Patents Assigned to Sharp
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Patent number: 11316246Abstract: There are provided an antenna device with improved antenna performance while suppressing a decrease in yield and a decrease in viewability, and a display device including the same. The antenna device includes an antenna substrate, a first antenna pattern formed on a first main surface of the antenna substrate, and a second antenna pattern formed on a second main surface opposite to the first main surface of the antenna substrate. The first antenna pattern and the second antenna pattern are formed such that positions on the front and back of the antenna substrate coincide with each other, and at least a part of the antenna substrate is transparent to transmit an image.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Yamagishi, Hiroshi Fukushima, Yasuhiro Sugita, Kazutoshi Kida, Takenori Maruyama, Jean Mugiraneza, Takuma Yamamoto, Yukio Mizuno
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Patent number: 11312772Abstract: Therapeutic combinations that comprise at least one antagonist of the Programmed Death 1 receptor (PD-1) and at least one benzo[b]thiophene compound that activates the Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) pathway are disclosed herein. Also disclosed is the use of such therapeutic combinations for the treatment of cancers.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.Inventors: Saso Cemerski, Jared N. Cumming, Johnny E. Kopinja, Samanthi A. Perera, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Archie Ngai-Chiu Tse
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Patent number: 11311528Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are STING inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of STING-mediated diseases such as inflammation, asthma, COPD and cancer.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Matthew L. Childers, James P. Jewell, Charles A. Lesburg, Tony Siu
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Patent number: 11317400Abstract: To efficiently transmit a sounding reference signal. One or more downlink BWPs are configured in a serving cell, one or more uplink BWPs are configured in a serving cell, each BWP of the one or more downlink BWPs is identified by a downlink BWP index, each BWP of the one or more uplink BWPs is identified by the uplink BWP index, and in a case that one of the one or more downlink BWPs configured is activated in a serving cell, one of the one or more uplink BWPs configured is activated in a serving cell, and an SRS transmission in one or more serving cells of a plurality of the serving cells is triggered, the SRS for the BWP indicated by the uplink BWP index activated in the serving cell activated is transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company LimitedInventors: Kazunari Yokomakura, Shohei Yamada, Masayuki Hoshino, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Hiroki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11316135Abstract: A light-emitting layer structure that maximizes constructive interference for light emission by varying a phase shift introduced by reflective electrodes. The light-emitting layer structure includes a first and second optical cavity including a first and second reflective electrode; a first and second partially transparent electrode; and a first and second emissive layer (EML) disposed between the first and second reflective electrodes and the first and second partially transparent electrodes, wherein the first EML emits light having a first wavelength; wherein the first reflective electrode introduces a first phase shift, depending on the first wavelength, on reflection of light emitted by the first EML; and wherein the second EML emits light having a second wavelength and the second reflective electrode introduces a second phase shift, depending on the second wavelength, on reflection of light emitted by the second EML, and the first phase shift is different from the second phase shift.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: David James Montgomery, Edward Andrew Boardman, Tim Michael Smeeton
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Patent number: 11316653Abstract: A terminal apparatus is a terminal apparatus for communicating via a primary cell and a secondary cell, the terminal apparatus including: a receiver configured to receive an activation/deactivation MAC CE indicating activation of the secondary cell; and a medium access control layer processing unit configured to: activate a first downlink BWP in multiple downlink BWPs in a case that the activation/deactivation MAC CE is received and the secondary cell is not activated; and not to activate the first downlink BWP in a case that the activation/deactivation MAC CE is received, the secondary cell is activated, and a second downlink BWP of the secondary cell is activated. The first downlink BWP is different from the second downlink BWP.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company LimitedInventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Liqing Liu, Taewoo Lee
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Patent number: 11315489Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a drive transistor configured to control an amount of current to a light emitting device during an emission phase depending upon a voltage applied to a control terminal of the drive transistor, the drive transistor having a first terminal and a second terminal. During a first phase, an anode of the light emitting device is set to a reference voltage and the first terminal of the drive transistor is set to a fixed data voltage such that the drive transistor is stressed with a fixed source-to-gate voltage to prevent a drift of a threshold voltage in the drive transistor thereby preventing a drift in screen brightness. During a second phase, the anode of the light emitting device is set to the reference voltage and the first terminal of the drive transistor is set to a voltage of the first power supply.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Adnan Heganovic, Kohhei Tanaka, Ryo Yonebayashi, Masahito Sano
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Patent number: 11317115Abstract: Coding efficiency is improved. A motion compensation filter unit acts on a motion vector applied image obtained by acting a motion vector on a reference image. The motion compensation filter unit causes filter coefficients mcFilter[i]-[k] designated by a phase i and a filter coefficient position k to act on the motion vector applied image. The filter coefficients mcFilter[i][k] includes filter coefficients calculated by using filter coefficients mcFilter[p][k] (p?i) and filler coefficients mcFilter[q][k] (q?i).Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomohiro Ikai
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Patent number: 11314350Abstract: A display device including a position input function includes a pixel, a pixel line extending so as to pass transversely across a display area, a signal supply unit connected to the pixel line, a first position detecting electrode placed in a first area A1 beside the signal supply unit, a second position detecting electrode placed in a second area on a side opposite to the signal supply unit, a first position detecting line placed so as to overlap the pixel line in the first area and connected to the signal supply unit and the first touch electrode, and a second position detecting line placed so as to overlap the pixel line in such a manner as to lie astride the first area and the second area and connected to the signal supply unit and the second position detecting electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masakatsu Tominaga, Masahiro Yoshida
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Publication number: 20220122205Abstract: A method includes displaying attraction information that identifies at least a plurality of candidate attractions, wherein the candidate attractions are attractions that are not previously recommended; receiving a first user input comprising a selection of a single candidate attraction among the plurality of candidate attractions; displaying property information that identifies a plurality of properties after receiving the first user input; receiving a second user input comprising a selection of one or more properties among the plurality of properties; and associating the selected candidate attraction and the selected one or more properties to permit respective devices disposed at the one or more properties to display information of the selected candidate attraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Suneel GOUD, Eric SCIFRES
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Publication number: 20220119757Abstract: Disclosed are a process and an automated facility for manufacturing a purified protein of interest. The protein of interest can be a recombinant or naturally occurring protein and/or a therapeutic or other medically useful protein. For example, the disclosed process and automated facility are useful for manufacturing a purified protein drug substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicants: Just-Evotec Biologics, Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Michael Wayne Vandiver, Eva Fan Gefroh, Rebecca Eileen McCoy, Robert James Piper, JR., Mark A. Brower, Nuno J. Dos Santos Pinto, William N. Napoli, Rachel Y. Straughn, Lisa A. Connell-Crowley, Megan J. McClure
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Publication number: 20220119351Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as modulators of 7? nAChR, compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds for preventing, treating, or ameliorating disease, particularly disorders of the central nervous system such as cognitive impairments in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia, as well as for L-DOPA induced-dyskinesia and inflammation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Brian T. Campbell, Brendan M. Crowley, James Fells, Kenneth J. Leavitt, Anthony J. Roecker, Andrew John Harvey, Belinda C. Huff, Dharam Paul, Christophe Morice, Christophe Joseph, Patrick Bazzini, Jean-Marie Contreras, Fabrice Garrido, Aurelie Witzel
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Publication number: 20220119363Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Michael J. Breslin, Christopher James Bungard, Harry R. Chobanian, Kristen L. G. Jones, Mark E. Layton, Jian Liu, James J. Perkins, Jeffrey William Schubert, Shawn J. Stachel, Linda M. Suen-Lai, Zhe Wu
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Patent number: 11310530Abstract: The amount of processing is reduced with high coding efficiency maintained. There is provided an arithmetic decoding device including syntax decoding means for decoding each of at least a first syntax element and a second syntax element indicating a transform coefficient using arithmetic decoding with a context or arithmetic decoding without a context. The syntax decoding means performs decoding that at least includes not decoding the first syntax element and decoding the second syntax element using the arithmetic decoding without a context, and decoding the first syntax element using the arithmetic decoding with a context and decoding the second syntax element using the arithmetic decoding without a context.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro Ikai, Yukinobu Yasugi, Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Takeshi Tsukuba
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Patent number: 11307463Abstract: The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first dielectric substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode provided on the first dielectric substrate and capable of generating a horizontal electric field in the liquid crystal layer, and a first alignment film being in contact with the liquid crystal layer. The second substrate includes a second dielectric substrate and a second alignment film provided on the second dielectric substrate and being in contact with the liquid crystal layer. The first alignment film has an azimuthal anchoring strength lower than the second alignment film. The liquid crystal layer includes a nematic liquid crystal material and a polymer network.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Murata, Kiyoshi Minoura, Akira Sakai, Yuichi Kawahira, Kohzoh Nakamura
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Patent number: 11310375Abstract: In an image forming apparatus including a controller, a display, and an image former, and being capable of executing a processing function by a voice operation, the controller performs controls to display, on the display, a voice operation screen including a command in response to a command to start an operation through a voice operation of a user, and execute a job in the image former in response to a command to execute the job being input by voice through a voice operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Okumura, Hiroki Munetomo, Hiroyuki Kageyama
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Patent number: 11308884Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit; a display driver configured to drive the display unit; and a display-data generator configured to transfer a screenful of update display data to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller configured to control self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory storing a screenful of the update display data. After a lapse of a predetermined time period from a driving stop time, the display driver reads the update display data stored in the memory and then uses the update display data to drive a screen, the driving stop time being a time when the display unit is stopped from driving based on the update display data. The display driver causes the self-luminous elements of the display unit to emit light, even during a display update or no display update performed on the display driver by the display-data generator.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitaka Seki, Kenji Maeda, Takuya Okamoto, Shinji Yamamoto, Yuichi Sato, Masafumi Ito, Yohichi Takazane
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Patent number: 11308841Abstract: A host control unit is configured to set a transition interval between a first period for which an image is displayed at a first frame rate and a second period for which the image is displayed at a second frame rate different from the first frame rate, the transition interval being a period in which a frame rate is changed between the first frame rate and the second frame rate, and cause a display control unit to reduce a luminance difference of the image data in the transition interval, the luminance difference being caused when the frame rate is changed between the first frame rate and the second frame rate.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Sato, Yohichi Takazane
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Patent number: 11309507Abstract: A light-emitting device includes an anode, cathode, and a combined charge transport and emissive layer (CCTEL) disposed on a deposition surface between the anode and cathode. The CCTEL includes a crosslinked charge transport material and quantum dots, the quantum dots distributed unevenly within the crosslinked charge transport material and arranged relative to the deposition layer. The quantum dots include nucleophilic or electrophilic centers and ligands respectively bonded to the quantum dots. The deposition surface has nucleophilic or electrophilic properties. A method of forming the CCTEL includes the steps of depositing a mixture on a deposition surface having nucleophilic or electrophilic properties. The mixture includes a solvent, cross-linkable charge transport material, and quantum dots comprising nucleophilic or electrophilic centers and ligands respectively bonded to the quantum dots. At least a portion of the mixture to an activation stimulus to crosslink the cross-linkable material.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Enrico Angioni
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Patent number: 11307701Abstract: A display device including a position input function, includes a pixel electrode; an image wire that is disposed adjacent to the pixel electrode and supplies an image signal to the pixel electrode; a plurality of position detection wires that are arranged side by side on at least one side of the image wire; and a plurality of position detection electrodes that are connected to the plurality of position detection wires, form a capacitance with a position input body performing position input, detect an input position by the position input body, and include an opening portion which overlaps with the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire and is formed in a range straddling the plurality of position detection wires.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Junichi Morinaga