Patents by Inventor Keiichi Imamura

Keiichi Imamura 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).

  • Publication number: 20240126094
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a housing and at least one mirror. The housing can be detachably mounted on a display and includes an entrance that allows light emitted from the display to enter the interior of the housing with the housing mounted on the display and an exit that allows the light having entered the interior of the housing through the entrance to exit to the exterior of the housing. The at least one mirror reflects the light having entered the interior of the housing through the entrance to the exit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiro IMAMURA, Kenji NAGATOMI, Michihiro YAMAGATA, Keiichi MATSUZAKI, Hirofumi HOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230067390
    Abstract: An electronic device which is capable of determining whether a user is moving or stationary, includes a speed acquisition unit that acquires a user's moving speed and a processor that determines whether the user is in a moving state or in a pause state. In the moving state, the processor determines that a transition from the moving state to the pause state has occurred in the case where the moving speed acquired by the speed acquisition unit is less than the pause speed threshold. In the pause state, the processor determines that a transition from the pause state to the moving state has occurred in the case where the moving speed acquired by the speed acquisition unit is equal to or more than the moving speed threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi IMAMURA
  • Patent number: 11586156
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a non-rectangular display, an information acquisition sensor, and a processor. The processor allocates information acquired from the information acquisition sensor to any of a plurality of display regions having different sizes or shapes within a display range. The information is displayed on the display in a different display mode depending on whether the information is allocated to a first display region or to a separate display region out of the plurality of display regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 11525928
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device capable of suitably determining whether a user is moving or stationary. The electronic device includes a speed acquisition unit that acquires a user's moving speed and a processor that determines whether the user is in a moving state or in a pause state. In the moving state, the processor determines that a transition from the moving state to the pause state has occurred in the case where the moving speed acquired by the speed acquisition unit is less than the pause speed threshold. In the pause state, the processor determines that a transition from the pause state to the moving state has occurred in the case where the moving speed acquired by the speed acquisition unit is equal to or more than the moving speed threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 11360439
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a sensor unit, a first CPU, and a second CPU. A first management unit functioning in the first CPU manages first information related to cumulative information acquired by the sensor unit. A second management unit functioning in the second CPU manages second information related to the cumulative information. One of the first management unit and the second management unit outputs a corresponding one of the first and second information related to the cumulative information managed by the one management unit to the other management unit according to switching of an operating state of the first CPU, and the other management unit continues management of the corresponding other of the first and second information related to the cumulative information based on the corresponding one of the first and second information related to the cumulative information output from the one management unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Karen Suzuki, Keiichi Imamura, Naotaka Hikosaka, Tadahiro Takeguchi
  • Patent number: 11137725
    Abstract: A smartwatch comprises a CPU configured to acquire current location information, acquire map information based on the current location information, select any icon from a plurality of icons associated with predetermined information wherein the plurality of icons are different from each other, add the selected icon to a designated point designated on the map information in response to a user operation, and report predetermined information corresponding to the icon added to the designated point to the user when a predetermined condition for the selected icon is satisfied, and a display unit configured to display additional information added by the CPU and its corresponding designated point together with the map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20210294276
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a non-rectangular display, an information acquisition sensor, and a processor. The processor allocates information acquired from the information acquisition sensor to any of a plurality of display regions having different sizes or shapes within a display range. The information is displayed on the display in a different display mode depending on whether the information is allocated to a first display region or to a separate display region out of the plurality of display regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi IMAMURA
  • Patent number: 10908672
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a state determination unit. The state determination unit switches between first execution processing that executes a function of the information processing device by way of an operating system, and second execution processing that stops operation of the operating system during operation, and executes a specific function of the information processing device by way of a specific program without turning ON a power source of the information processing device. The second execution processing is not performed during execution of the first execution processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okada, Hiroyuki Kato, Keiichi Imamura, Kayo Okada, Masaru Sakata, Kousuke Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 10846040
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first display unit and a drawing processing unit. The drawing processing unit acquires behavior history information based on behavior of a user. Further, the drawing processing unit acquires predetermined behavior information (past maximum value) from the behavior history information. Furthermore, the drawing processing unit simultaneously displays the acquired behavior history information and the acquired predetermined behavior information on the first display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Moritani, Tomokazu Yamaguchi, Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10821809
    Abstract: An information display device comprising a processor, the processor executing: time information acquiring processing of acquiring time information; azimuth information acquiring processing of acquiring azimuth information; coordinate setting processing of setting a time coordinate system for display of the time information on a display image and setting an azimuth coordinate system for display of the azimuth information on the display image; and display control processing of displaying particular time information acquired by the time information acquiring processing, in the time coordinate system set on the display image and particular azimuth information acquired by the azimuth information acquiring processing, in the azimuth coordinate system set on the display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Imamura, Norihito Hanafusa, Taichiro Tsujimura, Shinichi Moritani, Tomokazu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200333473
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device capable of suitably determining whether a user is moving or stationary. The electronic device includes a speed acquisition unit that acquires a user's moving speed and a processor that determines whether the user is in a moving state or in a pause state. In the moving state, the processor determines that a transition from the moving state to the pause state has occurred in the case where the moving speed acquired by the speed acquisition unit is less than the pause speed threshold. In the pause state, the processor determines that a transition from the pause state to the moving state has occurred in the case where the moving speed acquired by the speed acquisition unit is equal to or more than the moving speed threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi IMAMURA
  • Patent number: 10726596
    Abstract: In a wrist terminal 1, the measurement information acquiring unit 51 acquires position information. The first timing detection unit 52 detects a standby state for a sport. The second timing detection unit 53 detects predetermined start timing of the sport. If the first timing detection unit 52 detects the standby state, the recording control unit 54 makes the measurement information acquiring unit 51 start acquiring position information to continue acquiring position information sequentially at predetermined intervals. If the second timing detection unit 53 detects the predetermined start timing, the recording control unit 54 stores position information being part of the position information already acquired by the measurement information acquiring unit 51 and corresponding to the predetermined start timing into a ROM 16 or a removable medium 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Imamura, Takeshi Okada
  • Patent number: 10706067
    Abstract: A map recording device includes: a display which displays information; a storage; and a processor. The processor causes the display to perform a display of an arbitrary region expressed by browsing map information specified by a user's manipulation. The processor further acquires partial map information from the browsing map information. The partial map information is map information other than the browsing map information and expresses a region corresponding to a whole region displayed in the display. The storage stores the partial map information acquired in the acquiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10691075
    Abstract: A timepiece includes one or more processors; and a display unit controlled by the one or more processors. The one or more processors perform: obtaining a clock hand image; obtaining positional information indicating a location of the timepiece; and controlling the display unit to display a map image that includes the location of the timepiece and to display the clock hand image superimposed onto the map image in such a rotated manner as to indicate a time, a center of rotation of the clock hand image being set at the location of the timepiece in the map image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20200110371
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a sensor unit, a first cumulative value management unit, and a second cumulative value management unit. The sensor unit acquires cumulative information. The first cumulative value management unit functions in a first CPU, and manages the cumulative information. The second cumulative value management unit functions in a second CPU, and manages the cumulative information. One management unit of the first cumulative value management unit and the second cumulative value management unit outputs the cumulative information managed by the one management unit to the other management unit according to switching of an operating state of the first CPU, and the other management unit continues management of the cumulative information on the basis of the cumulative information output from the one management unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Karen SUZUKI, Keiichi IMAMURA, Naotaka HIKOSAKA, Tadahiro TAKEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10579639
    Abstract: A map recording device includes: a display which displays information; a storage; and a processor. The processor causes the display to perform a display of an arbitrary region expressed by browsing map information specified by a user's manipulation. The processor further acquires partial map information from the browsing map information. The partial map information is map information other than the browsing map information and expresses a region corresponding to a whole region displayed in the display. The storage stores the partial map information acquired in the acquiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10571282
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor executes a program stored in the memory to perform operations including: acquiring position information of a user; specifying a movement state of the user; and determining appropriateness/inappropriateness of the acquired position information using a determination program according to the movement state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10546188
    Abstract: A portable terminal 1 includes an information acquisition unit 55, an output control unit 56 and an output unit 20. The information acquisition unit 55 acquires move locus information on a move due to daily behavior of a user and a move due to non-daily behavior. The output control unit 56 controls an output unit 20 such that the output unit 20 outputs the acquired move locus information in a state where it is possible to distinguish the move due to non-daily behavior of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10534323
    Abstract: A timepiece includes: one or more processors; and a display unit controlled by the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors perform: a clock hand image obtaining process that obtains a clock hand image; an information obtaining process that obtains prescribed information; a display control process that controls the display unit so as to display on the display unit the clock hand image obtained by the clock hand image obtaining process and the prescribed information obtained by the information obtaining process; a synthesizing process that synthesizes image data of the clock hand image and an image for the prescribed information such that the clock hand image does not overlap with a display region for the prescribed information on the display unit; and a process of causing the display unit to display the clock hand image and the prescribed information in accordance with the synthesized image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10531234
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor executes a program stored in the memory to perform operations including: acquiring a series of position information of a user; detecting whether or not a loss part, in which position information corresponding to a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times of measurement is lost, is present in the series of position information acquired; and specifying the detected loss part in a case where the loss part is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura