Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Patent number: 11337251
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal apparatus to transmit a first random access preamble using a first precoding, monitor a random access response corresponding to the first random access preamble, increment a value of a counter in a case that a reception of the random access response is not successful, and transmit a second random access preamble using a second precoding, if the value of the counter does not reach a predetermined value in a case that the value of the counter is incremented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki Takahashi, Shohei Yamada, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Tatsushi Aiba, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Patent number: 11335831
    Abstract: An optical device case (100A) of an embodiment includes: a light-transmitting window member (20A); and a housing (10) which has a space for accommodating a light-receiving element and/or a light-emitting element (OE), wherein the window member (20A) includes a light-transmitting member (22), a polymer film (50) provided on an outer surface of the light-transmitting member (22), the polymer film (50) having a moth-eye structure at its surface, a contact angle of the surface with respect to water being not less than 140°, and a resistance heater (24) provided on an inner surface of the light-transmitting member (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, GEOMATEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11335237
    Abstract: A pixel circuit including a drive transistor and a capacitor electrically connected to a control terminal of the drive transistor, a light-emitting element, a first power supply voltage line intersecting a data signal line, and a second power supply voltage line electrically connected to the control terminal via the capacitor are provided, and in a writing period in which a scanning signal line becomes active, the first power supply voltage line and a second conduction terminal of the drive transistor are not conductive with each other, and in a light emission period of the light-emitting element, the first power supply voltage line and the second conduction terminal of the drive transistor are conductive with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Okabe, Takeshi Yaneda
  • Publication number: 20220150976
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to use a value tag in conjunction with transmission and/or processing of system information in a wireless communication network, specifically in conjunction with second type system information or non-essential type system information. An access node may initiate broadcasting second type system information when the second type information content is updated, in order to avoid multiple on-demand delivery requests from wireless terminals. The access node may compress second type system information to be delivered by broadcast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: SHARP KANUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventor: Atsushi ISHII
  • Publication number: 20220144837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Compounds of Formula I and Ia and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2, X, A and B are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one compound of Formula I or Ia, and methods of using the compounds of Formula I or Ia for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Wensheng Yu, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Dane James Clausen, Jian Liu, James Fells
  • Publication number: 20220149121
    Abstract: A separation wall is provided in a frame-like shape along a peripheral edge of a through-hole in a non-display region which is defined to be in an island shape inside a display region and in which the through-hole is formed, the separation wall includes an inner metal layer provided in a frame-like shape on a first inorganic insulating film on a side of the through-hole, and a resin layer provided in a frame-like shape on the first inorganic insulating film and the inner metal layer, and the resin layer includes an inner protrusion portion provided in an eaves shape and protruding from the inner metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: TOHRU OKABE, RYOSUKE GUNJI, SHINSUKE SAIDA, SHINJI ICHIKAWA, HIROHARU JINMURA, YOSHIHIRO NAKADA, AKIRA INOUE, TAKESHI YANEDA
  • Publication number: 20220144771
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrrolidine compounds which are agonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Stephane L. Bogen, Michael J. Breslin, Dane James Clausen, Anthony Ginnetti, Michael T. Rudd, Shawn J. Stachel, Craig A. Stump, Dexi Yang
  • Publication number: 20220150675
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes an acceleration sensor, a position acquisition antenna, a communication interface, and a processor. The processor transmits acceleration information acquired using the acceleration sensor and present position information acquired using the position acquisition antenna in a normal operation mode via the communication interface. The processor changes to an abnormal state when detecting a vibration equal to or higher than a first predetermined value using the acceleration sensor, and increases a frequency of acquisition or transmission of the acceleration information or the present position information in the abnormal state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi SAKAMOTO, KATSUO DOI, KEN NAKASHIMA, TAKEHIKO NAKAGAWA, Shota TSUBOKURA
  • Patent number: 11326211
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes baseline and on treatment blood-based gene signature biomarkers that are predictive of tumor sensitivity to therapy with a PD-1 antagonist. The on-treatment biomarkers comprise a PD-L1 gene signature or an interferon gamma gene signature and the baseline gene signature biomarker comprises genes associated with the oxidative phosphorylation pathway. The disclosure also provides methods and kits for testing tumor samples for these biomarkers, as well as methods for treating subjects with a PD-1 antagonist based on the test results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Ayers, Jared Lunceford, Andrey Loboda, Michael Nebozhyn, Terrill K. McClanahan, Heather Hirsch
  • Patent number: 11327531
    Abstract: A shock-absorbing display panel apparatus for folding flat screen displays, the shock-absorbing apparatus includes a planar display layer comprising a viewing surface and an opposing non-viewing surface, the display layer further comprising at least one folding region and at least one non-folding region for folding along at least one axis of rotation; a shock absorber in co-planar peripheral contour with the display layer, the shock absorber having at least one first discontinuity sub-dividing the shock absorber into physically separate regions; an adhesive layer disposed between the shock absorber and the non-viewing surface; and wherein the adhesive layer has at least one second discontinuity between the shock absorber and the display panel in the at least one folding region of the display layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Edward Andrew Boardman, Tim Michael Smeeton
  • Patent number: 11330679
    Abstract: A heating apparatus includes a heating circuit configured to heat a product to be heated; a door; a door lock mechanism configured to lock the door with the door closed; and a processor configured to control the heating circuit and the door lock mechanism, wherein based on an indication of a heating time period and a “settling” time period, the processor causes the door lock mechanism to lock the door, with the door closed, from a beginning of the heating until an end of the “settling” time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsutada Fukumori, Akio Iijima
  • Patent number: 11329761
    Abstract: Provided are a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method that achieve a radio access network capable of being flexibly compatible with various requirements. The base station apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a base station apparatus for communicating with the terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to generate a transmit signal based on a frame format in which a radio parameter is configurable, and the radio parameter configured in the frame format is configured based on a radio medium through which the transmission unit transmits the transmit signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromichi Tomeba, Ryota Yamada
  • Patent number: 11327002
    Abstract: A size reduction in an optical system that detects a fluorescent photon is achieved. A photon detection operation of a photon detection unit (21) is controlled on the basis of timing of an irradiation operation of an excitation light source (50), and after excitation light emitted to a microfluidic channel (10) is switched off, a fluorescent photon generated by a target flowing in the microfluidic channel (10) is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Kunihiko Iizuka, Yoshihisa Fujimoto, Takeshi Mitsunaka, Teruo Fujii, Soo-Hyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11329550
    Abstract: A snubber circuit connected to a switching circuit, wherein the switching circuit including a higher side switch element connected between a high potential node and a switch node, a lower side switch element connected between the switch node and a reference potential node, and a bypass capacitor connected between the high potential node and the reference potential node, the snubber circuit comprising: a snubber capacitor; a diode; and a coil, wherein a negative electrode of the snubber capacitor is connected to the reference potential node, an anode of the diode is connected to the switch node and a cathode of the diode is connected to a positive electrode of the snubber capacitor, and one end of the coil is connected to the positive electrode of the snubber capacitor and the other end of the coil is connected to the high potential node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi Shiomi
  • Patent number: 11330260
    Abstract: A video coding device and method are provided to perform video coding by receiving a value indicating a maximum allowed partitioning depth; updating the maximum allowed partitioning depth based on one or more inference rules; determining a partitioning for a coded video block based on the maximum allowed partitioning depth; and reconstructing the video data based on the determined partitioning for the coded video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Wei-Jia Zhu, Kiran Mukesh Misra, Jie Zhao, Christopher Andrew Segall
  • Patent number: 11328682
    Abstract: A gate driver is constituted of a first gate driver including a first shift register that is configured by bistable circuits corresponding to gate bus lines on odd-numbered lines arranged on one side of a display portion, and a second gate driver including a second shift register that is configured by bistable circuits corresponding to gate bus lines on even-numbered lines arranged on another side of the display portion. A first buffer circuit is provided on one end side of each gate bus line, and a second buffer circuit is provided on another end side of each gate bus line. A control signal for controlling the scanning order of the gate bus line is given to the bistable circuit and the second buffer circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki Iwase, Takuya Watanabe, Akira Tagawa, Jun Nishimura, Yohei Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11330141
    Abstract: A universal serial bus (USB) memory that stores image data acquired by reading a document is connectable with an image reader. The image reader includes a storage capacity detector that detects storage capacity capable of storing information in the USB memory at a time point of reading a document, a capacity comparison section that compares size of the image data acquired by reading the document with the storage capacity of the USB memory, a data extractor that extracts the data to be moved to another storage medium from data that has already been stored in the USB memory, and a data mover that moves the data extracted by the data extractor to the other storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11330143
    Abstract: A communication device including: a transmission file setter which sets an upper limit value of a capacity of a file transmittable by e-mail; a transmission page setter which sets a page count of a transmission file; a communicator which divides, when the transmission file including multiple pages exceeds the upper limit value, the transmission file into multiple divided transmission files, and transmits the divided transmission files; a transmission setter which receives a combining configuration file for combining the divided transmission files, and the setting of a combining tool; and a controller which controls the transmission file setter, the transmission page setter, and the communicator. When the communicator transmits the plurality of divided transmission files, the controller causes the communicator to also transmit the combining configuration file and the combining tool for creating a file of the page count, in accordance with the setting of the transmission setter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11329033
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a base substrate; a plurality of light emitting elements; a plurality of color conversion layers being in contact with each upper portion of the plurality of light emitting elements adjacent to each other; and a light shielding layer disposed between the plurality of light emitting elements adjacent each other and between the color conversion layers adjacent to each other, and separating the plurality of light emitting elements and a plurality of color conversion layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Onuma, Hiroyoshi Higashisaka, Tsuyoshi Ono, Takashi Ono, Takashi Kurisu, Yuhsuke Fujita, Toshio Hata, Katsuji Iguchi
  • Patent number: D951342
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiro Mitsuhashi, Tomoya Usui