Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11464097
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a detection unit configured to detect movement of a person; and a control unit configured to, in a case where the detection unit detects a first movement of the person, control an operation unit such that the operation unit is changed from a first state to a second state and maintains the second state for a first predetermined period, wherein, in a case where the detection unit detects a second movement of the person in a predetermined detection period spanning from before an end time of the first predetermined period until after the end time, the control unit controls the operation unit such that the operation unit maintains the second state until an end of a second predetermined period changed from the first predetermined period according to an aspect of the second movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koichi Izu
  • 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: 11462700
    Abstract: In a case in which a curvature of a flexible organic EL display panel provided in a display device is zero, an absolute value of film stress of a first layered film, from a lower face film, formed in first regions in the flexible organic EL display panel is compressive stress and is greater than an absolute value of film stress of a second layered film, from the lower face film, formed in a second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11460790
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a light source that emits a light beam, a lens member, and a housing that supports the lens member. The housing and the lens member are provided with a housing-side engagement and a lens member-side engagement respectively that engage with each other. The housing-side engagement and the lens member-side engagement are capable of pivoting the lens member around an axis along an optical axis direction of the light beam passing through a contact contacted through concavo-convex engagement with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu Matsuo, Takaharu Motoyama
  • Publication number: 20220305035
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula A, or a salt thereof: Wherein “A1”, R1, R2, R3, R6, and R7 are as defined herein, which compounds have properties for blocking Nav 1.7 ion channels found in peripheral and sympathetic neurons. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula A or their salts, and methods of treating cough, itch and neuropathic pain disorders using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Roecker, Mark E. Layton, Deping Wang, Xiu Wang, Xuanjia Peng
  • Publication number: 20220306619
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pro drugs of 2-methyl-N-((5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)methyl)-6-(((1S,2S)-2-(5-methylpyridin-2-yl)cyclopropyl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-amine which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Sachin Mittal, Jason W. Skudlarek, Izzat T. Raheem
  • Patent number: 11455056
    Abstract: A position input device includes a position detecting electrode, a position detecting wire, a first spare position detecting wire, a plurality of second spare position detecting wires, and a plurality of connectable portions. The position detecting electrode detects an input position. The position detecting wire transmits at least a position detection signal. The plurality of second spare position detecting wires are connectable to the first spare position detecting wire. The plurality of connectable portions are provided separately at each of sites of intersection of the position detecting wire and the plurality of second spare position detecting wires and are disposed to overlap each other via an insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11457434
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a first parameter(s) used for configuring a first allocation table and a second allocation table. Each of the first allocation table and the second allocation table are used for defining a time domain allocation for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. The receiving circuitry is also configured to detect in a UE specific search space, a downlink control information (DCI) format comprising first information used for indicating a row index to the first allocation table or the second allocation table. The DCI format is used for scheduling of the PUSCH. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform, based on a detection of the DCI format, the PUSCH transmission based on either of the first allocation table or the second allocation table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Kai Ying, Tatsushi Aiba, John Michael Kowalski, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Patent number: 11455174
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first communicator that performs communication with a computer body based on a first communications standard, a second communicator that performs communication with the computer body based on a second communications standard, a determination processor that classifies and determines a category of an operating system based on a first communications parameter acquired from the first communicator, a setting processor that sets an operation mode corresponding to the category of the operating system as determined by the determination processor, and a controller that controls, based on the communication with the computer body performed by the second communicator, a specified function according to the operation mode set by the setting processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koichi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11457380
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus including a coding unit configured to code a payload of uplink control information (UCI) and to perform rate matching of coded bits of the payload and a transmitter configured to transmit the UCI, wherein the payload includes part or all of hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, a scheduling request, and channel state information (CSI), a length EUCI of an output sequence of the rate matching is given based on a first number OCRC of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits, the first number OCRC of CRC bits is given based on a size of the payload, and a size of second CRC bits added to the payload is given based on the size of the payload and the length EUCI of the output sequence of the rate matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Taewoo Lee, Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Liqing Liu
  • Patent number: 11456288
    Abstract: An image display element includes micro light emitting elements arranged in an array, a drive circuit substrate that includes a drive circuit for supplying a current to the micro light emitting elements to cause light to be emitted, and an antenna arranged on a light emitting surface of each of the micro light emitting elements, in which the antenna includes isolated convex portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Onuma, Katsuji Iguchi, Koji Takahashi, Hidenori Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 11454838
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a liquid crystal panel; and a control circuit, the liquid crystal panel sequentially including an active matrix substrate, a first alignment film, a liquid crystal layer, a second alignment film, and a counter substrate, the active matrix substrate sequentially including a first substrate, a first electrode, a first insulating layer, and a second electrode including a linear electrode portion, the counter substrate including a second substrate and a third electrode, the third electrode extending in a longitudinal direction of the sub-pixel at a right or left end of the sub-pixel, a ratio of a width of the third electrode to a width of the first electrode in a widthwise direction being 0.14 or greater and 0.25 or smaller, the control circuit being configured to switch between application of an alternating voltage and application of a constant voltage to the third electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Murata, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Shinji Shimada, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 11453697
    Abstract: A class of polycyclic compounds of general formula (I), of general formula (I?), or of general formula (I?), wherein Base1, Base2, Y, Ya, Xa, Xa1, Xb, Xb1, Xc, Xc1, Xd, Xd1, R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R4, R4a, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, and R8a are defined herein, that may be useful as inductors of type I interferon production, specifically as STING active agents, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Brian Andresen, Wonsuk Chang, Jared N. Cumming, Ryan D. Otte, Benjamin Wesley Trotter
  • Patent number: 11452719
    Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising tedizolid phosphate, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating bacterial infections with such pharmaceutical compositions. Specifically, a pharmaceutical composition comprising tedizolid phosphate, an acid; and a suspending agent; and wherein the pH of the composition upon constitution with water is between about pH 2-4.5, is provided, wherein the acid is not citric acid or malic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Lixia Cai, David Dubost, David Harris, Yongjun Li, Majid Mahjour, Dan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11456842
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus receives a message including configuration information of a set of downlink bandwidth parts (BWPs) for a primary cell; and deactivates a downlink MVP of the downlink BWPs, the downlink BWP being activated in the primary cell and activates any one of the downlink BWPs in the set of the downlink BWPs for the primary cell, wherein the deactivation and the activation are based on information, included in the message, for indicating the downlink BWP to be activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Liqing Liu, Taewoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11456443
    Abstract: A light emitting structure comprises a substrate, a plurality of sub-pixel stacks over the substrate emitting different colors, a bank surrounding the sub-pixel stacks and forming an interior space above the sub-pixel stacks, a first filler material in the interior space, a second filler material over the first filler material, and an interface between the first filler material and the second filler material. Each of the sub-pixel stacks including an emissive layer between a first transport layer and a second transport layer, a first electrode layer coupled to the first transport layer, and a second electrode layer coupled to the second transport layer. The sub-pixel stacks each have a substantially uniform distance between the emissive layer and the first electrode layer. Each of the sub-pixel stacks emits a main emission peak at one direction normal to a top surface of each of the sub-pixel stacks through the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: David James Montgomery
  • Patent number: 11452465
    Abstract: Regarding acceleration on each of three axes Gx, Gy, and Gz calculated by a microcomputer, acceleration on one of the three axes is acceleration in a vertical direction perpendicular to the ground, and acceleration on each of the other two axes is acceleration in a direction parallel to the ground, the other two axes being perpendicular to each other. A type of action of the human body in a predetermined period is determined by comparing a predetermined threshold value with the acceleration in the vertical direction in the predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeo Ohyama, Hajime Kubota
  • Publication number: 20220296723
    Abstract: The present invention provides a number of process improvements related to the conjugation of capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae to a carrier protein. These process are serotype specific and include acid hydrolysis, addition of sodium chloride to the reductive amination reaction, and addition of sucrose to dissolve polysaccharides. Polysaccharide-protein conjugates prepared using the processes of the invention can be included in multivalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Patrick McHugh, Michael Albert Winters, Janelle Konietzko
  • Publication number: 20220296695
    Abstract: The invention is related to multivalent immunogenic compositions comprising more than one S. pneumoniae polysaccharide protein conjugates, wherein each of the conjugates comprises a polysaccharide from an S. pneumoniae serotype conjugated to a carrier protein, wherein the serotypes of S. pneumoniae are as defined herein. In some embodiments, at least one of the polysaccharide protein conjugates is formed by a conjugation reaction comprising an aprotic solvent. In further embodiments, each of the polysaccharide protein conjugates is formed by a conjugation reaction comprising an aprotic solvent. Also provided are methods for inducing a protective immune response in a human patient comprising administering the multivalent immunogenic compositions of the invention to the patient. The multivalent immunogenic compositions are useful for providing protection against S. pneumoniae infection and/or pneumococcal diseases caused by S. pneumoniae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Yadong Adam Cui, Romulo Ferrero, Jian He, Luwy Musey, Tanaz Petigara, Julie M. Skinner