20210259049Abstract: A portable communication device cooperation system includes a slave portable communication device that can communicate with a master portable communication device. Each of a plurality of slave-side slots of a slave-side storage unit included in the slave portable communication device stores a slave application program transferred from a master-side slot disposed in the master portable communication device. The slave application program includes part of information of a master application program, and causes the slave portable communication device to operate by being executed by a slave-side control unit of the slave portable communication device. As a result, the portable communication device cooperation system, the master portable communication device, and the slave portable communication device exhibit an effect of enabling the slave portable communication device to be variously used.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke MATSUOH, Ryutaro UEMURA
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Patent number: 11086273Abstract: Provided is a drive circuit for a two-coil stepper motor, including: a rotor; a stator including first, second, and third stator magnetic-pole portions; a coil A to be magnetically coupled to the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; a coil B to be magnetically coupled to the second stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; a drive pulse generation circuit configured to output a drive pulse; a detection pulse generation circuit configured to output a detection pulse for detecting counter-electromotive currents generated in the coil A and the coil B; and a rotation detection circuit configured to receive a detection signal generated due to the detection pulse as input to determine whether or not the rotor has rotated.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu Takyoh, Toshiaki Fukushima, Toshinari Maeda, Daisuke Iri, Daisuke Matsuoh
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Patent number: 11069277Abstract: A display system includes mobile devices each including a position detection unit that detects a position, a physical quantity detection unit that detects a physical quantity, a display unit that displays an image, and a process unit that can perform a process of controlling the display unit so that the image is displayed. The process unit can perform an overlapping display process in which the process unit controls the display unit so as to display a physical quantity image expressing the physical quantity detected by the physical quantity detection unit in a manner of overlapping on a travel route image expressing a travel route of the mobile device that is determined depending on the position detected by the position detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryutaro Uemura, Daisuke Matsuoh, Toshinori Okazaki, Shoya Kaneko, Ayaka Ohtake
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Publication number: 20210132918Abstract: A computer program production system, a computer program, and a production terminal instrument each cause a computer to execute service block selection processing of selecting a service block program from among selection candidate service block programs, trigger block selection processing of selecting a trigger block program from among selection candidate trigger block programs, action block selection processing of selecting an action block program from among selection candidate action block programs, and production processing of producing an application program by combining the selected block programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke MATSUOH, Ryutaro UEMURA
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Publication number: 20200379411Abstract: An analog electronic watch includes watch's internal time, and controls rotation of a group of indicators based on the watch's internal time. A terminal appliance stops the rotation of the group of indicators, generates an image of the indicators and the dial plate with an imaging unit, detects current display positions of the group of indicators in identification areas as part of the image of the indicators and the dial plate, generates current display time information based on the current display positions, and generates display time correction information based on a difference between the current display time information and the watch's internal time information. The analog electronic watch corrects the display positions of the group of indicators based on the display time correction information. There are provided an analog electronic watch system and an analog electronic watch that can reduce a time required for display time correction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto WATANABE, Katsuyoshi AIHARA, Daisuke MATSUOH, Daisuke YAMADA, Ryutaro UEMURA
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Publication number: 20200333749Abstract: An electronic watch with a two-coil stepper motor including: a magnetized rotor; a stator including: first and second stator magnetic-pole portions, which are formed so as to oppose to each other through the rotor; and a third stator magnetic-pole portion, which is formed between the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the second stator magnetic-pole portion so as to face the rotor; a coil A to be magnetically coupled to the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; and a coil B to be magnetically coupled to the second stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; and a high-speed drive pulse generation circuit configured to output a drive pulse for driving the rotor to the coil A or the coil B, and wherein the rotor is rotationally driven in increments of 360° due to a drive pulse train formed of the plurality of drive pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Yu TAKYOH, Toshiaki FUKUSHIMA, Toshinari MAEDA, Daisuke IRI, Daisuke MATSUOH, Masatoshi NISHIDA
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Publication number: 20200287989Abstract: A program management system includes: a terminal device having a terminal processing unit capable of executing processing to create a computer program, and a terminal communication unit capable of transmitting the computer program created by the terminal processing unit to an outside; and an external device having an external device storage unit storing therein the computer program transmitted from the terminal device, and an external device processing unit capable of executing processing to give approval to the computer program stored in the external device storage unit. The external device storage unit stores therein appropriateness of approval of the computer program as first status information together with the computer program. The external device processing unit is capable of executing processing to manage the computer program based on the first status information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryutaro UEMURA, Daisuke MATSUOH
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Publication number: 20200285211Abstract: A mobile device includes a drive unit for which correspondence between a command that is input and a drive signal that is output to an operation unit is predetermined, and a controller configured to output the command to the drive unit and cause the operation unit to operate. The controller includes a storage unit storing therein a user program including script language and outputs the command in accordance with the user program.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke MATSUOH, Ryutaro UEMURA
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Publication number: 20200280923Abstract: A portable electronic device includes: a sensor configured to detect a physical amount related to an amount of activity of a user; a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; a controller configured to control supply of power to the sensor; and a storage unit configured to record, when pairing between the communication unit and an external device used by the user is executed, pairing information between the communication unit and the external device. A permission condition under which the controller permits the supply of power to the sensor includes a condition that pairing information is recorded in the storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke MATSUOH, Ryutaro UEMURA
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Patent number: 10754299Abstract: An electronic watch with a two-coil stepper motor including: a magnetized rotor; a stator including: first and second stator magnetic-pole portions, which are formed so as to oppose to each other through the rotor; and a third stator magnetic-pole portion, which is formed between the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the second stator magnetic-pole portion so as to face the rotor; a coil A to be magnetically coupled to the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; and a coil B to be magnetically coupled to the second stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; and a high-speed drive pulse generation circuit configured to output a drive pulse for driving the rotor to the coil A or the coil B, and wherein the rotor is rotationally driven in increments of 360° due to a drive pulse train formed of the plurality of drive pulses.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu Takyoh, Toshiaki Fukushima, Toshinari Maeda, Daisuke Iri, Daisuke Matsuoh, Masatoshi Nishida
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Publication number: 20200251037Abstract: A display system includes mobile devices each including a position detection unit that detects a position, a physical quantity detection unit that detects a physical quantity, a display unit that displays an image, and a process unit that can perform a process of controlling the display unit so that the image is displayed. The process unit can perform an overlapping display process in which the process unit controls the display unit so as to display a physical quantity image expressing the physical quantity detected by the physical quantity detection unit in a manner of overlapping on a travel route image expressing a travel route of the mobile device that is determined depending on the position detected by the position detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryutaro UEMURA, Daisuke MATSUOH, Toshinori OKAZAKI, Shoya KANEKO, Ayaka OHTAKE
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Patent number: 10545459Abstract: Provided is a drive circuit for a two-coil stepper motor, including: a rotor; a stator including first, second, and third stator magnetic-pole portions; a coil A to be magnetically coupled to the first stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; a coil B to be magnetically coupled to the second stator magnetic-pole portion and the third stator magnetic-pole portion; a drive pulse generation circuit configured to output a drive pulse; a detection pulse generation circuit configured to output a detection pulse for detecting counter-electromotive currents generated in the coil A and the coil B; and a rotation detection circuit configured to receive a detection signal generated due to the detection pulse as input to determine whether or not the rotor has rotated.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., LTD.Inventors: Yu Takyoh, Toshiaki Fukushima, Toshinari Maeda, Daisuke Iri, Daisuke Matsuoh