Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Patent number: 11449183
    Abstract: A touch panel display includes a display panel having a plurality of pixel regions that emit light, and a touch sensor having an electrode configuration that overlays the display panel. The electrode configuration includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are separated by an insulating region. The electrode separation distance between the first and second electrodes is in a range whereby (1) with increasing electrode separation distance a first rate of proportional decrease in mutual capacitance between the first and second electrodes is greater than a second rate of proportional decrease in signal magnitude of an output signal, and (2) a ratio (R) of the first rate to the second rate satisfies the relationship 1.0<R<2.5. With such parameters, the electrode separation distance may be from 30 ?m to 50 ?m, and/or from 0.5 to 0.75 times a pixel pitch of the pixel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Alex Yudin, Andrew Kay, Shinichi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11451825
    Abstract: The amount of memory required for CCLM prediction is reduced. The CCLM prediction parameter derivation unit (310442) derives a scale shift value corresponding to a luma difference value, and derives a CCLM prediction parameter, by shifting, by using the scale shift value, a value obtained by multiplying a value of a table referred to with a value obtained by performing right shift of the luma difference value by the scale shift value as an index and a chroma difference value. In addition, in a case of deriving a prediction image, a bit width is reduced by adaptively deriving a shift amount of a linear prediction parameter from the chroma difference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukinobu Yasugi, Eiichi Sasaki, Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoko Aono
  • Patent number: 11451789
    Abstract: A method of decoding video data includes: receiving a buffering period message; parsing a first syntax element in the buffering period message, wherein the first syntax element plus one specifies a maximum number (M) of temporal sublayers for which coded picture buffer removal delay and coded picture buffer removal offset are indicated in the buffering period message; and parsing a second syntax element in the buffering period message, in a case that a value of the first syntax element is greater than a threshold value, wherein the second syntax element specifies whether decoded picture buffer output time offsets are present for temporal sublayer representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 11449306
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating personalized digital music and digital visual media content to users of interactive, electronic entertainment platforms accessible through media devices include uploading digital visual media content to a host server, wherein the digital visual media content is assigned a first URL stored in the host server. At least one digital music content file is selected to be streamed from an external audio content provider, wherein the at least one digital music content file is personalized to the user. The selected digital music content file has a second URL stored in the host server. The digital visual media content is paired with the digital music content file to create paired digital music and live digital visual media content. The paired digital music and digital visual media content is played on the interactive, electronic entertainment platform by executing the first and second URLs simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: LOOK SHARP LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Venti, Brian Karscig
  • Patent number: 11446211
    Abstract: A microtablet dispenser is provided herein including: a microtablet reservoir disc including a plurality of wells each formed to accommodate at least one microtablet, the wells being arranged in at least one array; a screen plate having at least one opening shaped to expose all of the wells of one of the arrays when aligned therewith; and, a dose selector plate including a plurality of dosing apertures arranged in a plurality of dosing arrays of different patterns. With one of the arrays being aligned with the at least one opening of the screen plate and with a selected dosing array, the microtablets accommodated in the wells aligned with dosing apertures are free to pass through the corresponding dosing apertures so as to be dispensed therefrom, while the wells of the array not aligned with dosing apertures are obstructed by solid portions of the dose selector plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
    Inventors: Annaniy Berenshteyn, Mikhail Gotliboym, Christopher Granelli
  • Patent number: 11452137
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver for receiving non-demand SI transmitted regardless of a system information request, and multiple pieces of on-demand SI (System Information) transmitted based on a system information request, and a transmitter for transmitting a system information request to request transmission of a first piece of on-demand SI (System information) among the multiple pieces of on-demand SI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Wataru Ohuchi, Takashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11448921
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a vertical alignment-type liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes source lines and pixel electrodes. A pixel includes first, second, third and fourth liquid crystal domains. The pixel electrode has slits formed therein. The first substrate further includes a shield common electrode. The shield common electrode is located between the source lines and the pixel eleotrodes. The shield common electrode includes a solid portion overlapping the source lines and one end portion and the other end portion, in a row direction, of the pixel electrode, and also includes a first cutout portion formed across regions corresponding to the first, second, third and fourth liquid crystal domains in each pixel, the first cutout portion including portions overlapping the slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Hirata
  • Publication number: 20220291880
    Abstract: An installation method includes installing a universal printer driver for an image forming apparatus in a user terminal for use by a user; determining whether or not there is installed a dedicated printer driver in the user terminal; and upon determining that there is installed a dedicated printer driver in the user terminal, performing a presentation process of presenting to the user a function that will no longer be available for use if the dedicated printer driver is uninstalled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: YOSHITAKA OGATA
  • Publication number: 20220294582
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention are a method performed by user equipment, and user equipment, which can reliably perform processing related to a beam failure recovery request/beam failure report (BFR) and/or scheduling request (SR). The method comprises: detecting a measurement result of a measurement reference signal corresponding to a serving cell; if the measurement result indicates that a beam failure has occurred, utilizing a counter to count the number of beam failures; and when the count value of the counter is above a given threshold, performing processing related to a beam failure recovery request/beam failure report (BFR) and/or scheduling request (SR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: CHONGMING ZHANG, RENMAO LIU, NINGJUAN CHANG
  • Publication number: 20220289710
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of Nav1.8 channel activity and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control and suppression of diseases mediated by Nav1.8 channel activity. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of pain disorders, cough disorders, acute itch disorders, and chronic itch disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Ashok Arasappan, Ian M. Bell, Michael J. Breslin, Christopher James Bungard, Christopher S. Burgey, Harry R. Chobanian, Jason M. Cox, Anthony T. Ginnetti, Deodial Guy Guiadeen, Kristen L.G. Jones, Mark E. Layton, Hong Liu, Jian Liu, James J. Perkins, Shawn J. Stachel, Linda M. Suen-Lai, Zhe Wu
  • Patent number: 11445075
    Abstract: In a display system including a communication device including a communication function, a display device, and a terminal device, the display system includes an acquirer that acquires communication data via the communication device, a display that displays information based on the received communication data on the display device, and a notifier that notifies the terminal device that the communication data has been received. When an operation corresponding to the notification is performed on the terminal device, the display further displays that the operation corresponding to the notification is performed as information relating to the communication data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masafumi Okigami
  • Patent number: 11445530
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a coding unit configured to map coded bits for an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) and a first sequence to a set of elements, and a transmitter configured to transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), wherein each of the elements is identified by a subcarrier index of the PUSCH and an OFDM symbol index of the PUSCH, and whether the first sequence is mapped without using a prescribed set of elements is given based on at least the number of hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ-ACK bits mapped to the PUSCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Tomoki Yoshimura, Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Liqing Liu, Taewoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11442264
    Abstract: An electrowetting device includes an electrode substrate including a first substrate, a plurality of first drive electrodes formed on the first substrate, and a water-repellent insulating layer formed on the plurality of first drive electrodes, a counter substrate including a second substrate, and disposed so as to face the electrode substrate with a predetermined gap therebetween, a sealing portion provided in a sealing region at the electrode substrate, and bonding the electrode substrate and the counter substrate, and an injection valve for injecting a droplet into the gap, the injection valve being located in the sealing region and including a first valve body formed of an electric field responsive gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hao Li, Tomoko Teranishi, Tomohiro Kosaka
  • Patent number: 11441388
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a flow activated choke device that is activated by the choke device directly interacting with the flow of fluid in an upstream direction. More specifically, a choke device formed of chain like materials that is configured to be extended in a first mode and compacted in a second mode, wherein the choke device moves from the first mode to the second mode responsive to an upward fluid flow rate being greater than a flow rate threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sharp-Rock Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Hong Wang
  • Patent number: 11445540
    Abstract: To provide a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method capable of ensuring high reliability and low latency of URLLC. There are included a receiver configured to detect first and second DCI formats and RRC information, and a transmitter capable of data transmission based on any of a first uplink grant to be available via activation by using a radio resource periodicity included in the RRC information and the first DCI format, a second uplink grant to be available via activation by using the radio resource periodicity included in the RRC information and the second DCI format, and a third uplink grant to be available after detection of the second DCI format, wherein multiple DCI formats are detected, the transmitter performs an override, in a case that the third uplink grant overlaps in a time domain with the second uplink grant, and performs an override, in a case that the first uplink grant overlaps in a time domain with the third uplink grant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Jungo Goto, Osamu Nakamura, Seiji Sato, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11445528
    Abstract: A method of system information transmissions performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a system information (SI) scheduling information list for a plurality of SI messages and a random access resource list for a plurality of SI requests via a system information block type 1 (SIB1), and determining, when a plurality of random access resource entries exist in the random access resource list for the plurality of SI requests including a first SI request and a second SI request, that a first entry of the plurality of random access resource entries in the random access resource list for the first SI request corresponds to a first entry in the SI scheduling information list and that a second entry of the plurality of random access resource entries in the random access resource list for the second SI request corresponds to a second entry in the SI scheduling information list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Ningjuan Chang, Fangying Xiao, Renmao Liu
  • Patent number: 11445532
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a physical downlink shared channel and a transmitter configured to multiplex first channel state information having a higher priority than second channel state information with the second channel state information and an HARQ-ACK and to transmit the first channel state information, the second channel state information and the HARQ-ACK multiplexed, by using a physical uplink control channel resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoki Yoshimura, Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Taewoo Lee, Huifa Lin, Toshizo Nogami
  • Patent number: 11445187
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of coding video data. The method comprising: determining a largest coding unit size for a picture; determining whether a largest coding unit within a picture is an intra type largest coding unit; and applying a partitioning to the largest coding unit based on whether the largest coding unit is an intra type largest coding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiran Mukesh Misra, Weijia Zhu, Christopher Andrew Segall
  • Patent number: 11445533
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a PDCCH including a DCI format, and a transmitter configured to transmit a PUCCH. In a case that the DCI format schedules a PDSCH and that a last OFDM symbol of the PDSCH is mapped in a first slot, the PUCCH is transmitted in a second slot, the number of slots from the first slot to the second slot is given based on a PDSCH-to-HARQ-timing-indicator field, and a length of each of the slots is given based on a subcarrier spacing configuration of the PUCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Tomoki Yoshimura, Shouichi Suzuki, Wataru Ohuchi, Liqing Liu, Taewoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11445553
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method executed by user equipment, including: step (S1): transmitting, by user equipment, a Narrowband Physical Random Access Channel (NPRACH) preamble to a base station, where an NPRACH resource used by the user equipment indicates that the user equipment requests use of EDT; step (S2): receiving, by the user equipment, a narrowband random access response grant from the base station, where the value of a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) index field indicates that resources are allocated to a Msg3 via EDT; step (S3): transmitting, by the user equipment, the Msg3 according to an indication of the narrowband random access response grant; step (S4): receiving, by the user equipment, a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format N0 from the base station; and step (S5): re-transmitting, by the user equipment, the Msg3 according to an indication of the DCI format N0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chao Luo, Renmao Liu