Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Display device and drive method for same
    Patent number: 9697769
    Abstract: In a display device having a pixel circuit including an electro-optical element in which brightness is controlled by a current, and including a drive transistor for controlling a current to be supplied to the electro-optical element, a drive method therefor includes: a noise measurement step of measuring noise; characteristic detection steps of detecting characteristics of the drive transistor and the electro-optical element; a correction data update step of updating correction data, which serves for correcting a video signal, based on detection results in the characteristic detection step; and a video signal correction step of correcting the video signal based on the correction data. When noise with a standard value or more is detected in the noise measurement step, processing of the correction data update step is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noritaka Kishi, Noboru Noguchi, Shigetsugu Yamanaka, Masanori Ohara
  • Light-emitting substrate, photovoltaic cell, display device, lighting device, electronic device, organic light-emitting diode, and method of manufacturing light-emitting substrate
    Patent number: 9698204
    Abstract: A CCM substrate (1) includes as a light-emitting layer on a substrate (11) a red conversion layer (142), a green conversion layer (152), and a light scattering layer (162); a bank (13) which stands on the substrate (11), and partitions the light-emitting layer; and a light-transmission suppressing layer (10) which is formed on at least a portion of a side surface (13a) of the bank (13) which is a surface facing the light-emitting layer, and suppresses light transmission between the light-emitting layers (the red conversion layer (142), the green conversion layer (152), and the light scattering layer (162)) with the bank (13) interposed therebetween by causing the light to be reflected or scattered, in which the light-transmission suppressing layer (10) is comprising metal or metal salt, and the bank (13) has a group, an ion, or a molecule for immobilizing the metal or metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakazu Kamura, Shun Ueki, Akiko Iwata, Yuka Igami, Bai Zhang, Shigeru Aomori, Hidetsugu Matsukiyo
  • Information recording medium and reproduction device
    Patent number: 9697863
    Abstract: An optical disk (100) of the present invention includes (i) a medium information region (101) (a) in which type identification information is recorded by recesses and/or protrusions which are formed by a given modulation method and whose lengths are longer than a length of an optical system resolution limit of a playback device and (b) in which first address information is recorded in a first address data format and (ii) a data region (102) (a) in which content data is recorded by recesses and/or protrusions which are formed by the given modulation method and which include a recess and/or a protrusion whose length is shorter than the length of the optical system resolution limit and (b) in which second address information is recorded in a second address data format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Memory-Tech Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Yamada, Takayuki Naka, Masaki Yamamoto, Yoshihisa Adachi, Hideharu Tajima, Masahito Konishi
  • Wireless communication system, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, control method of wireless communication system, control program of base station apparatus, and control program of mobile station apparatus
    Patent number: 9699738
    Abstract: A base station apparatus communicates with a mobile station apparatus transmitting a data signal and a reference signal for channel estimation. The base station includes: a simultaneous transmission setting part which sets simultaneous transmission control information indicating whether or not to enable simultaneous transmission of the data signal and the reference signal, a transmission section which transmits the set simultaneous transmission control information to the mobile station apparatus; and a radio resource control section which determines whether or not to enable simultaneous transmission of the data signal and the reference signal on the basis of a power headroom which is notified from the mobile station apparatus, the headroom being a difference between the maximum transmit power value of the mobile station apparatus and a prescribed power value estimated for uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru Ouchi, Shoichi Suzuki, Yosuke Akimoto
  • Control device, display device, and display device control method
    Patent number: 9697758
    Abstract: A display device that suppresses electric power consumption and displays an image with excellent quality is to be realized. A host control section (30) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention is a control device for a display device (1), said control device includes: an image determining section (35) for determining whether or not grayscale levels of a plurality of pixels in an image fall within a first range which consists of intermediate grayscale levels; and a driving changing section (36) for changing, according to a result of the determining carried out by the image determining section (35), a refresh rate of the display device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuo Watanabe, Kenji Maeda, Tadashi Aoki, Daisuke Koyama
  • Thiazole orexin receptor antagonists
    Patent number: 9695163
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to thiazole compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the thiazole 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 pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP
    Inventors: Nigel Liverton, Douglas C. Beshore, Scott D. Kuduk, Yunfu Luo, Na Meng, Tingting Yu
  • Mobile station apparatus and base station apparatus
    Patent number: 9699770
    Abstract: An ASN encoder of a mobile station apparatus generates transmission and reception capability information including information relating to one or a plurality of component carriers to be used for communication with a base station apparatus. A transmission and reception apparatus transmits the transmission and reception capability information to the base station apparatus. A controller controls the communication with the base station apparatus, using the one or the plurality of component carriers assigned by the base station apparatus based on the transmission and reception capability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Wahoh Oh
  • Integrin targeting agents and in-vivo and in-vitro imaging methods using the same
    Patent number: 9694089
    Abstract: The invention provides a family of agents that target integrins, which can be used as imaging agents and/or therapeutic agents. The agents can be used to image angiogenesis, inflammation or other physiological processes in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: Visen Medical, Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Milind Rajopadhye, Guojie Ho, Bohumil Bednar, Le T. Duong, Paul J. Coleman
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 9697777
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device capable of performing image display while keeping a background in a transparent state, field-sequential driving is performed without causing color mixing. A backlight (700) is configured by upper-side LEDs (71U) and lower-side LEDs (71D) that are provided respectively in an upper side and a lower side of a liquid crystal panel (800), and an upper-side light guide plate (72U) and a lower-side light guide plate (72D) for guiding emission light respectively from the upper-side LEDs (71U) and the lower-side LEDs (71D) to the liquid crystal panel (800).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidekazu Miyata
  • Systems and methods for wireless power management
    Patent number: 9699722
    Abstract: A wireless access point is described. The wireless access point includes a processor, memory and instructions stored in the memory. The wireless access point receives a sleep state command from a central controller. The central controller transmits the sleep state command based on movement of an electronic device in relation to one or more wireless access points located within a wireless network. The wireless access point enters a sleep state for a sleep period. The wireless access point transitions to an active state upon expiration of the sleep period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Eric Helvick, Edward Masami Sugiyama
  • NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF RNA-DEPENDENT RNA VIRAL POLYERMASE
    Publication number: 20170183373
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleoside compounds and certain derivatives thereof which are inhibitors of RNA-dependent RNA viral polymerase. These compounds are inhibitors of RNA-dependent RNA viral replication and are useful for the treatment of RNA-dependent RNA viral infection. They are particularly useful as inhibitors of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase, as inhibitors of HCV replication, and/or for the treatment of hepatitis C infection. The invention also describes pharmaceutical compositions containing such nucleoside compounds alone or in combination with other agents active against RNA-dependent RNA viral infection, in particular HCV infection. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, inhibiting RNA-dependent RNA viral replication, and/or treating RNA-dependent RNA viral infection with the nucleoside compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicants: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Balkrishen Bhat, Anne B. Eldrup, Thazha P. Prakash, Phillip Dan Cook, David B. Olsen, Steven S. Carroll, Malcolm MacCoss
  • VIDEO CONFERENCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170187987
    Abstract: In a video conference system in which at least a pair of terminal devices transmits and receives an image through a network, each of the terminal devices includes a face detection unit that detects a face from a first image which is a image captured by a camera, and a generation unit that generates a image in which a image of the face detected by the face detection unit is arranged around a image region of a second image, which is a image of a material used for a conference, in accordance with a relative position of the face in the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki MUKAI, Yasutaka WAKABAYASHI, Seiichi TANAKA
  • MIRROR DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170188020
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mirror display system that enables simultaneous perception of a mirror image and a video image with suppressed uncomfortable feeling. The mirror display system of the present invention includes a half mirror plate including a half mirror layer; a 3D display device; and a control unit being configured to supply a video signal to the 3D display device. The 3D display device is disposed on the back surface side of the half mirror plate and is configured to display, by the video signal, a video image for the left eye and a video image for the right eye that give a parallax on a display surface of the 3D display device. The parallax is set such that a fused video image of the video image for the left eye and the video image for the right eye is perceived on the back surface side behind the display surface of the 3D display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira SAKAI, Masahiro HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki HAKOI, Kiyoshi MINOURA
  • PHOSPHATE BASED LINKERS FOR INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY OF DRUG CONJUGATES
    Publication number: 20170182181
    Abstract: Phosphate-based linkers with tunable stability for intracellular delivery of drug conjugates are described. The phosphate-based linkers comprise a monophosphate, diphosphate, triphosphate, or tetraphosphate group (phosphate group) and a linker arm comprising a tuning element and optionally a spacer. A payload is covalently linked to the phosphate group at the distal end of the linker arm and the functional group at the proximal end of the linker arm is covalently linked to a cell-specific targeting ligand such as an antibody. These phosphate-based linkers have a differentiated and tunable stability in blood vs. an intracellular environment (e.g. lysosomal compartment).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Ambrx, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Garbaccio, Jeffrey Kern, Philip E. Brandish, Sanjiv Shah, Linda Liang, Ying Sun, Jianing Wang, Nick Knudsen, Andrew Beck, Anthony Manibusan, Dennis Gately
  • SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170184893
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first thin film transistor supported on the substrate and having a first active layer that primarily contains a first oxide semiconductor, and second thin film transistor supported on the substrate and having a second active layer that primarily contains a second oxide semiconductor with a higher mobility than the first oxide semiconductor. The first active layer and the second active layer are positioned on the same insulating layer and contact the same insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takao SAITOH, Seiji KANEKO, Yohsuke KANZAKI, Yutaka TAKAMARU, Keisuke IDE, Takuya MATSUO
  • Compounds inhibiting leucine-rich repeat kinase enzyme activity
    Patent number: 9688654
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to indazole compounds which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which LRRK2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Miller, Kallol Basu, Duane DeMong, Jack Scott, Hong Liu, Xing Dai, Andrew Stamford, Marc Poirier, Paul Tempest
  • Heat exchanger and air conditioner equipped therewith with water guiding condensate notches and a linear member
    Patent number: 9689618
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (1) is provided with header pipes (2, 3), a plurality of flat tubes (4) disposed between the header pipes, and corrugated fins (6) disposed between the flat tubes (4). The end of the corrugated fin at the surface on the side, on which condensed water gathers, of the heat exchanger protrudes from an end of the flat tube (4), and a linear water-conducting member (10) is inserted between a gap (G) formed between the protruding portions of the corrugated fins. The interval between the water-conducting member and the protruding end of the corrugated fin located thereon is a distance at which the surface tension of water can act therebetween. A V-shaped cut (6a or 6b) is formed at the edge of the protruding end of the corrugated fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Hamaguchi
  • Terminal, base station, communications system, and communication method for allocating hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledge resource using control channel
    Patent number: 9692572
    Abstract: A terminal that communicates with a base station monitors a physical downlink control channel allocated in a physical downlink control channel region and an enhanced physical downlink control channel allocated in a physical downlink shared channel region different from the physical downlink control channel region. If the enhanced physical downlink control channel is detected, the terminal reports response information via a physical uplink control channel resource corresponding to the resource in which the enhanced physical downlink control channel was detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Daiichiro Nakashima, Katsunari Uemura, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Display device and method of generating supply power therefor
    Patent number: 9690159
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter (600) generates a supply voltage VPW1, etc. for supplying to a drive circuit (500), by converting a voltage level through an operation of a switching element which changes an electric current passing through an inductor. A mode control signal Cm is generated in a power supply control section (220) of the display control circuit (200), and is supplied to the DC-DC converter (600), whereby the DC-DC converter (600) is operated in a PFM control mode during a period when a load condition is light such as during a non-refreshing period in an intermittent driving, whereas the mode is changed to a PWM control mode in the other periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichiroh Yamaki, Toshihiro Yanagi
  • Methods for motion estimation with adaptive motion accuracy
    Patent number: RE46468
    Abstract: Methods for motion estimation with adaptive motion accuracy of the present invention include several techniques for computing motion vectors of high pixel accuracy with a minor increase in computation. One technique uses fast-search strategies in sub-pixel space that smartly searches for the best motion vectors. An alternate technique estimates high-accurate motion vectors using different interpolation filters at different stages in order to reduce computational complexity. Yet another technique uses rate-distortion criteria that adapts according to the different motion accuracies to determine both the best motion vectors and the best motion accuracies. Still another technique uses a VLC table that is interpreted differently at different coding units, according to the associated motion vector accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jordi Ribas-Corbera, Jiandong Shen