Patents by Inventor Hiroyasu Bitoh

Hiroyasu Bitoh 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).

  • Patent number: 8926085
    Abstract: A nail print apparatus includes a print apparatus body and a leg. The print apparatus body includes a first insertion section having an insertion opening from which a printing finger/toe is inserted, and a print head which performs printing on a nail of the printing finger/toe inserted in the first insertion section. The leg is extendable below the first insertion section and creates a second insertion section in an extended state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Bitoh
  • Patent number: 8814291
    Abstract: A nail printing device includes a printing unit including a printing head which applies ink on a print target surface, and a control unit which controls the printing unit and sets a printing mode to a nail printing mode or a printing medium printing mode. In the nail printing mode, the control unit sets a surface of a nail portion as the print target surface and creates a nail printing image data for printing the surface of the nail portion corresponding to a curve-shape of the nail portion. In the printing medium printing mode, the control unit sets a planar surface of a printing medium as the print target surface and performs thinning correction to a nail printing image data formed corresponding to the curve-shape of the nail portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Bitoh
  • Publication number: 20140232802
    Abstract: A nail print apparatus, including: a placement surface on which a drawing target is placed, the drawing target has a curved shape along a width direction of the drawing target; a drawing head in which at least one drawing tool is set, the drawing tool having a tip portion that contacts with a surface of the drawing target and performs drawing on the surface of the drawing target; and a head drive unit which moves the drawing head along the placement surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu BITOH
  • Patent number: 8752956
    Abstract: A nail print apparatus includes a print head which performs printing on a finger nail, a printing finger positioning unit which holds a fingertip of the finger nail on which the print head performs printing, non-printing finger receiving units which are provided respectively at sides of the printing finger positioning unit and which receive fingers other than the finger held by the printing finger positioning unit, and a placement unit on which at least the fingertip of the finger received by the printing finger positioning unit is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Bitoh
  • Publication number: 20140132968
    Abstract: A nail print apparatus, including: a finger inserting unit in which a finger including a nail to be printed is inserted; an accessory holding unit which is located in the finger inserting unit and on which at least one decorative part of an accessory is placed; and a print head which performs printing on the nail of the finger that is inserted into the finger inserting unit and a printing surface to be printed of the decorative part that is located in the finger inserting unit and placed on the accessory holding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu BITOH, Nobuyuki MOCHINAGA
  • Patent number: 8681359
    Abstract: A nail printer and printing method for printing on nails of fingers in a short time. Printing of nails starts a predetermined time after a print start command is given by a print switch or a both-hand switch. When nails of thumbs or fingers of both right and left hands are printed with an image, a print switch is operated by one of the hands, the thumbs or fingers of the both hands are fixed at a predetermined printing position within a printed finger receiver and then the nails of both the thumbs or fingers are printed with a design or pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Bitoh
  • Publication number: 20140060560
    Abstract: A nail printing apparatus to perform printing on a nail includes an imaging device, an illuminating device, a printing section and a movement mechanism. The imaging device photographs a specific finger including the nail to be printed from a plurality of directions different from each other and acquires a plurality of nail images of the nail. The illuminating device is disposed at a certain position relative to the imaging device and illuminates the nail when the imaging device photographs the nail. The printing section performs the printing on the nail. The movement mechanism moves the imaging device, the illuminating device and the printing section together with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu BITOH
  • Patent number: 8646898
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nail print apparatus including: a nail print apparatus including: a print finger inserting section to insert a finger with a nail to be printed as a print finger; a non-print finger inserting section to insert a finger on which printing is not performed as a non-print finger; a grabbing section which is provided between the print finger inserting section and the non-print finger inserting section and which can be pinched with the print finger and the non-print finger; and a printing section which performs printing on a nail of the print finger, wherein the grabbing section includes a first finger positioning section to position the four fingers when printing is performed by the printing section; and a second finger positioning section to position the thumb of the second hand when printing is performed by the printing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Bitoh
  • Publication number: 20130242019
    Abstract: A nail print apparatus includes a print apparatus body and a leg. The print apparatus body includes a first insertion section having an insertion opening from which a printing finger/toe is inserted, and a print head which performs printing on a nail of the printing finger/toe inserted in the first insertion section. The leg is extendable below the first insertion section and creates a second insertion section in an extended state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu BITOH
  • Publication number: 20130041780
    Abstract: A nail design display control apparatus including a first storage circuit which stores a plurality of nail designs, each of which being associated with evaluation values indicating matching levels of a nail design with respect a plurality of related items, an item specifying unit by which a user specifies one or more of related items among a plurality of related items; and an evaluation calculation unit which calculates a sum of the evaluation values with respect to the related items specified by the user for each of the plurality of nail designs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu BITOH
  • Publication number: 20130021395
    Abstract: A nail print apparatus includes a print head which performs printing on a finger nail, a printing finger positioning unit which holds a fingertip of the finger nail on which the print head performs printing, non-printing finger receiving units which are provided respectively at sides of the printing finger positioning unit and which receive fingers other than the finger held by the printing finger positioning unit, and a placement unit on which at least the fingertip of the finger received by the printing finger positioning unit is placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu BITOH
  • Publication number: 20130019799
    Abstract: A nail print apparatus which prints on a nail. The nail print apparatus includes a partition wall and a printing section. A first surface of the partition wall is in contact with at least one first finger inserted on the first surface. A second surface of the partition wall is in contact with at least one second finger, which is different from the first finger, inserted on the second surface. The first surface and the second surface are held between the first finger and the second finger from a first end of the partition wall. A thickness of the partition wall between the first surface and the second surface increases from the first end toward a second end opposite to the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu BITOH
  • Publication number: 20120287183
    Abstract: A nail printing device includes a printing unit including a printing head which applies ink on a print target surface, and a control unit which controls the printing unit and sets a printing mode to a nail printing mode or a printing medium printing mode. In the nail printing mode, the control unit sets a surface of a nail portion as the print target surface and creates a nail printing image data for printing the surface of the nail portion corresponding to a curve-shape of the nail portion. In the printing medium printing mode, the control unit sets a planar surface of a printing medium as the print target surface and performs thinning correction to a nail printing image data formed corresponding to the curve-shape of the nail portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu BITOH
  • Publication number: 20120147107
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nail print apparatus including: a nail print apparatus including: a print finger inserting section to insert a finger with a nail to be printed as a print finger; a non-print finger inserting section to insert a finger on which printing is not performed as a non-print finger; a grabbing section which is provided between the print finger inserting section and the non-print finger inserting section and which can be pinched with the print finger and the non-print finger; and a printing section which performs printing on a nail of the print finger, wherein the grabbing section includes a first finger positioning section to position the four fingers when printing is performed by the printing section; and a second finger positioning section to position the thumb of the second hand when printing is performed by the printing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu BITOH
  • Patent number: 8142941
    Abstract: There is provided a power generation system. A chemical reacting section receives a power generation fuel and reforms the power generation fuel to generate a power generation gas containing hydrogen. A power generating section receives the power generation gas, reacts a part of the power generation gas to generate electrical energy, supplies the electrical energy to a load, and discharges an unreacted component in the power generation gas as an off-gas. A heating section receives the off-gas and generates a thermal energy by using the off-gas to heat the chemical reacting section. An output control section controls the amount of electrical energy output from the power generating section. A control section controls the amount of electrical energy output from the power generating section to change a temperature of the chemical reacting section set based on the thermal energy to a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Bitoh
  • Publication number: 20110315027
    Abstract: A nail printing apparatus is provided with a main body including a held portion which has a print target finger placing surface and a non-print-target finger placing surface. The print target finger placing surface is configured in such a manner that at least one finger with a nail, on which a desired image is to be printed, of one hand is placed thereon. The non-print-target finger placing surface is configured in such a manner that at least one remaining finger of the one hand is placed thereon. The held portion is held between the at least one finger on the print target finger placing surface and the at least one remaining finger on the non-print-target placing surface. The apparatus is further provided with an image printing unit configured to print the desired image on the nail of the at least one finger on the print target finger placing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu BITOH
  • Publication number: 20110304877
    Abstract: A nail printer and printing method for printing on nails of fingers in a short time. Printing of nails starts a predetermined time after a print start command is given by a print switch or a both-hand switch. When nails of thumbs or fingers of both right and left hands are printed with an image, a print switch is operated by one of the hands, the thumbs or fingers of the both hands are fixed at a predetermined printing position within a printed finger receiver and then the nails of both the thumbs or fingers are printed with a design or pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu BITOH
  • Patent number: 7975992
    Abstract: A fuel feeder includes a fuel reserve body reserving a fuel, a fuel feed section feeding the fuel in the fuel reserve body to electric equipment, and a control section controlling the fuel feed section, wherein the control section obtains equipment information from by the electric equipment and operates the fuel feed section to feed the fuel after the control section has performed authentication of the electric equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Bitoh
  • Patent number: 7964312
    Abstract: A fastening member includes a pair of fastening members to sandwich an electricity generating cell therebetween. At least one of the pair of fastening members has electrical conductivity and is connected to the electricity generating cell. Current is collected using the at least one of the pair of the fastening members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihito Terada, Hiroyasu Bitoh
  • Patent number: 7887967
    Abstract: A power source system comprises: a chemical reaction unit producing a gas for power generation; a generator unit reacting a part of the gas for power generation to generate power, and ejecting unreacted part in the gas for power generation as an offgas; a heating apparatus provided in the chemical reaction unit setting the chemical reaction unit to a predetermined temperature by a heat quantity by a combustion reaction using a combustion component of the offgas and the fuel for combustion; and a controller calculating a quantity of the combustion component in the offgas to control a heat quantity generated by the heating apparatus in order to maintain the predetermined temperature of the chemical reaction unit according to a calculated change of the quantity of the combustion component in the offgas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Bitoh