Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Patent number: 9260712
    Abstract: Methods for display of recombinant whole immunoglobulins or immunoglobulin libraries on the surface of eukaryote host cells, including yeast and filamentous fungi, are described. The methods are useful for screening libraries of recombinant immunoglobulins in eukaryote host cells to identify immunoglobulins that are specific for an antigen of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Bianka Prinz, Natarajan Sethuraman, Dongxing Zha, Stefan Wildt, Piotr Bobrowicz
  • Patent number: 9264202
    Abstract: A mobile communication system in which a mobile station apparatus transmits reception quality information to a base station apparatus, the reception quality information indicating quality of a signal received from the base station apparatus, characterized in that the base station apparatus transmits information for instructing transmission of reception quality information without uplink data included in an uplink data transmission permission signal, and the mobile station apparatus transmits reception quality information without uplink data according to the information for instructing transmission of reception quality information without uplink data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Shohei Yamada, Hiroshi Katsuragawa
  • Patent number: 9264197
    Abstract: A mobile station apparatus receives a radio resource control signal including at least a first parameter POFFSET (0) and a second parameter POFFSET (1). The mobile station apparatus also transmits a first reference signal on a first antenna port and a second reference signal on a second antenna port. In addition, the mobile station apparatus sets a first transmit power for a transmission of the first reference signal based on at least the first parameter POFFSET (0), a maximum transmit power value, a path loss and a transmission power control command. The mobile station apparatus also sets a second transmit power for a transmission of the second reference signal based on at least the second parameter POFFSET (1), a maximum transmit power value, a path loss and a transmission power control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Daiichiro Nakashima
  • Patent number: 9261259
    Abstract: A headlamp (1) that utilizes a laser beam includes a scattered-light emitting unit (21) that emits scattered light upon receipt of a laser beam deviated from a predetermined path through which the laser beam is to pass or a predetermined irradiation region that is to be irradiated by the laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Shiomi, Masaru Nomura, Yoshiji Ohta, Hiroshi Iwata, Koji Takahashi, Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 9264251
    Abstract: A network system includes a first communication device, a second communication device and a server. The communication device includes a storage unit storing first device information indicating a function of the communication device, and a communication unit for receiving second device information indicating a function of another communication device from the other communication device, transmitting the first and second device information to the server, and receiving first control information used by the first device from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Azuma, Masaki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9263644
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device having an electrode that can be manufactured by a simple method and is unlikely to deteriorate, and a method for forming the electrode are provided. The semiconductor light-emitting device according to the present invention has a semiconductor layered structure having a light-emitting layer that emits light by supplying electric power and an electrode formed on the semiconductor layered structure. The electrode has a reflection layer that reflects light exiting from the light-emitting layer, a barrier layer formed on the upper side and side surface of the reflection layer, and a pad layer formed only on the top surface of the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sato, Jun Mori
  • Patent number: 9260418
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyranyl aryl methyl benzoquinazolinone compounds of formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Ronald K. Chang, Thomas J. Greshock
  • Patent number: 9263603
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a solar cell with a connecting sheet includes a fixing step of bonding at least a portion of a peripheral region of a back electrode type solar cell (8) to a connecting sheet (10). A method of fabricating a solar cell module includes the step of sealing the solar cell with a connecting sheet obtained by the method on a transparent substrate (17) by a sealing material (18). A solar cell with a connecting sheet has a first adhesive arranged between a back electrode type solar cell (8) and a connecting sheet (10), and a second adhesive arranged at at least a portion of a peripheral region of the back electrode type solar cell (8) to bond a back electrode type solar cell (8) with a connecting sheet (10). A solar cell module has the solar cell with a connecting sheet sealed on a transparent substrate (17) by a sealing material (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Rui Mikami, Yoshiya Abiko, Kohjiroh Morii, Masafumi Satomura, Hideo Okada
  • Patent number: 9261746
    Abstract: In order to suppress crosstalk between a pixel electrode and a source line to reduce flicker, an LCD device includes: gate lines 102 and source lines 105 which are provided in a grid pattern; pixel electrodes 111 arranged in a matrix pattern so as to correspond to intersections of the gate lines and the source lines; a transparent auxiliary capacitor electrode 109; and switching elements 121 configured to apply an image signal voltage supplied from the source line 105 to the pixel electrode 111 according to a scanning signal applied from the gate line 102. The switching element 121 is formed by using an oxide semiconductor layer 104, and the transparent auxiliary capacitor electrode 109 is provided between the source line 105 and the pixel electrode 111.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiichi Uchida, Seiji Kaneko, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Kaoru Yamamoto, Kohhei Tanaka, Yutaka Takamaru, Shigeyasu Mori
  • Patent number: 9262977
    Abstract: A method of processing an image comprises: receiving pixel data constituting an image, the pixel data including at least four sub-pixel color components having respective data values, and modifying one or more of the sub-pixel color component data values. The data values of corresponding sub-pixels from two pixels are modified in opposite directions to one another and such that the overall luminance of the display panel appears substantially unchanged to an on-axis viewer of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Charlotte Wendy Michele Borgers, Benjamin John Broughton, Paul Antony Gass, Harry Garth Walton, John Nonweiler
  • Patent number: 9261285
    Abstract: An air conditioner has: a casing 20 having an air inlet 21 and an air outlet 22; a heater 53 disposed in the casing 20 and heating air having flowed through the air inlet 21 into the casing 20; holders 54 and 55 holding the heater 53 and fitted to the casing 20; and a spacer 59 in contact with the heater 53 and disposed between the holders 54 and 55 and the heater 53. At least one of the heat-resistance and the flame-retardance of the spacer 59 is higher than that of the holders 54 and 55.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michio Setsu, Takanori Oka, Hirokazu Uemae, Keisuke Uchida
  • Patent number: 9259478
    Abstract: Provided are methods of producing mono- and di-pegylated IL-10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Blaisdell, Collette M. Cutler, Brittany C. Paporello, Alexandre Ambrogelly
  • Patent number: 9264647
    Abstract: Provided is technology avoiding situation where content cannot be viewed in the middle, due to insufficient amount of power remaining in a battery, in a television having a monitor unit separated from a tuner unit. A location free TV 1 includes an STB 10 and a monitor unit 30 separately, as independent configurations. Broadcasting received by the STB 10 is wirelessly transmitted to the monitor unit 30, and displayed on the monitor unit 30. The STB 10 is connected to an external recorder 94 and an external storage 96 in a recordable, playable state. Connection to a network storage 92 is performed via a network 90 in a recordable, playable state. The location free TV 1 has general TV functions, and, when insufficient amount of power remains in a battery of the monitor unit 30, a viewed program is recorded in the external recorder 94 etc., via the STB 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayuki Etoh
  • Patent number: 9264022
    Abstract: Provided is a high-reliability level shift circuit not prone to faulty operation due to noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Seiichiro Kihara
  • Patent number: 9263646
    Abstract: Provided is a phosphor particle group of divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor particles each of which is a ?-type SiAlON substantially represented by a general formula: EuaSibAlcOdNe, where 0.005?a?0.4, b+c=12, d+e=16, wherein 60% or more of the phosphor particle group is composed of the phosphor particles in which a value obtained by dividing a longer particle diameter by a shorter particle diameter is greater than 1.0 and not greater than 3.0. A high-efficiency and stable light emitting apparatus using a ?-type SiAlON, which includes a light converter using the phosphor particle group, and a phosphor particle group therefor are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Hanamoto, Masatsugu Masuda, Kenji Terashima
  • Patent number: 9263957
    Abstract: A flyback-type switching power supply circuit provided with a transformer including a primary coil and a secondary coil, and a switching element connected to the primary coil, comprising: a multiplying circuit for multiplying a first value obtained by multiplying the on-duty ratio of a secondary current flowing to the secondary coil by a predetermined first constant, and a second value obtained by multiplying the peak value of a primary current flowing to the primary coil by a predetermined second constant; and a switching control circuit for controlling switching of the switching element so that the result of multiplication by the multiplying circuit and a third value obtained by multiplying a reference voltage by a predetermined third constant match; and the flyback-type switching power supply circuit is configured so that at least one of the first constant, the second constant, and the third constant is variable by an external signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyuki Imanaka, Toshiya Fujiyama, Ryohta Takahashi, Yasuo Kudara
  • Patent number: 9261741
    Abstract: In the present liquid crystal display device, a conventional first auxiliary capacitance trunk line 430 is formed to be narrow, and a second auxiliary capacitance trunk line 440 is additionally provided and disposed at the closest position to the periphery of a substrate. Thus, a shift register can be distanced from the periphery of the substrate without increasing a frame area as a whole, so that the shift register is not overlaid with a seal material. Moreover, the extent of an area overlaid with a seal material within a wiring area for providing signals to the shift register can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Yoshida, Isao Ogasawara, Satoshi Horiuchi, Takaharu Yamada
  • Patent number: 9263705
    Abstract: A successive deposition apparatus by which a reduction in the luminous efficiency of a light-emitting element can be suppressed even in high-speed deposition of a light-emitting layer thereof is provided. The apparatus includes: a second deposition chamber; a third deposition chamber coupled to the second deposition chamber; a transfer unit for transferring a substrate from second deposition chamber to third deposition chamber; plural third deposition sources arranged in the substrate transfer direction in the second deposition chamber; and a fourth and fifth deposition sources alternately arranged in the transfer direction in the third deposition chamber. In the third deposition chamber, the fourth deposition source is placed nearest to the second deposition source. The fourth deposition source contains a host material, and the fifth deposition source contains a dopant material. The HOMO level of a material of the third deposition source is adjusted to that of the host material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hisao Ikeda, Manabu Niboshi, Katsunori Mitsuhashi, Seiichi Mitsui, Yoshitaka Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9262911
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1) includes a processing execution unit (19) that, if a positional-relationship specification unit (18) detects that a positional relationship between an electronic device (2) and the own apparatus is held continuously for a predetermined time or longer, references a processing specification table (17), specifies processing, and executes the specified processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko Sakai, Yasuhiro Harada, Noboru Iwata, Hideharu Tajima
  • Publication number: 20160044485
    Abstract: In a proximity service, when positional information is notifies to a server in advance and the proximity service is started, UE that transmits and receives data receives the proximity degree including a communication target UE from the server before proximity discovery is performed to discover the communication target UE, and the UE controls unnecessary proximity discovery by discovering the communication target UE based on the proximity degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki ENOMOTO, Masafumi ARAMOTO