Patents Assigned to Sharp
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Patent number: 9312264Abstract: The present invention provides a non-volatile memory device using a memory transistor including an oxide semiconductor, capable of writing with low power consumption, without receiving an influence of deterioration of a selection transistor connected in series to the memory transistor. A memory cell 1 includes a memory transistor Qm, and first and second selection transistors Q1 and Q2. During a writing operation, the memory transistor Qm and the first selection transistor Q1 are set to the ON state, and the second selection transistor Q2 is set to the OFF state. A writing current is flown to a series circuit of the memory transistor Qm and the first selection transistor Q1. The memory transistor Qm is transited from a first state that indicates a transistor characteristic to a second state that indicates an ohmic resistance characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Ueda, Sumio Katoh
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Patent number: 9313348Abstract: A control unit in an MFP determines whether a connection request from a communication device carried by a user has been received. If the control unit determines that the connection request has been received, then the control unit issues network identification information and transmits it to the communication device. When a connection is established, the control unit automatically alters the operation screen to an operation screen related to image processing based on the information transmitted/received to/from the communication device, and accepts an operation to execute image processing.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kunihiko Tsujimoto
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Patent number: 9309309Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that bind amyloid ?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention are selective for ADDLs, can penetrate the brain, and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLS, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with ADDLs.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Renee C. Gaspar, Paul J. Shughrue, Fubao Wang, Weirong Wang, Ningyan Zhang, Wei-Qin Zhao, Min Xu, Alexander McCampbell
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Patent number: 9311895Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention realizes a display device equipped with a self light-emitting type display element driven by a current, by using a pixel circuit having a configuration simpler than a conventional configuration. A pixel circuit includes a driving transistor (T1), an input transistor (T2), a capacitor (Cst), and three organic EL elements (OLED(R), OLED(G), and OLED(B)). Cathode terminals of the organic EL elements (OLED(R), OLED(G), and OLED(B)) are respectively connected to low-level power supply lines (ELVSS(R), ELVSS(G), and ELVSS(B)). In such a configuration, in each sub-frame, only a low-level power supply voltage (ELVSS) corresponding to the sub-frame is set to a relatively low level, and the other low-level power supply voltages (ELVSS) are set to relatively high levels.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masanori Ohara, Noboru Noguchi, Noritaka Kishi
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Publication number: 20160098111Abstract: The efficiency of a product cycle is considerably enhanced by avoiding loss from designing to production including member loss matching various sizes of touch sensor panels. Unit sensor sheets having a square outer shape on which a multiple number of sense lines 21 as a multiple number of conductive wirings are arranged in parallel, are disposed in 3 row, 3 column. Each end of each of the multiple number of sense lines 21 as a multiple number of conductive wirings is sequentially matched one-to-one between unit sensor sheets, for example, between the sensor sheets 2A and 2B, or the sensor sheets 2B and 2C, and electrically connected with each other, and thereby the respective multiple number of sense lines 21 as a multiple number of conductive wirings are connected in a longitudinal direction thereof and are integrated, in the 3 row, 3 column of the unit sensor sheets 2A-2I.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroaki TSUKAMOTO, Nakae NAKAMURA, Satoru KUDOSE, Nobuaki ASAYAMA
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Publication number: 20160098143Abstract: The present invention provides a touch panel substrate capable of preventing a detection circuit from being broken down due to application of electrostatic voltage. The touch panel substrate includes a flexible substrate (20) for electrically connecting sensor electrodes (12) and a touch controller (32) to each other. The flexible electrode (20) has one end connected to a terminal section (13) including terminals. The touch panel substrate is further provided with a shielding electrode (14), on an outer side of the terminal section (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazutoshi KIDA, Masayuki MIYAMOTO, Motomitsu ITOH, Kazuya YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20160098124Abstract: In a touch panel system (1) of the present invention, a stylus pen (3) is configured of an electronic pen that outputs at least two types of the states of a first pen function signal and a second pen function signal for different functions. The stylus pen (3) is provided with a controller circuit that produces output with a drive pattern which indicates the state of the first pen function signal each time of or once in a plurality of one of a first signal line drive period and a second signal line drive period and that produces output with a drive pattern which indicates the state of the second pen function signal each time of or once in a plurality of the other of the first signal line drive period and the second signal line drive period when outputting the state of the first pen function signal and the state of the second pen function signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Michiaki TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20160100428Abstract: A mobile station apparatus receives, on a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel), information used for initiating a random access procedure. The mobile station apparatus also transmits a random access preamble on a physical random access channel resource based on or in response to the information. Furthermore, the mobile station apparatus receives a random access response corresponding to the random access preamble on one specific downlink component carrier among a plurality of downlink component carriers where the one specific downlink component carrier linked to an uplink component carrier on which the random access preamble is transmitted on the physical random access channel resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoichi SUZUKI, Yasuyuki KATO, Shohei YAMADA
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Publication number: 20160100074Abstract: A user authentication device provided on an apparatus as an object of operation acquires feature data representing notable portion of the user, using a camera device, after user authentication. Based on the acquired feature data, the user authentication device tracks the user by the camera (step S1030). If it is detected by the tracking that the user has left the apparatus, the user authentication device displays a log-in screen image on an operation panel (step S1060). If it is detected that the user once left the apparatus has returned to a position where he/she can operate the apparatus, the user authentication device displays the screen image that has been previously operated by the user. On the other hand, if it is detected that the tracking has been interrupted after the user left the apparatus, the user authentication device executes a log-out process (step S1120).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yasuto NISHII
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Patent number: 9304420Abstract: A two-component developer is provided. The two-component developer includes a toner containing a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and a resin-coated carrier composed of a carrier core material and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the carrier core material. The toner has an exposure rate of the release agent on the toner surface of 1.00% or above and 3.07% or below. The carrier core material has an apparent density of 1.86 g/cm3 or more and 2.45 g/cm3 or less. The exposure rate of the release agent of the toner and the apparent density of the carrier core material satisfy the following formula (1): y??1.54x+5.93??(1) wherein y represents the exposure rate of the release agent of the toner, and x represents the apparent density of the carrier core material.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuyuki Yoshioka, Takanori Kamoto, Osamu Wada, Tadashi Iwamatsu
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Patent number: 9304369Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate constituted by an active matrix substrate; a substrate opposite the substrate; and a light modulation layer interposed between the substrates. The change in the magnitude or the frequency of the voltage applied between a pixel electrode and a common electrode rotates a shape-anisometric member in the light modulation layer, and the pixel electrode extends over a scan signal line over an insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohzoh Nakamura, Eiji Satoh, Hisashi Watanabe, Takahiro Nakahara
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Patent number: 9307547Abstract: Provided is a terminal apparatus which performs communication with a base station apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes: a receiving unit which receives a plurality of channel state information reference signals; a channel state information generating unit which generates a plurality of channel state information by referring to each of the plurality of channel state information reference signals; and a report transmitting unit which reports each of the plurality of channel state information to the base station apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshizo Nogami, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Kimihiko Imamura, Katsunari Uemura
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Patent number: 9307627Abstract: An electron emitting device includes a lower electrode, a surface electrode, an electron acceleration layer between the lower electrode and the surface electrode, and an electrode selecting unit. The electron acceleration layer is made of at least an insulating material. At least one of the lower electrode and the surface electrode is a stripe-pattern electrode including a plurality of unit electrodes that are regularly arranged. The electrode selecting unit sequentially selects, from among the plurality of unit electrodes, a unit electrode to which a voltage is to be applied. A voltage is applied between the lower electrode and the surface electrode to accelerate electrons between the lower electrode and the surface electrode, so that the electrons are emitted from the surface electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiro Kaneko, Tadashi Iwamatsu
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Patent number: 9303856Abstract: A backlight unit includes a chassis, an LED, a light guide plate, a duct member, and dissipative LED attachment portion. The chassis includes a light exit portion through which light exits. The LED is arranged close to an end portion of the chassis. The light guide plate is arranged closer to a middle area of the chassis than the LED and light from the LED is guided toward the light exit portion thereby. The duct member is arranged on the side opposite to the light exit portion side of the chassis and has an air passage therein. The dissipative LED attachment portion is provided to the duct member and includes one part facing the air passage and another part protruding to inside of the chassis and to which the LED is attached.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Mitsuru Hosoki
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Patent number: 9304725Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a near field communication unit configured to make a short-range wireless communication with a portable information processing device including a display unit and a control unit, the control unit including: a recognition unit configured to recognize a portable information processing device that is within a communicable range through communication via the near field communication unit; a job setting unit configured to transmit data for displaying and activating a job setting screen on the display unit of the recognized portable information processing device, via the near field communication unit; and a job control unit configured to execute a job in response to a start instruction of the job, wherein the job setting unit receives a job setting, which is made by using the job setting screen, via the near field communication unit after the recognition to receive the job setting from the portable information processing device, and the job control unit receives a start instructType: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masao Saeda
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Patent number: 9305939Abstract: A semiconductor device has: a first transparent electrode, a drain electrode, and a source electrode formed on a substrate; an oxide layer joined electrically to the source electrode and the drain electrode and containing a semiconductor region; an insulating layer formed on the oxide layer and the first transparent electrode; a gate electrode formed on the insulating layer; and a second transparent electrode formed so as to overlap at least a part of the first transparent electrode with the insulating layer interposed therebetween. The oxide layer and the first transparent electrode are formed of the same oxide film.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yutaka Takamaru, Tadayoshi Miyamoto, Kazuatsu Ito, Shigeyasu Mori
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Patent number: 9304342Abstract: A display device is provided that comprises a liquid crystal display panel (2) for displaying an image by spatial light modulation. The image is represented by a plurality of image elements each having an image data value (7). The display device further comprises a display controller (1) arranged to determine a signal voltage to be applied to the panel (2) for each image element in dependence upon its image data value (7) and a secondary data value (8) for the element, there being a predetermined mapping between the data values and the signal voltage. The secondary data values (8) are arranged to vary across the image so as to introduce variations in luminance as a result of the mapping. The mapping and secondary data values (8) are mutually arranged to take account of the signal voltage to on-axis luminance response of the panel (2) so that the luminance variations introduced on-axis tend to balance locally through spatial averaging to, and hence would not be perceivable by, an on-axis viewer (3).Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2008Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Benjamin John Broughton, Allan Evans, Paul Antony Gass, Graham Roger Jones, Andrew Kay, Harry Garth Walton, Takashi Yasumoto, Yoshimitsu Inamori, Kenji Maeda
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Patent number: 9307264Abstract: A coefficient presence/absence flag decoding unit, included in a quantized residual information decoding unit which reduces a processing amount related to coding and decoding of a transform coefficient, splits a target frequency domain or a target pixel domain into sub-blocks, and derives different context indexes with respect to each transform coefficient in a pixel domain, obtained through a transform skip or a transform/quantization bypass, and each transform coefficient which is obtained for each frequency component through frequency transform.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takeshi Tsukuba, Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoyuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9305507Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prevent screen burn-in in a liquid crystal display device that performs a plurality of types of frame-reversal driving. When any gate bus line is focused, among a plurality of pixel electrodes in a display unit, pixel electrodes provided in pixel formation portions to which a scanning signal is provided from the focused gate bus line are arranged in a staggered manner with the focused gate bus line centered. A latch strobe signal (LS) including pulses where in each pixel formation portion a length of a period (TA1) during which a positive polarity voltage is applied to a liquid crystal is longer than a length of a period (TA2) during which a negative polarity voltage is applied to the liquid crystal is provided to a source driver from a display control circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Ryo Yamakawa
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Patent number: D753082Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoichi Tanimura, Yasutaka Shimamoto, Hiroshi Gomi, Daijiro Yamaguchi