Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Display device and television device
    Patent number: 9350959
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 includes a liquid crystal panel 11, a backlight unit 12, a panel controller 50, and a backlight controller 51. The liquid crystal panel 11 includes red pixels RPX, blue pixels BPX, and green pixels GPX. The backlight unit 12 includes magenta LEDs 17M and green LEDs 17G. The panel controller 50 is for controlling the liquid crystal panel 11 such that one frame display period includes a first red and blue display period, a second red and blue display period, a first green display period, and a second green display period. In the first and the second display periods, the red pixels RPX and the blue pixels BPX are driven. In the first and the second green display periods, the red pixels RPX and the green pixels GPX are driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuru Hosoki
  • Method, mobile station device, base station device, and mobile communication system for gap-generation determination
    Patent number: 9351206
    Abstract: A mobile station device that communicates with a base station device. The mobile communication receives, from the base station device, a control signal for permitting the mobile station device to perform monitoring neighboring cell. The mobile station device also generates a gap based on one length of plural lengths, the gap being used in the monitoring, the one length corresponding to a measurement type of a neighboring cell according to a predetermined rule, the plural lengths being common with the base station, and the predetermine rule being common with the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsunari Uemura, Wahoh Oh, Hidekazu Tsuboi
  • Thin-film transistor substrate, display device provided with same, and method for producing thin-film transistor substrate
    Patent number: 9349340
    Abstract: In at least one operation control TFT (27N, 27P) in a control circuit (27), an impurity of a type that generates an impurity level of a channel region (33c) is included in the channel region (33c) as a threshold adjustment impurity, and the concentration of the threshold adjustment impurity is made higher than the concentration of the threshold adjustment impurity in channel regions (33c) of other TFTs (21, 25, 28) of the same type, thus causing the absolute value of the threshold voltage to be greater than that of the other TFTs (21, 25, 28) of the same type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Saitoh, Naoki Makita
  • Solar battery, method for manufacturing solar battery, method for manufacturing solar cell module, and solar cell module
    Patent number: 9349896
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solar battery including a solar cell; a wiring substrate having a wire to be electrically connected to an electrode provided in the solar cell; and an adhesive agent for adhering the solar cell and the wiring substrate to each other. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing the solar battery, a method for manufacturing a solar cell module using the solar battery, and the solar cell module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasushi Funakoshi
  • Wireless control device, wireless terminal device, wireless communication system, control program and integrated circuit that performs signal detection using turbo equalization
    Patent number: 9351285
    Abstract: A convergence property as ability of removing inter-user interference of turbo equalization is improved in case of using a transmission method in which overlapping of a part of spectrum is allowed among a plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jungo Goto, Hiroki Takahashi, Osamu Nakamura, Kazunari Yokomakura, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi
  • Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 9348178
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device each of which exhibits a sufficiently high response speed and an excellent transmittance. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates, the first substrate and the second substrate each comprising an electrode, the electrode of the second substrate including a pair of comb-shaped electrodes and a planar electrode, the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules which are inclined from an orthogonal direction to the main faces of the substrates between the pair of comb-shaped electrodes in a plan view of the main faces of the substrates when a voltage lower than a threshold voltage is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Iori Aoyama, Takao Imaoku, Yuichi Iyama, Takatomo Yoshioka, Kazuhiko Tsuda
  • Projected capacitance touch panel with reference and guard electrode
    Patent number: 9348470
    Abstract: A mutual capacitance touch panel device includes a substrate, and an array of electrode elements formed on the substrate. Each electrode element includes a drive electrode, a sense electrode and a reference electrode, the reference electrode arranged between the drive electrode and the sense electrode. A first mutual coupling capacitance is formed between the drive electrode and the reference electrode of each electrode element, wherein the drive electrode and reference electrode are configured such that the first mutual coupling capacitance is substantially insensitive to an object touching the surface of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Christopher James Brown, Michael Paul Coulson
  • Lens and light source unit
    Patent number: 9347644
    Abstract: A lens cap (3) is arranged to cover a light-emitting surface (23) of a light source (2), the lens thereby guiding light from the light source (2) in oblique directions relative to the light source (2). The lens cap (3) includes, in a planar view, a light transmitting region (33) and a light blocking region (34), the light transmitting region (33) divided into a plurality of light transmitting regions by the light blocking region (34) so that the light from the light source (2) passes through the plurality of light transmitting regions (33) and is separated into beams traveling in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoh Araki, Kei Oyobe, Yoshinobu Hirayama, Toshihiro Yanagi
  • Cathode active material, cathode, and nonaqueous secondary battery
    Patent number: 9350021
    Abstract: Provided is a cathode active material which is superior in safety and cost and makes it possible to provide a nonaqueous secondary battery having a long life. The cathode active material has a composition represented by the following formula (1): LiMn1-xMxP1-yAlyO4??(1) (wherein M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, Sn and Y, x is in a range of 0<x?0.5, and y is in a range of 0<y?0.25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Ohira, Motoaki Nishijima, Yuichi Kamimura
  • Display apparatus and television receiver
    Patent number: 9350933
    Abstract: A display apparatus, comprising: a display panel including a display region displaying an image in front side at a center part of the display panel, and including a non-display region around the display region; a light guide plate arranged in rear side of the display panel, and being opposed to the display panel; an optical sheet arranged between the light guide plate and the display panel; and a support part arranged between the optical sheet and the light guide plate, and supporting an edge part of the optical sheet, wherein the optical sheet is opposed to the display region and the non-display region, and at least a part of the support part is located in the display region over a boundary between the non-display region and the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideyuki Chikazawa
  • Video signal processing apparatus configured to display a video having a resolution higher than full HD, video display apparatus, and electronic device
    Patent number: 9350904
    Abstract: The time necessary for specifying an improper video signal is significantly reduced. An input signal determination circuit and a signal distribution circuit are included, the input signal determination circuit determining, for video signals to be input to a synchronization circuit, whether or not each of the video signals satisfies a display reference for performing video display in a division display area corresponding to the video signal, the signal distribution circuit distributing, for another proper video signal for a video signal determined by the input signal determination circuit to be a video signal that does not satisfy the display reference for performing video display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayuki Takahashi
  • Mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, and radio link synchronization determining method
    Patent number: 9351321
    Abstract: A mobile station (MS) performs a measurement of cells on a plurality of downlink frequencies used for a connection with a base station apparatus. The MS also detects a first indication or a second indication, based on the measurement of each cell designated by the base station apparatus, the first indication indicating a measurement result of a cell becomes lower than a first threshold and the second indication indicating a measurement result of a cell becomes higher than a second threshold. In addition, the MS, in a case where a reconnection procedure is started by expiring a timer corresponding to the each cell, selects a cell, and initiates a random access procedure for requesting a reconnection in the selected cell. Further, the timer is started if the first indication is indicated consecutively for a certain number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsunari Uemura, Shohei Yamada, Yasuyuki Kato
  • Headlight system incorporating adaptive beam function
    Patent number: 9347635
    Abstract: A light source system comprising projection optics, which are capable of producing a far-field image of a light source. The light source comprises a fluorescent medium that when illuminated by light from laser emitters of a first waveband emits light of a second or more wavebands of longer wavelength. The resulting light emission produces a colour perceived as white. The light source is illuminated by a plurality of laser emitters arranged to illuminate the light source in an array-like manner. Control of the output of one or more of the laser emitters results in a variation of the spatial emission distribution from the light source and hence a variation of the far-field beam spot distribution. Further, fine variation of the far-field beam spot distribution may be achieved by re-direction of the laser beams by separate control methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: James Rowland Suckling, David James Montgomery, Sarah Anne Mitchell, Koji Takahashi
  • Light source device, artificial sunlight radiation apparatus, and method for maintaining light source device
    Patent number: 9347653
    Abstract: A light source device (10) according to the present invention includes a first light source (1) and a first condensing member (2) that has a first opening (24) and that outputs output light from the first light source (1) through the first opening (24). The first condensing member (2) is constituted of a front condensing member (2a) that includes the first opening (24) and a rear condensing member (2b) that does not include the first opening (24). The rear condensing member (2b) is detachable from the first condensing member (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tadano, Kohji Minami, Masaru Ogawa
  • Semiconductor device and display device
    Patent number: 9349750
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a transistor including a gate electrode, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer over the gate insulating film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode over the semiconductor layer; a first insulating film comprising an inorganic material over the transistor; a second insulating film comprising an organic material over the first insulating film; a first conductive film over the second insulating film and in a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer; a third insulating film comprising an inorganic material over the first conductive film; and a second conductive film over the third insulating film and in a region overlapping with the first conductive film. The absolute value of a first potential applied to the first conductive film is greater than the absolute value of a second potential applied to the second conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshifumi Tanada, Manabu Sato, Toshinari Sasaki, Kenichi Okazaki, Junichi Koezuka, Takuya Matsuo, Hiroshi Matsukizono, Yosuke Kanzaki, Shigeyasu Mori
  • Marking pictures for inter-layer prediction
    Patent number: 9351009
    Abstract: A method for video coding is described. Signaling of a maximum number of sub-layers for inter-layer prediction is obtained. A sub-layer non-reference picture is also obtained. It is determined whether a value of a temporal identifier of the sub-layer non-reference picture is greater than the maximum number of sub-layers for inter-layer prediction minus 1. The sub-layer non-reference picture is marked as “unused for reference” if the value of the temporal identifier of the sub-layer non-reference picture is greater than the maximum number of sub-layers for inter-layer prediction minus 1. In some cases a sub-layer non-reference picture is also obtained. It is determined whether a value of a temporal identifier of the sub-layer non-reference picture is greater than the maximum number of sub-layers for inter-layer prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Cathode active material, cathode and nonaqueous secondary battery
    Patent number: 9350022
    Abstract: A cathode active material of the present invention is a cathode active material having a composition represented by General Formula (1) below, LiFe1-xMxP1-ySiyO4??(1), where: an average valence of Fe is +2 or more; M is an element having a valence of +2 or more and is at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Sn, Y, and Al; the valence of M is different from the average valence of Fe; 0<x?0.5; and y=x×({valence of M}?2)+(1?x)×({average valence of Fe}?2). This provides a cathode active material that not only excels in terms of safety and cost but also can provide a long-life battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Ohira, Motoaki Nishijima, Toshitsugu Sueki, Shogo Esaki, Isao Tanaka, Yukinori Koyama, Katsuhisa Tanaka, Koji Fujita, Shunsuke Murai
  • Energy generating transparent film
    Patent number: 9348068
    Abstract: An energy-generating transparent (EGT) structure is provided, in addition to a method for generating energy from light incident to an EGT structure. The EGT structure is made up of a window pane with an interior surface adjacent a reflective structure. The method accepts light incident to an exterior surface of the window pane, and transmits light in the visible spectrum through the window pane and reflective structure. However, light in the near-infrared (NIR) spectrum is reflected back from the reflective structure into the window pane, so that reflected NIR, spectrum light is supplied to an edge of the window pane. For example, reflected NIR spectrum light is supplied to the window pane edge if the light has an angle greater than or equal to an angle TIR occurring between the window pane exterior surface and air. This reflected NIR spectrum light can be converted to electrical or thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Akinori Hashimura, Douglas Tweet, Gary Hinch, Byron Cocilovo
  • Display device, electronic device comprising same, and drive method for display device
    Patent number: 9349335
    Abstract: Provided is a display device capable of displaying a smooth video even when pause drive is performed. In a liquid crystal display device with an animation function, 12-Hz pause drive is performed with vertical display periods, each having a duration of five frames. In a video display period, an animation video changes every duration of a secondary video display period, i.e., every one frame, in the order: images A to X, then A and B. Once the video display period starts, 12-Hz pause drive switches to 60-Hz normal drive. In this case, for the animation video that changes every duration of the secondary video display period, i.e., every one frame, in the order: images A to X, then A and B, refresh is performed every duration of the vertical display period, i.e., every one frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tanaka, Kouji Kumada
  • DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160139497
    Abstract: A screen includes: a diffraction member and a scattering member. The diffraction member selectively diffracts image light and orients this light towards a viewer. In order for the image light to be scattered to a higher degree than ambient light that enters the scattering member on the side opposite of the viewer, the degree to which the scattering member scatters polarized light varies according to the polarization direction of the light. Thus, regardless of the positional relationship of the screen and a projector, which projects image light, it is possible to use a relatively simple industrial manufacturing process that can ensure the following to a satisfactory extent: brightness of the screen in the front direction, a wide viewing angle, and visual clarity through the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naru USUKURA, Hiromi KATOH, Takafumi SHIMATANI