Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Patent number: 11470638
    Abstract: Provided are a terminal apparatus and a communication method that are able to improve communication quality and an acquisition rate of transmission opportunity in a communication system requiring carrier sense. The terminal apparatus of the invention includes a reception unit that receives a frame and changes a CCA method on the basis of information included in the frame. The CCA method includes a method of setting a CCA level as a value other than a predetermined value of the CCA level. The reception unit has a function of performing carrier sense and a method of changing the CCA level includes a method of setting a period in which the carrier sense is performed as a value other than a value of a predetermined carrier sense period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromichi Tomeba, Tomoki Yoshimura, Takashi Onodera, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11470487
    Abstract: The present invention provides a link evaluation method in user equipment and user equipment. The user equipment has a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode and a non-DRX mode. The link evaluation method comprises: measuring a reference signal in an evaluation period; and in the case that a measurement result is lower than a preset threshold, judging that a beam failure instance (BFI) is generated, and notifying a higher layer of the BFI at an interval of an indication period, wherein when the user equipment is in the non-DRX mode, the duration of the evaluation period is first duration; when the user equipment is in the DRX mode, the duration of the evaluation period is second duration; and the second duration is greater than the first duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chongming Zhang, Renmao Liu
  • Patent number: 11468842
    Abstract: A pixel circuit for a display device minimizes the one horizontal time while maintaining accurate compensation of the threshold voltage of the drive transistor, by extending the compensation phase beyond the data programming phase. The pixel circuit includes a drive transistor configured to control an amount of current to a light-emitting device during an emission phase and a storage capacitor connected between the gate of the drive transistor and the light-emitting device for compensating a threshold voltage of the drive transistor. During a combined data programming and threshold compensation phase, data is programmed and the threshold voltage of the drive transistor is partially compensated, with the data voltage being stored by the internal capacitance of the light-emitting device. The data voltage remains stored during an extended compensation phase in which the drive transistor is further compensated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Adnan Heganovic
  • Patent number: 11467782
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a mobile communication terminal, and an image forming device. The mobile communication terminal includes memory that stores data, a location determiner that accepts specifying of data and instruction for printing the specified data and determines whether data is stored in memory or stored in an accessible external device, and a print instructor that, in a case where data is stored in the memory, sends data to the image forming device together with the print instruction, and in a case where data is stored in the external device, sends access information, which is for accessing data, to the image forming device, together with the print instruction. The image forming device includes a controller that, when receiving data together with the print instruction, prints the received data, and when receiving the access information together with the print instruction, acquires and prints data stored in the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Saeda, Yasuhiro Nakai, Kohji Katamoto, Kohichi Murakami, Yasutomo Hayano
  • Patent number: 11468866
    Abstract: A safety protection apparatus of a display apparatus includes an input voltage detection unit configured to generate input voltage information representing an input voltage, a luminance information generation unit (a dimming signal generation unit) configured to generate luminance information according to the input voltage, and a first check unit configured to check whether there is an abnormality in a correspondence relationship between the input voltage information and the luminance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Ide, Naohiro Kamitsuchihashi
  • Publication number: 20220317354
    Abstract: Hollow optical elements that derive optical power from compound-curved reflective surfaces to produce a desired composite optical power. The reflective surfaces in combination with polarization control, can produce a triple-pass arrangement that determines the optical power. Two functional films, one or both of which are formed (e.g., thermoformed), can be joined at the perimeter to form units that are mechanically robust and therefore preserve optical performance under mechanical load. The air-spaced cavity formed between the two layers is free of birefringence concerns, where polarization control is crucial to contrast. These optical elements can be installed in frames or headsets to form lightweight wearable magnifiers, wide-angle collimators, tele-photo lenses, or for any application requiring optical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: GARY SHARP INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Gary D. Sharp, Anthony D. McGettigan
  • Patent number: 11463933
    Abstract: A communication controller includes a position-information acquiring unit, a movement-information acquiring unit, a selector, and a determination unit. The position-information acquiring unit acquires position information of each of a plurality of base-station devices. The movement-information acquiring unit acquires movement information of a terminal device. The selector selects, as a handover candidate, at least one base-station device from among the plurality of base-station devices in accordance with the position information and the movement information. The determination unit determines a base-station device that is a handover destination, in accordance with a result of a cell search performed on the at least one base-station device selected by the selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Yamamoto, Shuichi Takehana, Shigeto Suzuki, Kennichi Iijima
  • Patent number: 11462644
    Abstract: A TFT module includes TFTs; gate bus lines; a plurality of source bus lines; unit electrodes connected with the source bus lines via the TFTs; a gate driver configured to supply a scan signal from a first end of the gate bus lines and a source driver configured to supply a data signal from a first end of the source bus lines, the gate driver and the source driver being provided in a second region lying around a first region in which the unit electrodes are provided; current sensing circuits provided in the second region; and feedback lines. Each of the feedback lines is connected with a corresponding current sensing circuit and with a second end of a corresponding source bus line or gate bus line, the second end being opposite to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Otsubo, Akio Takahashi, Akinori Kubota
  • Patent number: 11460726
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a display area; a non-display area; a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of source lines; a plurality of thin film transistors; a gate driver; a source driver; a control unit configured to supply a control signal to the source driver; and an auxiliary line extending in the non-display area from an end of one of the plurality of source lines to another end thereof, wherein each of the plurality of thin film transistors is turned on and off when one of the plurality of gate signals supplied to one of the plurality of gate lines connected to that thin film transistor changes to an ON voltage level and an OFF voltage level respectively, and the control signal rises at a different timing from a fall in one of the plurality of gate signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto Akiyama, Yasunao Iwata
  • Patent number: 11460742
    Abstract: A display apparatus (100) having a displaying region (RD) of a non-rectangular shape includes: a plurality of gate lines (22) being disposed in the displaying region (RD) and extending along a first direction; a plurality of source lines (24) extending along a second direction; a plurality of gate drivers (20G) and a plurality of source drivers (20S) disposed in the frame region (RF); and a gate connection line (26) being provided in the displaying region (RD) so as to extend along a direction which intersects the first direction and connected to one of the gate drivers (20G) and one of the plurality of gate lines (22). A region in which the plurality of gate drivers (20G) are provided and a region in which the plurality of source drivers (20S) are provided are opposite from each other, with the displaying region (RD) being interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Takehisa Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11463595
    Abstract: An image forming device includes an image forming unit performing image forming, a notifier playing a voice guidance of a service related to image forming for a user, a display that displays a message to a user, and a controller controlling the image forming unit, the notifier, and the display. The controller allows the notifier to start the voice guidance to perform image forming services. When the service is for the first time to a user, the controller allows the display to transition to the next screen after the voice guidance is played to the end, and on the other hand, when the service is repeated for the second or subsequent times to a user, the controller allows the notifier to stop playing the voice guidance halfway after screen transition to the next screen becomes possible, and then the controller allows the display to transition to the next screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masato Tokishige
  • Patent number: 11462887
    Abstract: A laser element includes a light emitting portion that has at least two or more light emitting points, and a terminal member on which the light emitting portion is mounted. The terminal member includes a base portion that has a mounting surface on which the light emitting portion is mounted, a base that has a front surface where the base portion is provided substantially at a center, and four pins that extend from a rear surface of the base. The light emitting portion is positioned in a range surrounded by the four pins as viewed from the front surface of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya Ishida, Takuya Nishida
  • Patent number: 11458223
    Abstract: Provided is a discharge device that can improve the efficiency of generating reactive species. The discharge device includes a discharging unit, which has a tip end and discharges from the tip end in response to an application of a voltage, an induction electrode, which forms an electric field between the induction electrode end the discharging unit, and a second electrode, which is disposed between the discharging unit and the induction electrode and receives a voltage having a polarity the same as a polarity of the voltage applied to the discharging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ezaki, Nobuyuki Ohe, Takahiro Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 11462144
    Abstract: A display device is implemented that can more efficiently compensate for degradation of drive transistors by promptly determining an average degradation level of the drive transistors on the entire screen. The display device is provided with a total current measuring circuit (50) that measures, as a total current, drive currents flowing through all of a plurality of pixel circuits or two or more pixel circuits in a state where a specific image is displayed; a determination data storage unit (110) that holds determination data used to determine whether to perform characteristics detection monitoring for detecting characteristics of the drive transistors; and a determining unit (120) that determines whether to perform the characteristics detection monitoring, based on the total current and the determination data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Furukawa, Masafumi Ueno
  • Patent number: 11463736
    Abstract: A method for determining a reference index for a reference picture list is disclosed. A reference picture list structure in one of a sequence parameter set and a slice header is decoded. A reference index for the reference picture list structure is derived according to a value of a reference picture list flag. A number of reference index active syntax in the slice header is decoded, if a number of entries in the reference picture list structure is greater than 1. The number of reference index active syntax is defined for i. A variable is derived by adding one to a value of the number of reference index active syntax. A value subtracted one from a value of the variable specifies a maximum reference index for the reference picture list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 11462179
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first liquid crystal display panel of a field sequential type, a second liquid crystal display panel of a color filter type disposed on a back face side of the first liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight configured to emit white light on a back face side of the second liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakatsu Tominaga, Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11460745
    Abstract: An LCD apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A first TFT array is deposited on the first substrate. A first array of drive electrodes is also deposited on the first substrate. A second TFT array is deposited on the second substrate. A second array of drive electrodes is deposited on the second substrate. The first TFT array, the second TFT array, the first array of drive electrodes and the second array of drive electrodes are configured to enable pixels or sub-pixels of the LCD apparatus to modulate light. The first TFT array may at least partially overlap the second TFT array, and the first array of drive electrodes may at least partially overlap the second array of drive electrodes, from an LCD viewing perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nathan James Smith, David James Montgomery
  • Patent number: 11463701
    Abstract: A prediction image generation method is provided. The method derives a down-sampled luminance image and a down-sampled neighboring luminance image by down-sampling the luminance image of a target block and a neighboring luminance image based on information related to a down-sampling and indicating one of a plurality of position relationships between at least one luma pixel and a chroma pixel. The method derives a neighboring chrominance image, parameters derived from the down-sampled neighboring luminance image and the neighboring chrominance image, and the prediction image by using the down-sampled luminance image and the parameters. The position relationships include that a position of the chroma pixel is identical to a position of one of the at least one luma pixel and that the position of the chroma pixel is located in an intermediate of two of the at least one luma pixel on a left side of a 2×2 luma pixel block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Tomoko Aono, Tomohiro Ikai, Takeshi Chujoh
  • Patent number: 11460900
    Abstract: A video display apparatus includes a power source that supplies first electric power and supplies second electric power that is different from the first electric power to an external device, a current detector that detects a current value when the second electric power is supplied to the external device, an electric power supply controller that includes a plurality of electric power supply modes and performs control that supplies electric power corresponding to one electric power supply mode among the plurality of electric power supply modes to the external device as the second electric power, and a controller that performs control that limits the first electric power when the current value detected by the current detector reaches a predetermined first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuta Nagano
  • Patent number: 11460798
    Abstract: A stored object detection device includes: a radar sensor which emits a radio wave and detects a reflected wave; a reflector which reflects the radio wave emitted from the radar sensor; and a detection target object storage amount detector which detects a storage amount of a detection target object in a container, based on a reflected wave of the radio wave that has been reflected on the container containing the detection target object, a reflected wave of the radio wave that has passed through the container and has been reflected on the detection target object, and a reflected wave of the radio wave that has passed through the container and has been reflected on the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kentaro Tsuruta