Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Patent number: 9467590
    Abstract: An information terminal device which is an image receiving device receiving image data from a multifunction device which is an image processing device transmits setting information such as resolution, color/monochrome setting and data format for generating image data to be received, and destination information of the information terminal device itself to the multifunction device, as a profile. The multifunction device receives the profile, generates image data of an image read based on the setting information of the received profile when scanning is executed, and automatically transmits the image data to the information terminal device based on the destination information of the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kunihiko Tsujimoto
  • Patent number: 9464103
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I), wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound of Formula (I) and use of the compound in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases or conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Dmitri Pissarnitski, Zhiqiang Zhao
  • Patent number: 9464108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a synthesis route and to steroid derivatives of general formula VI and VII useful in the synthesis of desogestrel and etonogestrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
    Inventor: Martin Ostendorf
  • Patent number: 9462934
    Abstract: A washing treatment apparatus and a washing treatment method are provided. A washing treatment apparatus washes in a washing container an object to be washed including a tubular portion, and a main body portion to which one end portion of the tubular portion is connected. The washing treatment apparatus includes a washing solution supply unit which pressurizes and supplies a washing solution to the washing container, a penetration hole portion which is provided on the washing container and includes a penetration hole into which the tubular portion can be inserted, an outlet hole portion which is provided on the washing container and includes an outlet hole through which the washing solution supplied into the washing container flows out to adjust pressure of the washing solution in the washing container to predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yamamoto, Kohichi Tamura, Keizoh Nariyuki, Hiroshi Unemori
  • Patent number: 9465492
    Abstract: A touch panel system prevents an incorrect operation caused by an unintended contact of an object with a touch panel while suppressing a decline in sensitivity of detection of presence or absence of a touch on the touch panel. The touch panel system includes a touch invalidating section which, in a case where a specific point of a touch panel is continuously touched for a predetermined period of time, invalidates an instruction that is given, in accordance with the touch, to an electronic device including the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Manabu Yumoto, Shunsuke Nagasawa, Shinichi Yoshida, Kengo Takahama, Masayuki Ehiro, Shinsuke Anzai
  • Patent number: 9466284
    Abstract: An operation noise control method for an air conditioner includes: a step (S1) of detecting an operation mode of the air conditioner; a step (S2) of operating an air flow guide panel (20) in accordance with the detected operation mode and controlling the air flow guide panel (20) so as to form a duct-like outlet passage (10) in a vicinity of an outlet (5); a step (S3) of selecting a sound wave which is preset in accordance with the operation mode; and a step (S4) of radiating the selected sound wave in the duct-like outlet passage (10) from a speaker (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasukata Takeda, Masaki Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 9467675
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image data generating method in which a combined image is not distorted at the boundary area between a left eye image and a right eye image even when the combined image has been compressed with lossy compression among three-dimensional image data generating methods in which a combined image is generated by combining a left eye image and a right eye image. The three-dimensional image data generating method includes a combined image generating step (SA2 or SA3) in which the combined image including a buffer region between the left eye image and the right eye image is generated while the left eye image and the right eye image are arranged, and an image date compressing step (SA4) in which the picture signal of the combined image generated in the combined image generating step (SA2 or SA3) is compressed with lossy compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji Sato
  • Publication number: 20160293126
    Abstract: When a SLEEPIN Command is inputted to the liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal display device controls a source driver and a gate driver to generate an alternating current voltage and apply the generated alternating current voltage to a liquid crystal layer, in order to eliminate charge storage due to impurity ions distributed unevenly due to a polarity bias caused by a voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer until a point of time when the Command is inputted. In this manner, the liquid crystal display device shifts to a sleep period in a state where the charge storage due to the unevenly distributed impurity ions is eliminated. Therefore, when the liquid crystal display device resumes from the sleep period, generation of an afterimage due to burn-in of liquid crystal and generation of a flicker due to deviation of an optimum common voltage do not occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaroh UEMURA, Norio OHMURA, Tatsuhiko SUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160291792
    Abstract: A touch sensor control device which performs appropriate calibration is realized. A touch sensor control device (3) of one aspect of the invention controls a touch sensor (5) and includes a touch position detection unit (14) which specifies a touch position on a detection surface of the touch sensor; a mask generation unit (15) which sets a mask region according to the touch position; and a calibration value generation unit (16) which performs, for a region except the mask region, calibration of detection sensitivity of a touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi SAWAHATA, Takashi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160287568
    Abstract: The invention encompasses a composition comprising the reverse transcriptase (“RT”) inhibitor 3-chloro-5-({1-[(4-methyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methyl]-2-oxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl}oxy)benzonitrile sufficiently mixed in a concentration enhancing polymer, and processes for making the same. The composition and processes of the present invention significantly improve the bioavailability of the aforementioned RT inhibitor, while maintaining physical stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Michael Lowinger, Aditya S. Tatavarti, Patrick Jules Marsac, Kristin J.M. Ploeger, John M. Baumann, Corey J. Bloom, Katherine Anne Brookhart
  • Publication number: 20160291366
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes an array substrate, a row control circuit 28, a first trace, a second trace, a gate insulating film, and an organic insulating film. The array substrate11b includes a display area and a non-display area. The row control circuit is arranged in the non-display area. The first trace is a component of the row control circuit. The second trace is a component of the row control circuit and arranged over the first trace so as to cross the first trace. The gate insulating film is arranged between the first trace and the second trace. The organic insulating film includes a hole formed in an area that overlaps at least crossing portions of the first trace and the second trace. The organic insulating film is made of organic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kengo Hara, Yoshihito HARA, Yukinobu NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20160293086
    Abstract: Provided is a color reproduction system that prevents differences in display image coloring due to a primary device and can also be produced more easily than when using conventional technologies. The color reproduction system includes: an electronic device that includes an input data converter that performs a color gamut conversion process to input data (DIN) in accordance with the color gamut of the input data (DIN) and a color gamut specified by a prescribed standard (such as sRGB or bg-sRGB); and a liquid crystal display device that includes an image data converter and a liquid crystal panel. The image data converter performs a color gamut conversion process on image data (DAT) sent from the electronic device in accordance with the color gamut specified by the prescribed standard and the color gamut of the liquid crystal panel, and the liquid crystal panel displays an image using the image data (DAT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xiaomang ZHANG, Hideki MORII, Masami OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160289207
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted 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 LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Duane DeMong, Michael Miller, Hong Liu, Xing Dai, Thomas Greshock, Andrew Stamford, Ravi Nargund
  • Publication number: 20160291853
    Abstract: When displaying a N-up image view in which a plurality of thumbnail images displayed in given windows are grouped and displayed in a single window by using a detecting section for detecting a contact position on a display screen of a display section, position specifications for the N-up image view of thumbnail images in the windows are received based on a contact position in the window in selecting thumbnail images to be displayed in the N-up image view by making contact with the thumbnail images, and the thumbnails images are displayed in the N-up image view based on the received position specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi HIROHATA, Kazuhisa KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9459462
    Abstract: The objective is to provide a stereoscopic display device that can be switched among 2D display mode, 3D display mode and mirror mode, where 2D display may be realized even while the device is staying in mirror mode. The device includes: a display panel (12); a switch liquid crystal panel (14); an absorptive polarizer (16); and a reflective polarizer (22). The switch liquid crystal panel is located closer to the viewer than the display panel is. The absorptive polarizer is located closer to the viewer than the switch liquid crystal panel is. The reflective polarizer is located between the display panel and the switch liquid crystal panel. The reflective polarizer passes those components of light entering the reflective polarizer that are parallel to the transmission axis (L6) while reflecting those components that are perpendicular to the transmission axis. At least one of the substrates (32, 34) includes a transparent region (58) capable of passing light from the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takehiro Murao, Takuto Yoshino, Hiroshi Fukushima, Tomoo Takatani
  • Patent number: 9457039
    Abstract: 2?-disubstituted substituted nucleoside derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed: (1), wherein A is N3 or NH2 and X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R18 are as defined herein. Compositions comprising at least one 2?-disubstituted nucleoside derivative, and methods of using the 2?-disubstituted nucleoside derivatives for treating or preventing HCV infection in a patient are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Vinay Girijavallabhan, Stephane Bogen, Weidong Pan, Qun Dang, Ian Davies
  • Patent number: 9461953
    Abstract: An agent server determines a posting timing of a message on a family message board on the basis of urgency associated with situation information based on which a message is generated and a posting state, which is obtained by the posting state obtaining section, on the family message board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chie Hideishi, Takayuki Nagamatsu, Masaki Hashiura
  • Patent number: 9459744
    Abstract: A touch panel substrate used for a touch panel with enhanced display quality is realized. A touch panel substrate (2) in accordance with one aspect of the invention includes a first detection electrode (11) including a plurality of first lattice electrodes (13) aligned in a lateral direction. Each of the plurality of first lattice electrodes (13) includes conductive lines (17a) and second conductive lines (17b). The conductive lines (17a) and the second conductive lines (17b) form a lattice. The conductive lines (17a) are inclined by an angle ? (0°<?<45°) in a lateral direction. A pitch of conductive lines (21) of a connecting section (16) which are parallel to the conductive lines (17a) is smaller than a pitch of the conductive lines (17a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Hirata, Shinji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9458532
    Abstract: The present invention (i) uses a mask unit (80) including: a shadow mask (81) that has an opening (82) and that is smaller in area than a vapor deposition region (210) of a film formation substrate (200) and; a vapor deposition source (85) that has a emission hole (86) for emitting a vapor deposition particle, the emission hole (86) being provided so as to face the shadow mask (81), the shadow mask (81) and the vapor deposition source (85) being fixed in position relative to each other, (ii) adjusts an amount of a void between the shadow mask (81) and the film formation substrate (200), (iii) moves at least a first one of the mask unit (80) and the film formation substrate (200) relative to a second one thereof while uniformly maintaining the amount of the void between the mask unit (80) and the film formation substrate (200), and (iv) sequentially deposit the vapor deposition particle onto the vapor deposition region (210) through the opening (82) of the shadow mask (81).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Shinichi Kawato
  • Patent number: 9459394
    Abstract: A backlight unit 24 includes a light guide plate 20, a heat dissipation member 36, a LED board 30, and LEDs 27 mounted on the LED board 30. The light guide plate 20 includes a light exit surface 20b on a front surface thereof, an opposite surface 10c on a rear surface thereof, a groove 20d in the opposite surface 20c, a light entrance surface 20d1 on one side surface in the groove 20d, and an opposite side surface 20d3 on another side surface in the groove 20d. The heat dissipation member 36 includes a portion in contact with the opposite side surface 20d3 and a portion on a side of one edge surface 20a of the light guide plate 20 with the one edge surface being opposite to the opposite side surface 20d3, the heat dissipation member 36 holding a part of the light guide plate 20 between the portions thereof. The light source board 30 is arranged on a surface that is opposite to a surface of the portion of the heat dissipation member 36 that is in contact with the opposite side surface 20d3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshikazu Matsukawa