Patents Assigned to Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent number: 12047560Abstract: In a case that two reference picture lists are selected with one index value, the reference picture lists may not be determinable depending on the number of two reference picture list structures. Provided is a prediction unit that decodes a reference picture list structure including multiple reference picture lists and selects two reference picture lists from the reference picture list structure for each picture or for each slice. The prediction unit selects two reference picture lists with one index value depending on the number of two reference picture list structures.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Chujoh, Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoko Aono, Eiichi Sasaki, Tomonori Hashimoto, Tianyang Zhou, Yukinobu Yasugi
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Patent number: 12047969Abstract: A terminal apparatus receives a DCI format used for scheduling of a PDSCH, and transmits HARQ-ACK information in a slot n. In a case that a higher layer parameter is given, for a PDSCH group g, a monitoring occasion for PDCCH corresponding to a DCI format satisfying a condition is included in a set of monitoring occasions for PDCCH for the slot n. Based at least on the set of monitoring occasions for PDCCH for the slot n, the HARQ-ACK information is generated. The condition includes the following: condition 1 is that the HARQ-ACK information corresponding to the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI format is triggered to be transmitted in the lot n, and condition 2 is that the PDSCH group g is indicated by a PGI field included in the DCI format.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Huifa Lin, Shoichi Suzuki, Daiichiro Nakashima, Toshizo Nogami, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Taewoo Lee
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Patent number: 12047800Abstract: A terminal device configured to report CSI using multiple uplink cells. In a case that a total of the number of one or multiple first channel state information reports and multiple second channel state information reports in a first subframe exceeds a first certain number, a second certain number of channel state information reports of the one or multiple first channel state information reports and the multiple second channel state information reports are not updated. The second certain number is a number obtained by subtracting the first certain number from the total of the number of the one or multiple first channel state information reports and the number of the multiple second channel state information reports.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazunari Yokomakura, Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Hiroki Takahashi
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Patent number: 12047178Abstract: The present invention provides a method performed by user equipment and user equipment. The method comprises: receiving control information from a base station, the control information comprising a resource configuration related to a transmission on a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH); transmitting data to other UE through the PSSCH according to the control information; and transmitting to the base station first feedback information related to the transmission on the PSSCH and/or second feedback information related to a transmission on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) between the base station and the UE. In this way, reliable data transmission can be achieved, thereby improving the reliability and stability of an entire communication system.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chongming Zhang, Renmao Liu, Shohei Yamada
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Patent number: 12048000Abstract: A method for a base station which communicates with a user equipment (UE) in a bandwidth including a plurality of channel access sub-bands in a serving cell is described. The method may comprise sensing each of the plurality of the channel access sub-bands. The method may also comprise transmitting downlink signal after sensing. A counter and a contention window size may be managed per sub-band for channel access.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshizo Nogami, Daiichiro Nakashima, Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Taewoo Lee, Huifa Lin
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Patent number: 12043506Abstract: A document feeder constituting an image forming apparatus includes a paper feeder to supply a document to a document transport path, a first transporter to transport the document toward image reading positions, and a second transporter to transport the document toward the document discharging tray while supplying the document to the image reading positions. Furthermore, the document feeder includes a motor provided on the first frame, a first driver provided on the first frame and to transmit driving force generated by the motor to the paper feeder and the first transporter, a second driver provided on the second frame and to transmit the driving force generated by the motor to the second transporter, and a second driver to transmit the driving force generated by the motor to the second transporter, and a relay transmission member to transmit the driving force generated by the motor to the second driver.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toshiki Nishimura
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Patent number: 12047354Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a controller, a displayer, a communicator, and a near field communicator. The controller receives, from a terminal device, a display image associated with destination information stored by the terminal device, via the near field communicator, displays, on the displayer, a screen including the display image, receives, from the terminal device, the destination information, based on an operation input to the screen, and transmits an image for transmission via the communicator, based on the destination information received from the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Sakiyama
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Patent number: 12048209Abstract: A high-level power source line of a display device has a resistance value per unit length that is greater from a second end portion side toward a first end portion side in at least a portion of a section ranging from the first end portion connected to a first power source bus line to the second end portion in a side opposite to the first end portion. Accordingly, variation in luminance of each pixel is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Nomura, Taketoshi Nakano
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Patent number: 12047541Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that is switchable between a normal mode and a silent mode; a mode setter that accepts a setting; a job-reservation registration acceptor that accepts reservation registration of the jobs; and a controller, wherein, when the job-reservation registration acceptor accepts a reservation of a job in the normal mode, the controller determines whether or not a job last accepted by the job-reservation registration acceptor is a job in the silent mode, and when the job last accepted is a job in the silent mode, the controller causes the image former to pause the job being executed by the image former, changes all jobs accepted by the job-reservation registration acceptor to jobs in the normal mode, and accepts registration of a job in the normal mode as a final job.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naoki Hasegawa
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Patent number: 12048199Abstract: A display device according to the disclosure includes a substrate, a first transistor provided on the substrate, and a second transistor provided on the substrate, not overlapping the first transistor. The first transistor includes a polycrystalline silicon layer provided on the substrate, a first insulating film provided on the polycrystalline silicon layer, a first gate electrode provided on the first insulating film, and a second insulating film provided on the first gate electrode. The second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer provided on the first insulating film, a third insulating film provided on the oxide semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode provided on the third insulating film. The first and third insulating films are SiOx films. The second insulating film is an SiNx film including hydrogen, and is provided overlapping the polycrystalline silicon layer, and is provided not overlapping the oxide semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masatomo Honjo, Hiroshi Matsukizono, Takuya Matsuo
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Patent number: 12048174Abstract: A light-emitting structure includes a substrate and a plurality of sub-pixel structures over the substrate. At least one of the plurality of sub-pixel structures includes an anode, a cathode, and a combined charge transport and emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The combined charge transport and emissive layer includes quantum dots (QDs) with ligands, and nanoparticles smaller than the QDs. The QDs and the nanoparticles are dispersed in a crosslinked matrix formed at least partially from at least one crosslinkable charge transport material other than the ligands, and the combined charge transport and emissive layer is arranged with the QDs and the nanoparticles phase segregated in an upper outer surface of the crosslinkable charge transport material, with the nanoparticles arranged closer to the upper outer surface than the QDs.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Enrico Angioni
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Patent number: 12040429Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: an anode; a hole transport layer of a p-type semiconductor; a n-type semiconductor layer containing a Group 13 element; a light-emitting layer containing quantum dots; an electron transport layer; and a cathode, arranged in this order.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoshihiro Ueta
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Patent number: 12041811Abstract: A display device includes a display region, a frame region, and a curved portion. The display device includes a resin layer, a plurality of inorganic insulating films, and a metal layer. A metal pattern formed with the metal layer is formed between an edge portion of the curved portion and the display region in the frame region along a curved shape of the edge portion of the curved portion and along at least a portion of corresponding two sides of the display device. The metal pattern is electrically disconnected from a wiring line of the display region, and a width of the metal pattern decreases toward both end portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Noriko Watanabe
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Patent number: 12039928Abstract: A display device is implemented that can reduce power consumption over a known example while preventing occurrence of black floating. The voltage value of a low-level power supply voltage ELVSS provided to a pixel circuit is set to a higher value in a pause driving period than in a normal driving period. Upon writing a data voltage, an anode initialization period for initializing an anode voltage of an organic EL element is provided. In this regard, an anode initialization period in the pause driving period is made longer than an anode initialization period in the normal driving period. To implement this, for example, a write frequency of a data voltage is made lower in the pause driving period than in the normal driving period.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keiichi Yamamoto, Ryo Yonebayashi
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Patent number: 12041676Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a communication control method is provided that determines whether congestion control is to be continued in a destination PLMN in a case that a PLMN is changed during the application of congestion control and the PLMN before the change is a home PLMN. In a case that the PLMN is changed while a back-off timer received along with a cause value for the congestion control is running and the PLMN before the change is a home PLMN, it is determined whether to allow UE to transmit an SM request message in the destination, based on the presence or absence of an information element notified from the network.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Masafumi Aramoto
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Patent number: 12041684Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: a receiver that receives an RRC message from a base station apparatus; and a processing unit that performs processing of RRC. The processing unit causes, when first information is in the RRC message, a first timer to start in a running state, and considers, at least when a random access problem indication is received from a MAC entity of the group and the first timer is not running, or when a random access problem indication is received from a MAC entity of the group and the first timer is running under a specific condition, a radio link failure for the group to be detected. When the radio link failure for the group is detected and that the first timer is running under the specific condition, the processing unit suspends transmission of all radio bearers in the group, and resets the MAC entity of the group.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shohei Yamada, Takako Hori
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Patent number: 12041502Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from a base station apparatus, and a controller configured to configure a parameter based on the parameter included in the RRC reconfiguration message. The parameter includes at least identity information of a target cell and a configuration of a subcarrier spacing, and the configuration of the subcarrier spacing is configured for each of the target cells.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shohei Yamada, Kazunari Yokomakura, Hiroki Takahashi
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Patent number: 12041307Abstract: A system for content advisory ratings information.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
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Patent number: 12038707Abstract: This image forming device includes an image former, a fuser, a sheet transport path that transports a paper sheet to the image former and the fuser, first and second discharge ports that are connected to the sheet transport path so as to enable a paper sheet on which a toner image has been fused to be discharged to the outside, and a controller. The sheet transport path includes first to third transport paths, and a first and second switcher. The controller, in the case of duplex printing, controls the first and second switchers such that a one end side of the paper sheet is transported to the second discharge port, and controls the second switcher such that, when the one end side is being discharged from the second discharge port, reverses the paper sheet and causes the another end side to be transported toward the image former.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kiyoshi Sasoh
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Patent number: 12041214Abstract: An image-forming apparatus includes a controller, a storage, and a communicator. The controller establishes a connection with a terminal device through the communicator by QUIC, stores, in the storage, identification information for identifying the connection and key information to be used for encryption of transmission/reception information transmitted and received to and from the terminal device, performs communication of the transmission/reception information with the terminal device through HTTP/3, and establishes, when the connection with the terminal device is disconnected, a connection with the terminal device using the identification information and the key information so that the communication of the transmission/reception information with the terminal device is resumed.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Sho Kamihisa