Patents Assigned to Sharp Kabushiki
  • Patent number: 11997694
    Abstract: The PUSCH is scheduled by a random-access response grant included in the random-access response, ML interlaces are configured for the active UL BWP, ILth interlace in the ML interlaces includes a set of resource blocks with index IVRB each of which satisfies relationship lL=mod(IVRB+Nstart,uBWP,i, ML), the Nstart,uBWP,i is a starting common resource block of the active UL BWP with index i, resource block assignment information in the random-access response grant indicates one or more interlaces from the ML interlaces, a first resource blocks assigned for the PUSCH in a case that the active UL BWP is different from an initial UL BWP are resource blocks in the one or more interlaces in the initial UL BWP, and a second resource blocks assigned for the PUSCH in a case that the active UL BWP is the initial UL BWP are same as the first resource blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoki Yoshimura, Shoichi Suzuki, Toshizo Nogami, Huifa Lin, Daiichiro Nakashima, Wataru Ouchi, Taewoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11997042
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment/negative acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) and scheduling request (SR) on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) scheduled for the HARQ-ACK transmission. The HARQ-ACK and the SR are transmitted on the PUCCH by applying a cyclic shift on sequences of symbols carrying uplink control information (UCI) bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Zhanping Yin, Toshizo Nogami, Tatsushi Aiba
  • Patent number: 11997727
    Abstract: The present invention provides an access control method in user equipment and user equipment that can efficiently and reliably establish a radio bearer for data transmission. The access control method comprises: determining a layer-2 destination ID according to information acquired from an upper layer; and establishing a radio bearer (RB) associated with the determined layer-2 destination ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chongming Zhang, Renmao Liu
  • Patent number: 11997551
    Abstract: A wireless node that communicates over a radio interface with a wireless access node of a radio access network (RAN) through an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node, the wireless node comprising: receiver circuitry configured to: receive from the wireless access node a reconfiguration message comprising a conditional handover configuration, the conditional handover configuration comprising a triggering condition and a configuration of a candidate target cell, the triggering condition comprising at least one threshold value; receive from the IAB node a notification message comprising information representing a radio condition measured on a path between the IAB node and the wireless access node, and; processor circuitry configured to perform, based on the triggering condition and the information, a handover using the configuration of the candidate target cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Ishii
  • Patent number: 11997048
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a method are provided. The terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive at least a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) in a bandwidth part (BWP), a measurer configured to measure and evaluate one or more values of a channel quality indicator (CQI) by using at least the CSI-RS, the CQI including a wideband CQI or a subband CQI, and to measure and update a value of the wideband CQI in a case that an indicator, corresponding to the BWP, indicates the wideband CQI, and at least one of a first condition and a second condition is not satisfied, and a transmitter configured to transmit a CSI report including the value of the wideband CQI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Wataru Ouchi, Toshizo Nogami, Daiichiro Nakashima, Shoichi Suzuki, Tomoki Yoshimura, Taewoo Lee, Huifa Lin
  • Patent number: 11997481
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus is provided. The terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a first message from a base station apparatus, and a processing unit configured to modify first data radio bearer configuration configured for the terminal apparatus, based on the first message. A first PDCP entity is reconfigured as a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity for the first data radio bearer. A first secrecy key for a source and a second secrecy key for a target are configured for the first PDCP entity as secrecy keys for the first data radio bearer. In a case that the first message includes first information and second information, the second secrecy key for the target of the first PDCP entity is configured based on the second information. In a case that the first message does not include the first information, the first secrecy key for the source is applied to the second secrecy key for the target of the first PDCP entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu Tsuboi, Takako Hori, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 11996499
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device includes forming the quantum dot layer. The forming the quantum dot layer includes: performing first application that involves applying a first solution on a position overlapping with the substrate; performing first light irradiation, that involves irradiating with light, from above the substrate, the position where the first solution is applied; performing second light irradiation, that involves irradiating the position with light to raise a temperature of the quantum dot; and performing third light irradiation, that involves irradiating the position with light to cause the first inorganic precursor to epitaxially grow around the first shell. In the performing third light irradiation, at least one set of the quantum dots adjacent to each other is connected to each other via the second shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masumi Kubo
  • Patent number: 11997889
    Abstract: Frame wiring lines are provided in a frame region, a flattening film in which a frame-shaped slit is formed in the frame region is provided in the display region and the frame region, a plurality of first electrodes constituting light-emitting elements are provided on the flattening film, and conductive layer made of the same material and formed in the same layer as those of each of the plurality of first electrodes are provided covering at least end faces of the frame wiring lines exposed from the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Taniyama, Ryosuke Gunji, Shinsuke Saida, Shinji Ichikawa, Tohru Okabe, Kohji Ariga, Akira Inoue, Yoshihiro Kohara, Koji Tanimura, Yoshihiro Nakada, Hiroharu Jinmura
  • Patent number: 11994767
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a plurality of light sources arranged side by side in a plane and a wavelength conversion sheet arranged to face a light emitting surface of each of the light sources and converting a wavelength of light from the light sources, in which the wavelength conversion sheet includes a base material having transparency, and a wavelength conversion layer in which a plurality of protrusions containing a wavelength conversion material and having a spherical surface are arranged side by side without gaps on a principal surface of the base material opposite to the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Yasunaga, Takeshi Masuda, Hisashi Watanabe, Youzou Kyoukane
  • Patent number: 11996501
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes, light-emitting elements each including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a quantum dot layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The quantum dot layer includes a quantum dot structure including a quantum dot having a core and a first shell, with which the core is coated, and a second shell, with which the first shell is coated. The first shell and the second shell have a crystal structure, and at least one set of the quantum dots adjacent to each other is connected to each other by the crystal structure of the second shell. Forming the quantum dot layer includes vaporizing a solvent of a solution in which a ligand is dispersed, cooling, and forming the second shell by epitaxial growth around the first shell in that order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masumi Kubo
  • Patent number: 11997297
    Abstract: A method of decoding video data is disclosed. The method comprising: receiving a picture parameter set; and parsing from the picture parameter set a first syntax element specifying a difference between a first index of a tile located in a first tile group and a second index of a tile located in a second tile group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 11994818
    Abstract: An image-forming apparatus includes: a charge device that comes into contact with a photoreceptor and charges the photoreceptor; a separation mechanism that holds the photoreceptor and the charge device in a separate state that is removable; an exposure device; a developing device that forms a toner image; a toner adhesion amount sensor that detects a toner image; an image quality adjuster that controls a voltage applied to the charge device, a voltage applied to the developing device, an amount of light during exposure, and detection of the toner image and a density of the toner image; and a separation removal confirmer that, with the toner adhesion amount sensor, detects whether a toner image is formed in spite of unexposure during an initialization operation of a image forming process to perform separation removal confirmation as to whether the separate state by the separation mechanism has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuichi Kaku
  • Patent number: 11996020
    Abstract: A display device according to one aspect of the present disclosure can undergo selection between a closed state where a case housing a display module renders bezels adjacent to each other with a hinge interposed therebetween, and an open state where the case renders the bezels spaced from each other with the hinge interposed therebetween, the display module has an uppermost layer (window film) provided with an engaged portion with which an engaging portion provided in a cover portion of each bezel can engage, and in conjunction with the opening of the case, the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion and pulls the uppermost layer in such manner the uppermost layer is in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenichiroh Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 11997241
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a housing and an f? lens accommodated in the housing. The housing has a bottom surface, and side walls erected from a bottom surface and surrounding the bottom surface along a perimeter thereof. One side wall of the side walls has, on an outer surface thereof, one or more positioners that position the optical scanning device relative to an image forming apparatus main body. The bottom surface has one or more first bottom surface ribs extending from the positioners toward the f? lens in an oblique direction with respect to the side wall having the positioners in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuo Nakao, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hidenori Sato, Hiroaki Goi
  • Patent number: 11996044
    Abstract: A display device includes a display control circuit configured to control a data-side drive circuit and a scanning-side drive circuit such that a drive period and a pause period alternate between one another. The display control circuit, in the pause period, such that voltage of corresponding data signal line is applied to first conduction terminal of drive transistor as bias voltage when light emission control transistor is in an off state and current corresponding to holding voltage of holding capacitor flows through display element when light emission control transistor is in an on state, causes the data-side drive circuit to output the bias voltage and apply the bias voltage to data signal lines and causes the scanning-side drive circuit to stop driving first scanning signal lines and selectively drive second scanning signal lines and selectively make light emission control lines inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamamoto, Kohhei Tanaka, Ryo Yonebayashi
  • Patent number: 11996418
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; a semiconductor layer; a gate insulating film; a gate electrode; a first interlayer insulating film; a capacitance electrode; and a second interlayer insulating film. Each of a pixel circuits includes a drive transistor, a capacitor and a connection wiring line. The capacitance electrode is provided with a first opening and a second opening in portions of positions overlapping with the gate electrode in plan view. The first interlayer insulating film and the second interlayer insulating film include a contact hole provided at a position surrounded by the first opening and a hole provided at a position surrounded by the second opening. The connection wiring line is provided on the second interlayer insulating film and is connected to the gate electrode via the contact hole. The hole overlaps with a portion of a channel region in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Miwa, Takao Saitoh, Masaki Yamanaka, Yi Sun, Yohsuke Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 11996486
    Abstract: A crystalline silicon semiconductor layer includes a first channel region and a second conductor region. An oxide semiconductor layer includes a second channel region and a second conductor region. An lower metal layer includes a lower wire. The lower wire is in contact with a first conductor region in a first contact hole. The first conductor region and the second conductor region are electrically connected together through the lower wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Furukawa, Yuhichi Saitoh, Tomohisa Aoki, Atsushi Hachiya
  • Patent number: 11991115
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a processing circuitry configured to determine one or multiple first indexes of one or multiple physical resource blocks (PRBs) to which a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is mapped, and a transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the PUCCH in a bandwidth part (BWP). In a case that the PUCCH is transmitted using an interlace, the one or multiple first indexes are determined based on a resource block (RB) used for the interlace, the number of interlaces, and the number of the one or multiple PRBs from zero to a starting PRB of the BWP in a common resource block (CRB) index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taewoo Lee, Wataru Ouchi, Toshizo Nogami, Shoichi Suzuki, Tomoki Yoshimura, Huifa Lin, Daiichiro Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11988634
    Abstract: An ion generation apparatus according to the present invention includes an electron emission device, an opposite electrode, and a controller, the electron emission device includes a lower electrode, a surface electrode, and an intermediate layer provided between the lower electrode and the surface electrode, the opposite electrode is provided to be opposite to the surface electrode, and the controller is provided to apply a voltage to the surface electrode, the lower electrode, or the opposite electrode such that a potential of the surface electrode becomes higher than a potential of the lower electrode and a potential of the opposite electrode in a positive ion mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Komaru, Katsuhiko Kyuhken, Kohji Shinkawa, Tadashi Iwamatsu
  • Publication number: 20240163883
    Abstract: A network controlled repeater (NCR) is described. The NCR includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) configuration from a gNodeB (gNB) on a configured grant (CG), including resource allocation with beam indication, an uplink (UL) forwarding delay information and an NCR configured scheduling-radio network temporary identifier (CS-RNTI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Zhanping Yin, Tomoki Yoshimura