Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Publication number: 20100232140
    Abstract: A lamp holder that is capable of reducing the number of lamp holder types required for setting a variety of the intervals between the light source lamps such that the interval is shorter in the center portion and wider in the respective end portions for example. The lamp holder 20 has a plurality of lamp clips 21, 21 that hold two CCFLs at a predetermined interval and are rotatably supported on a base of the lamp holder 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Takeba
  • Publication number: 20100231490
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device is capable of flowing a constant electric current into each pixel and improving image qualities even if the device displays an image on a large screen. The organic electroluminescent display device including a lower electrode, an organic electroluminescent film, and an upper electrode on a substrate arranged in this order, wherein the upper electrode is divided in units of a pixel or dot by a partition having an insulating property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Okano
  • Publication number: 20100231840
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate, and a seal member arranged to bond the first substrate and the second substrate to each other with a display medium layer enclosed between the first substrate and the second substrate. At least one of the first substrate and the second substrate has a layered structure of a reinforcing layer and one or more layers having a lower strength than that of the reinforcing layer, and at least a portion of the seal member is bonded directly to the reinforcing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke Saida, Hirohiko Nishiki
  • Publication number: 20100231958
    Abstract: A digital multi-function peripheral constantly transmits a signal for starting. When a mobile phone is located within a predetermined distance from the digital multi-function peripheral and receives the signal for starting, the mobile phone then transmits a reply signal to the digital multi-function peripheral. Then, the digital multi-function peripheral connects with the mobile phone by transmitting its identification data to the mobile phone. Further, the digital multi-function peripheral causes, by transmitting data for instructing execution of an application program associated with transmission and reception by the mobile phone to the mobile phone, the mobile phone to execute the application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masafumi Okigami
  • Patent number: 7796903
    Abstract: A charging apparatus which is excellent in charging uniformity and thus allows a to-be-charged body to be charged uniformly and in which the generation of discharge products can be reduced, is provided. In the charging apparatus, ions are generated under the difference in electrical potential between the discharge electrode and the induction electrode produced in the ion generating section. The generated ions are caused to flow toward the counter electrode, whereupon the to-be-charged body arranged between the ion generating section and the counter electrode is charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kagawa, Hiroshi Doshohda, Katsumi Adachi
  • Patent number: 7796906
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a first and a second main conveyance path, a first and a second processing unit, a transfer unit, and a fixing unit. The first and second main conveyance paths come together after having branched apart between a paper supply unit and a paper delivery unit. A recording medium is selectively conveyed along either one of the first and second main conveyance path. Image formation is performed by a method of electrophotography by, alternatively, either the first or second processing unit. Between the first and second main conveyance paths where they are branched apart, the transfer unit generates a transfer electric field between itself and one or the other of the first and second processing unit. The fixing unit controls the temperature of a first or a second fixing roller, which are disposed in the first and second main conveyance path after they have come together, alternatively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Junko Yabuta
  • Patent number: 7795690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thin film transistor substrate for use in a liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same, and an object is to provide a thin film transistor substrate which can ensure high reliability even though a low resistance metal is used in a material for a gate electrode and a predetermined wiring and a method of fabricating the same. A TFT substrate has a gate electrode in a multilayer structure configured of an AlN film as a nitrogen containing layer, an Al film as a main wiring layer and an upper wiring layer formed of an MoN film and an Mo film. On the gate electrode whose side surface inclines gently, a gate insulating film of excellent film quality is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsunori Misaki
  • Patent number: 7797723
    Abstract: A transmission systems suitable for video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehmet U. Demircin, Petrus J. L. van Beek
  • Patent number: 7794803
    Abstract: A plastic substrate according to the present invention is used in optical instruments. The plastic substrate includes a composite substrate 10 in which fibers 11 are embedded in a resin matrix 12. The fibers are arranged in at least one predetermined direction within a plane of the composite substrate. The composite substrate substantially transmits visible radiation and has a predefined retardation that is associated with the predetermined direction in which the fibers are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshito Hashimoto, Noriko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7796216
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel 2 containing a liquid crystal having an alignment state which is so controlled that: a transmission intensity at an oblique viewing angle is greater than a frontal transmission intensity assuming a frontal transmittance of 1 for a white display and a transmittance of 1 at the oblique viewing angle for a white display; and a first region and a second region coexist in one or multiple picture element regions constituting a pixel, excess brightness occurring at the oblique viewing angle in the first region, no excess brightness occurring at the oblique viewing angle in the second region. The liquid crystal display device also includes a panel, 3, for use in viewing angle property control setting all or part of the second region of the liquid crystal display panel 2 to either a light-blocking state or a light-transmitting state as viewed from an oblique direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masumi Kubo
  • Patent number: 7796571
    Abstract: A slave apparatus control portion refers to a priority channel table stored in a use priority channel memory at the time of establishing communications with a host apparatus. The radio channel having the highest priority is allocated as the initial channel, and a connection request signal is transmitted from a communicating portion to the host apparatus in the frequency band of the initial channel. When the initial channel interferes with the radio channels used by other slave apparatuses or the frequency bands used by PCs, the radio channel overlapping those frequency bands is avoided, and the radio channel of the frequency band that is the second highest priority is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kishida
  • Patent number: 7796808
    Abstract: A controller (101) designates whether images are integrated or not and image placement mode when integration is implemented. An image integrator (102) creates image data in a format designated by the presence/absence of integration and placement mode. A 3D information generator (103) generates 3D information necessary for 3D image display by formatting the presence/absence of integration and the placement mode. An encoder (104) encodes the image data created by image integrator (102) and generates coded data. A multiplexer (105) converts the encoded data generated by encoder (104) and the 3D information created by the 3D information generator into a predetermined format and outputs the result to the outside. This arrangement enables image data for 3D display to be versatile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Shioi, Ken Mashitani
  • Patent number: 7795265
    Abstract: Certain novel substituted imidazole 4-carboxamides are ligands of the human cholecystokinin receptor and, in particular, are selective ligands of the human cholecystokinin-1 receptor (CCK-1R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the modulation of CCK-1R, such as obesity, and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Berger, Scott Edmondson, Alexa Hansen, Cheng Zhu
  • Patent number: 7796074
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a switched capacitor digital/analog converter is provided, for example providing gamma correction in liquid crystal displays. The converter includes a plurality of conversion capacitors including first plates connected to an output line and second plates connectable via electronic switches to first or second reference voltages in accordance with the values of corresponding bits of an input word. The converter also includes a plurality of terminating capacitors, at least one of which is switchable in or out of circuit depending on the value of at least one of the bits of the input word. By suitable choice of capacitance values and reference voltages, a wide range of non-linear transfer functions can be provided by the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Harry G. Walton
  • Patent number: 7793933
    Abstract: A drive transmission mechanism of a sheet transportation apparatus of the present invention comprises an upstream transportation roller gear and a planet gear for transmitting a first driving force from a driving source to the upstream transportation roller gear, and a release mechanism for preventing the upstream transportation roller gear and the planet gear from engaging with each other. The release mechanism prevents the engagement of the planet gear and the upstream transportation roller gear when the driven gear is driven to reversely rotate by a second driving force. The release mechanism prevents the engagement by moving a release member before the planet gear and the driven gear engage with each other. The release mechanism moves the release member by the driven gear being reversely rotated by the second driving force which is a driving force other than the driving source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasumasa Morimoto, Hirotoshi Iemura, Shinichiro Hiraoka, Sohichi Takata
  • Patent number: 7797020
    Abstract: A cellular phone includes a first case and a second case, which are connected in a foldable manner through a hinge. When the cellular phone is in a folded state, a second display unit displays an image with the side (upper side) closer to the hinge as the upper side. Accordingly, the user can hold the second case of the cellular phone in his/her hand regardless of whether the cellular phone is in a folded state or in an open state. The user can easily switch between a folded state and an open state with respect to the first case and the second case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohji Sawayama, Satoshi Mizuno, Yonosuke Amano, Tamaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7793650
    Abstract: When a user manually opens/closes the door of the drawer-type heating cooker, a pulse generation means attached to an electric motor generates pulses for counting the number of revolutions. A determination means determines whether the door is opened/closed manually or not on the basis of detection of the pulses. A prediction means predicts whether the manual operation is door opening or door closing in response to the status of position detection switches for detecting the position of the door. A motor control means decides the rotation direction of the electric motor in accordance with the prediction by the prediction means and controls the rotation of the electric motor on the basis of the decision. Hence the burden of door opening/closing operation is alleviated with the help of the driving force of the electric motor even when both hands of the user are occupied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirokazu Nishio
  • Patent number: 7796217
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including two substrates combined together through a sealing material applied to a peripheral portion thereof. A liquid crystal is sealed between the substrates, and there is a picture-frame area on the substrates, outside a display area and inside a region where the sealing material is formed. A light-shield film is formed in the picture-frame area in the form of a frame surrounding the display area, wherein the light-shield film does not overlap the sealing material. A first conductive film is formed in the picture-frame area on either of the substrates, outside the light-shield film, in the form of a continuously connected frame surrounding the display area and in the same layer as a pixel electrode formed at each pixel in the display area. A second conductive film is formed on the other of the substrates, facing the first conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidehiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7796962
    Abstract: A digital demodulating apparatus includes a tuner that selectively receives one of frequency bands, and a demodulator that demodulates a signal from the tuner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takae Sakai, Nobuyoshi Kaiki
  • Patent number: 7794096
    Abstract: An illuminating lamp for a display device is capable of minimizing a luminance difference between a high-voltage driving side and a low-voltage driving side. The illuminating lamp is arranged behind a display panel via optical sheets and driven in a high-voltage driving method. The illuminating lamp includes discharge lamps connected in series, wherein gas pressures of the discharge lamps at a high-voltage driving side are set to be higher than those of the discharge lamps at a low-voltage driving side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenichi Iwamoto