Patents by Inventor Kazuma KAWAHARA

Kazuma KAWAHARA 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: 10536648
    Abstract: A moving image generation system includes a plurality of image capture apparatuses respectively having an image capture unit and a CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koki Nakamura, Hiroyoshi Ogawa, Kazuma Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20180109737
    Abstract: A moving image generation system includes a plurality of image capture apparatuses respectively having an image capture unit and a CPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koki NAKAMURA, Hiroyoshi OGAWA, Kazuma KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180082334
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, with respect to each of content data Cn (or an output form thereof) which is output, audience information for use in output control of the content data Cn, a condition of external information for executing the output control, and a content of the output control which is executed when the condition is satisfied, are set up, and are set in an output control information definition file 20D. From photography data including an audience photographed by an image photography unit, and from external information such as a distance to a subject, which is measured by a range finder, the external information of a kind corresponding to each content Cn that is output is acquired. By judging whether the condition of the external information is satisfied or not, the content of the output control is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki Shimoda, Toshihiko Yoshida, Yoichi Murayama, Gou Kawakami, Kazuma Kawahara, Takashi Kawashimo
  • Patent number: 9876963
    Abstract: A moving image generation system includes a CPU and memory storing programs which when executed by the CPU cause the CPU to perform: receiving a determination of whether a designated subject is present in each of a plurality of photographed frame images in moving images acquired by image capture devices that are disposed such that respective photographing areas thereof overlap; at certain timings, selectively clipping a subject-included image area from at least one of the photographed frame images, wherein the subject-included image area is a partial image area in which the subject is detected and included at a predetermined position and in a predetermined size in which all of the subject is provided and a predetermined margin can be provided around the subject; and coupling a plurality of selectively clipped image areas so as to generate a single moving image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki Nakamura, Hiroyoshi Ogawa, Kazuma Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20170372367
    Abstract: A content output device includes: a display that outputs content; a communication unit that transmits at least one piece of beacon information correlated to the content which is being output by the display; and a CPU that makes responsive period information or unresponsive period information for a communication device based on the content which is being output by the display, and causes the communication unit to transmit the beacon information containing the responsive period information or the unresponsive period information, wherein the responsive period information or the unresponsive period information indicates a period which the communication device executes or does not execute an action corresponding to the received beacon information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gou KAWAKAMI, Takashi KAWASHIMO, Yoichi MURAYAMA, Kazuma KAWAHARA, Hiroaki SHIMODA, Toshihiko YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170277269
    Abstract: The display control device includes: a distance acquirer acquiring a distance between a display surface on which an item is displayed and an operator operating the item; and a display controller displaying on the display surface an item belonging to a hierarchy level corresponding to the distance acquired by the distance acquirer from an item group including multiple hierarchized items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma KAWAHARA, Toshihiko YOSHIDA, Yoichi MURAYAMA, Gou KAWAKAMI, Takashi KAWASHIMO, Hiroaki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20170277428
    Abstract: An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes a shape detector detecting a shape of a detection object, an output controller performing a control to select a virtual input device to be displayed based on the detected shape of the detection object, and to display the selected virtual input device, and a display displaying the selected virtual input device based on the control given by the output controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi MURAYAMA, Toshihiko YOSHIDA, Gou KAWAKAMI, Kazuma KAWAHARA, Takashi KAWASHIMO, Hiroaki SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 9762337
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a Bluetooth (trademark) controller which is wirelessly connected to a mobile information terminal, and a CPU configured to acquire a radio-wave intensity of wireless connection to the wirelessly connected mobile information terminal, to selectively read an application program from a program memory, based on the acquired radio-wave intensity, and to execute the application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gou Kawakami, Yoichi Murayama, Toshihiko Yoshida, Kazuma Kawahara, Asami Aso, Takashi Kawashimo
  • Patent number: 9681379
    Abstract: A communication device includes a reception unit, a detection unit and a control unit. The reception unit receives broadcast information broadcasted through first communication of a first communication system. The detection unit detects a radio field intensity of the received broadcast information. The control unit controls second communication of a second communication system based on the detected radio field intensity, thereby activating or deactivating the second communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Kawahara, Toshihiko Yoshida, Yoichi Murayama, Gou Kawakami, Asami Aso, Takashi Kawashimo
  • Patent number: 9640221
    Abstract: An information output device includes an output unit, a recognition unit and a control unit. The output unit outputs a content. The recognition unit recognizes a user. The control unit (i) determines whether the content currently being output by the output unit is suitable for the recognized user, thereby producing a determination result and (ii) changes, on the basis of the determination result, the current output content to a content having the same substance as the current output content but a different playback time from the current output content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Toyama, Toshihiko Yoshida, Kazuto Yamamoto, Kazuma Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20170078033
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a Bluetooth (trademark) controller which is wirelessly connected to a mobile information terminal, and a CPU configured to acquire a radio-wave intensity of wireless connection to the wirelessly connected mobile information terminal, to selectively read an application program from a program memory, based on the acquired radio-wave intensity, and to execute the application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gou KAWAKAMI, Yoichi MURAYAMA, Toshihiko YOSHIDA, Kazuma KAWAHARA, Asami ASO, Takashi KAWASHIMO
  • Publication number: 20160366715
    Abstract: A processor of an information transmission device generates pairing information being divided into multiple pieces according to a predetermined data structure and for starting bidirectional communication between a portable terminal and the information transmission device. The processor transmits generated pairing information being divided into multiple pieces. The processor receives a pairing request signal transmitted by the portable terminal that receives the pairing information. The processor performs a pairing operation with the portable terminal in response to the pairing request signal received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Yoichi Murayama, Asami Aso, Toshihiko Yoshida, Gou Kawakami, Kazuma Kawahara, Takashi Kawashimo
  • Publication number: 20160278012
    Abstract: A communication device includes a reception unit, a detection unit and a control unit. The reception unit receives broadcast information broadcasted through first communication of a first communication system. The detection unit detects a radio field intensity of the received broadcast information. The control unit controls second communication of a second communication system based on the detected radio field intensity, thereby activating or deactivating the second communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma KAWAHARA, Toshihiko YOSHIDA, Yoichi MURAYAMA, Gou KAWAKAMI, Asami ASO, Takashi KAWASHIMO
  • Publication number: 20160180378
    Abstract: A content reproduction system includes a reproduction unit configured to reproduce content related to a plurality of commodities, an obtaining unit configured to obtain a sales condition corresponding to the plurality of commodities, a setting unit configured to previously set sales targets and weighting information, related to reproduction in the reproduction unit, with respect to the plurality of commodities, and a control unit configured to variably adjust a reproduction state of the content, related to the plurality of commodities to be reproduced by the reproduction unit, in accordance with the sales target and the weighting information set by the setting unit and the sales condition obtained by the obtaining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko YOSHIDA, Kazuma KAWAHARA, Kazuto YAMAMOTO, Chihiro TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160156884
    Abstract: According to a digital signage apparatus, when an instruction for switching of content output on an image formation unit is provided by a switch button on an operation unit, a control unit evaluates the content based on the switch operation. Specifically, when the switch button is pressed during the output of the content by the image formation unit, the control unit gives a minus evaluation point to the section of the content being output at the time of the switch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Chihiro Toyama, Kazuto Yamamoto, Hirokazu Kanda, Akihito Iwadate, Kazuma Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9357119
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus of the present invention, which is capable of wireless communication, images a peripheral imaging apparatus from among a plurality of peripheral imaging apparatuses around the imaging apparatus; detects predetermined information by which identification information identifying the peripheral imaging apparatus is identifiable from within the imaging frames; identifies the identification information by analyzing the detected predetermined information; selects a peripheral imaging apparatus to be a target for predetermined processing from among the plurality of peripheral imaging apparatus by using the identified identification information; and performs the predetermined processing with the selected peripheral imaging apparatus via the wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsuda, Koki Nakamura, Hiroyoshi Ogawa, Kazuma Kawahara, Jun Muraki
  • Patent number: 9344641
    Abstract: A master camera sets temporary conditions at the time of executing photographing by a plurality of cameras, determines whether photographing by the plurality of cameras can be executed under the temporary conditions, sets actual conditions at the time of executing photographing by the plurality of cameras in accordance with this determination result, and executes control such that photographing by the plurality of cameras is executed under the actual conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanako Nakano, Kazuto Yamamoto, Shohei Sakamoto, Jun Muraki, Hideaki Matsuda, Koki Nakamura, Kazuma Kawahara, Hiroyoshi Ogawa, Toshihiko Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9344633
    Abstract: FIG. 2C depicts a live view screen when a movement is made in a direction of approaching the camera position at the time of pre-photographing (frontward direction) and also in the right direction in the drawing. When the camera position is changed, the display state of a provisional subject image in the live view screen is changed according to the change. In this case, the display size of the provisional subject image is changed according to the movement distance of the camera position in the frontward direction and the display position of the provisional subject image is changed in the left direction according to the movement distance in the right direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Kawahara, Toshihiko Yoshida, Koki Nakamura, Kanako Nakano, Jun Muraki
  • Patent number: 9324158
    Abstract: An image processing device executes: a determination process of determining similarity of a motion of a subject in each of a plurality of pieces of moving image data stored in the storing unit; a selection process of selecting a specific piece of moving image data from among the pieces of moving image data on the basis of the similarity determined by the determination step; and an output process of outputting information of a selection result by the selection step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanako Nakano, Koki Nakamura, Toshihiko Yoshida, Kazuma Kawahara, Jun Muraki
  • Publication number: 20160071542
    Abstract: An information output device includes an output unit, a recognition unit and a control unit. The output unit outputs a content. The recognition unit recognizes a user. The control unit (i) determines whether the content currently being output by the output unit is suitable for the recognized user, thereby producing a determination result and (ii) changes, on the basis of the determination result, the current output content to a content having the same substance as the current output content but a different playback time from the current output content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro TOYAMA, Toshihiko YOSHIDA, Kazuto YAMAMOTO, Kazuma KAWAHARA