Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Patent number: 11385753
    Abstract: A switching unit of a touch panel device switches between a first connection state in which, among a plurality of drive wiring lines, a first drive wiring line and a second drive wiring line adjacent to each other are connected, and a second connection state in which, among the plurality of drive wiring lines, the first drive wiring lines adjacent to each other are connected to each other and the second drive wiring lines adjacent to each other are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sugita, Kazutoshi Kida, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11387283
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of subpixels. The plurality of subpixels include a first subpixel including a first light-emitting layer, and a first subpixel circuit, a second subpixel including a second light-emitting layer, and a second subpixel circuit, a third sub subpixel including a third light-emitting layer, and a third subpixel circuit, a fourth subpixel including a fourth light-emitting layer, and a fourth subpixel circuit, and a fifth subpixel including a fifth light-emitting layer, and a fifth subpxiel circuit. A plurality of scanning lines include a first scanning line connected to the fifth subpixel circuit and a second scanning line adjacent to the first scanning line and connected to the first subpixel circuit. A plurality of data lines include a first data line connected to the first subpixel circuit and the fifth subpixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kohzoh Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11386840
    Abstract: The present application discloses a current-driven display device capable of preventing a decrease in display quality due to luminance gradient caused by a voltage drop in a power supply line while preventing an increase in circuit and processing necessary for driving a pixel circuit. In an organic EL display device, a high-level power supply line ELVDD includes a trunk wire ELV0 and N branch wires ELV1 to ELVN diverging from the trunk wire ELV0 and arranged along the plurality of scanning signal lines G1 to GN, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ueno
  • Patent number: 11388749
    Abstract: Communication opportunities of existing terminal devices are ensured, in a communication system in which terminal devices capable of using a new CCA level and the existing terminal devices using an existing CCA level coexist, on the premise of CSMA/CA. A communication method of a radio transmission device of the present invention includes a step of signaling information indicating a first CCA section and a second CCA section to the radio reception device. A communication method of a radio reception device of the present invention includes a step of performing the carrier sense based on a first CCA level and a second CCA level, and a step of performing the carrier sense based on the first CCA level, in the first CCA section, based on information indicating the first CCA section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromichi Tomeba, Tomoki Yoshimura, Takashi Onodera
  • Publication number: 20220212140
    Abstract: Provided is a humidity control device capable of stably absorbing and desorbing moisture. The humidity control device includes: a moisture absorber causing a hygroscopic material to come into contact with air so that the hygroscopic material absorbs portion of moisture contained in the air, the hygroscopic material being in liquid and containing water, polyalcohol having hygroscopicity, and metal salt having hygroscopicity; and a composition controller controlling composition of the hygroscopic material. The composition controller controls the composition of the hygroscopic material to be within a range in which the hygroscopic material is capable of absorbing the moisture while the metal salt is kept from being deposited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: TETSUYA IDE, SHO OCHI, HIROKA HAMADA, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Patent number: 11377438
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: 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: 11380871
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate having a display area and a frame area, the display area to display an image, the frame area surrounding the display area; a light-emitting element in the display area; and a sealing film provided in the display area and the frame area so as to cover the light-emitting element, the sealing film including a first inorganic film, an organic film, and a second inorganic film, wherein the first inorganic film covers the light-emitting element, a third inorganic film is provided between the first inorganic film and the organic film, the third inorganic film having higher wettability for a liquid drop, the organic film on the first inorganic film covers the third inorganic film, and the second inorganic film covers the peripheral end portion of the first inorganic film and the organic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yixin Yang, Yoshifumi Ohta, Jumpei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11382141
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method performed by user equipment, a method performed by a base station, user equipment, and a base station. The method performed by user equipment includes: transmitting to a base station a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection resume request; receiving an RRC response message transmitted by the base station and used as a response to the RRC connection resume request; in the case where the UE has transmitted the RRC connection resume request on the basis of Early Data Transmission (EDT), performing first security processing on the RRC response message; and in the case where the UE has not transmitted the RRC connection resume request on the basis of the EDT, performing second security processing on the RRC response message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ningjuan Chang, Renmao Liu
  • Patent number: 11382161
    Abstract: An access control method and a user equipment are provided in the present invention. The access control method in a user equipment includes: determining, according to a status of the user equipment, a corresponding access control parameter to execute access control; if a result of the access control is access barring, then starting different access barring timers corresponding to different user equipment states, or starting the same access barring timer in the different user equipment states; and determining a duration of the started access barring timer according to the corresponding access control parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chongming Zhang, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Chao Luo, Renmao Liu
  • Patent number: 11380222
    Abstract: In a bending region in a frame region, a slit is formed in at least one inorganic film included in a TFT layer extending through the inorganic film and exposing an upper surface of a second resin film of a resin substrate layer, and at least one opening is formed in an inorganic insulating film of the resin substrate layer in the bending region. In the opening, a first resin film and the second resin film are in contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinobu Nakata, Tetsunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11382147
    Abstract: First identification information is a detach type for requesting disconnection from a system optimized for Internet of Things (IoT). A procedure includes a step of transmitting a detach request message that includes at least the first identification information to a core network, and a step of receiving a detach accept message from the core network as a response to the detach request message. Thus, a communication procedure such as an attach procedure suitable for a CIoT terminal is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Patent number: 11376597
    Abstract: A method of operating an electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) device performs electrowetting operations on fluids dispensed into the EWOD device, which provides enhanced operation for using multiple non-polar filler fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited
    Inventors: Lesley Anne Parry-Jones, Emma Jayne Walton
  • Patent number: 11376549
    Abstract: Provided is a humidity conditioning method that enables absorption and desorption of moisture with low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Ochi, Tetsuya Ide, Makoto Yamada, Hiroka Hamada, Jun Sakuma, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 11379077
    Abstract: A touch panel input device includes a plurality of first electrode lines, a plurality of second electrode lines, a first drive circuit, a second drive circuit, a drive controller, a reception circuit, and a touch detector. The first drive circuit inputs a first drive signal to odd-numbered first electrode lines which are odd-numbered electrode lines among each of the plurality of first electrode lines from a first end portion side. The second drive circuit inputs a second drive signal to even-numbered first electrode lines which are even-numbered electrode lines among each of the plurality of first electrode lines from a second end side. The touch detector detects a touch on the touch surface based on a change in an output signal detected by the reception circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koichi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11381994
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method performed in UE, comprising: receiving from a base station a QoS flow configuration contained in an RRC message, wherein the QoS flow configuration comprises a QoS flow identifier and at least one of the following identifiers: a PDU session identifier associated with a QoS flow indicated by the QoS flow identifier, a DRB identifier associated with the QoS flow indicated by the QoS flow identifier, an SDAP identifier associated with the QoS flow indicated by the QoS flow identifier, and an identifier of a default DRB associated with the QoS flow indicated by the QoS flow identifier; determining whether the QoS flow identifier is a part of a current UE configuration; and if the QoS flow identifier is not a part of the current UE configuration, adding, in art RRC layer, the QoS flow indicated by the QoS flow identifier, and indicating to an upper layer the addition of the QoS flow through the QoS flow identifier and the at least one associated identifier; if the QoS flow
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Ningjuan Chang, Renmao Liu
  • Patent number: 11377591
    Abstract: A QD particle dispersion contains a surface modification compound that protects a surface of QD phosphor particles dispersed in a solvent. The surface modification compound includes a heteroatom-containing functional group and a chain-type saturated hydrocarbon group. The QD particle dispersion is configured such that the absolute value of a difference between the surface free energy of an underlayer that provides a foundation for forming a QD layer in the light-emitting element and the surface free energy of the QD layer is 5 mN/m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kanako Nakata, Tatsuya Ryohwa, Hiroshi Fukunaga, Makoto Izumi, Youhei Nakanishi, Hisayuki Utsumi, Masayuki Kanehiro
  • Patent number: 11380872
    Abstract: A display wiring line provided on a resin substrate layer, a flattening film covering the display wiring line, and an organic EL element provided on the flattening film are provided. The display wiring line includes first to third conductive layers layered sequentially from the resin substrate layer side. In the display wiring line, the second conductive layer is formed with a width smaller than a width of each of the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer, and a portion of a perimeter edge surface corresponding to the second conductive layer includes a recessed portion, and a resin cover covering a perimeter edge surface of the second conductive layer is provided in the recessed portion in a portion of the display wiring line exposed from the flattening film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Senoo, Takeshi Hirase, Hisao Ochi, Takashi Ochi, Tohru Sonoda, Akihiro Matsui, Jumpei Takahashi, Yoshinobu Miyamoto, Takeshi Yaneda
  • Patent number: 11377693
    Abstract: A gene expression platform, which is a combination of a set of genes that are correlated with response to a PD-1 antagonist in multiple tumor types and a normalization gene set, is disclosed. A method and system of using the gene expression platform to derive gene signature biomarkers of anti-tumor response to a PD-1 antagonist and to test patient samples for predictive gene signature biomarkers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Ayers, Andrey Loboda, Jared K. Lunceford, Terrill K. McClanahan, Erin E. Murphy, Michael Nebozhyn
  • Patent number: 11379107
    Abstract: This display device includes: an operation detector that detects an operation; a display that displays a screen including a first area capable of being scroll-displayed, and a second area; and a display controller that performs a control that displays, in the first area, display elements including a specific display element. The display controller scroll-displays the display elements displayed in the first area when the operation detector detects a scroll operation, and accommodatively displays the specific display element in the second area if, as a result of the scroll-display, the specific display element is scrolled in the direction of the second area and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Nishikawa, Takashi Hara
  • Patent number: 11379087
    Abstract: A touch panel input device includes a plurality of first electrode lines, a plurality of second electrode lines, a drive circuit, a reception circuit, a touch detector, a ground state switching circuit, and a controller. The controller executes drive control for causing the drive circuit to sequentially input a drive signal to electrode lines in a non-ground state among each of the plurality of first electrode lines, in a state of controlling the ground state switching circuit to set a part of electrode lines among each of the plurality of first electrode lines and/or the plurality of second electrode lines to the non-ground state, and set the other electrode lines to a ground state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koichi Sugiyama