Patents by Inventor Kouichi NUMAO

Kouichi NUMAO 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: 10987943
    Abstract: An expansion device includes: a thermal distension unit configured to thermally distend a thermally-expandable sheet by irradiating the thermally-expandable sheet with predetermined energy; a reading unit configured to read identifiers provided at predetermined positions of the thermally-expandable sheet; and a setting unit configured to set an amount of energy per unit area to be emitted on the thermally-expandable sheet by the thermal distension unit depending on whether (i) a second identifier as well as a first identifier has been read, or (ii) whether a predetermined part of the first identifier has been read but another part has not been read, as a result of reading the identifiers by the reading unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Numao, Takao Semba, Koji Tamura, Junji Hobo, Takayuki Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20190023026
    Abstract: An expansion device includes: a thermal distension unit configured to thermally distend a thermally-expandable sheet by irradiating the thermally-expandable sheet with predetermined energy; a reading unit configured to read identifiers provided at predetermined positions of the thermally-expandable sheet; and a setting unit configured to set an amount of energy per unit area to be emitted on the thermally-expandable sheet by the thermal distension unit depending on whether (i) a second identifier as well as a first identifier has been read, or (ii) whether a predetermined part of the first identifier has been read but another part has not been read, as a result of reading the identifiers by the reading unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi NUMAO, Takao SEMBA, Koji TAMURA, Junji HOBO, Takayuki FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 9489063
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is openable by a first case and a second case being unfolded, and includes an imaging section which is provided in the second case and opposed to the first case where a read target medium is placed, a recognition section which, when a predetermined indicator on the first case side is photographed by the imaging section, recognizes the predetermined indicator by analyzing a photographed image, a judgment section which judges whether or not the first case and the second case have been closed into a predetermined state, based on a result of recognition of the indicator by the recognition section, and a determination section which determines the photographed image taken by the imaging section as a storage target, when the judgment section judges that the first case and the second case have been closed into the predetermined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Numao, Keiichi Tanioka
  • Publication number: 20150331500
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is openable by a first case and a second case being unfolded, and includes an imaging section which is provided in the second case and opposed to the first case where a read target medium is placed, a recognition section which, when a predetermined indicator on the first case side is photographed by the imaging section, recognizes the predetermined indicator by analyzing a photographed image, a judgment section which judges whether or not the first case and the second case have been closed into a predetermined state, based on a result of recognition of the indicator by the recognition section, and a determination section which determines the photographed image taken by the imaging section as a storage target, when the judgment section judges that the first case and the second case have been closed into the predetermined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi NUMAO, Keiichi TANIOKA