Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Patent number: 9251761
    Abstract: A gray scale correction method for a display device includes a step of setting a target value including a target luminance and a target chromaticity of a color display pixel (S22), a step of measuring tristimulus values of each of a plurality of reference colors and each of a plurality of comparative colors in accordance with a prescribed gamma characteristic (S24), a step of finding a reference value and a comparative value from the measured tristimulus values (S26), and a step of correcting a gray scale based on the target value, the reference value and the comparative value (S28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Shigeta, Nobuo Okano
  • Patent number: 9250381
    Abstract: A backlight device includes: a flat chassis member; a light guide plate stacked on the chassis member; and a light source member attached to the chassis member so as to face a light incident face that is located at a side face of the light guide plate. The light guide plate has, at at least one side face adjacent to the light incident face, a convex part protruding outwardly of the side face, the chassis member has a protruding part to sandwich the convex part, and at least a part of the protruding part is covered with an elastic member that presses the convex part toward the light source member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Kasai
  • Patent number: 9250487
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) includes a TFT substrate (110) including a TFT (10), an interlayer insulating layer which covers the TFT (10), a pixel electrode (12) electrically connected to the TFT (10) via a contact hole (14) formed in the interlayer insulating layer, a storage capacitor bus line (6) and a storage capacitor electrode (8) connected to the storage capacitor bus line (6), and a storage capacitor counter electrode (16) having a light-shielding property electrically connected to the TFT (10) and the pixel electrode (12), the storage capacitor counter electrode (16) constituting a storage capacitor portion together with the storage capacitor electrode (8) with an insulating layer interposed therebetween. The liquid crystal display device (100) also includes a counter substrate (120) including a counter electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9253756
    Abstract: A mobile station apparatus that includes a controller that reduces transmission power in case that data is transmitted simultaneously and a transmission circuit that simultaneous transmits said data using a plurality of channels, where the plurality of channels consists of at least one physical uplink control channel and at least one physical uplink shared channel. The transmission circuit of the mobile station apparatus also transmit hybrid automatic repeat request control information on said at least one physical uplink shared channel and also transmits channel state information on said at least one physical uplink control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 9250439
    Abstract: A light scanning device includes: a first semiconductor laser 44a that emits a light beam L1; a polygonal mirror 42 that deflects the light beam L1; a reflective mirror 64a that reflects the light beam L1 deflected by the polygonal mirror 42 and causes the light beam L1 to enter a photosensitive drum 13; and a BD sensor 72 that detects the light beam L1 deflected by the polygonal mirror 42. The light scanning device scans the photosensitive drum 13 with the light beam L1 and set scanning timing of the photosensitive drum 13 using the light beam L1 based on detection timing of the light beam L1 using the BD sensor 72. The BD sensor 72 is arranged in the position farther from the polygonal mirror 42 than the last reflective mirror 64a that reflects the light beam L1 immediately before entering the photosensitive drum 13 and arranged inside a scanning angle range ? of the light beam L1 corresponding to an effective scan area of the photosensitive drum 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Shirai
  • Patent number: 9252194
    Abstract: An EC region (second region) of an organic EL display device (1) has an optical interference layer which is a multilayer of (i) an edge cover (7) made from an acrylic resin having a lower refractive index, (ii) an organic layer (8), and (iii) a second electrode (9) which is a thin and semi-transparent film. Therefore, the organic EL display device (1) can suppress a deterioration in contrast without narrowing a display region, and can have a high reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Ochi, Manabu Niboshi, Shinichi Kawato, Yuto Tsukamoto, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Tomohiro Kosaka
  • Patent number: 9252162
    Abstract: The lateral electric field liquid crystal display device (1) includes a first insulating layer (5) that has at least one first reflection enhancing film layer which is made up of two films having respective different refractive indexes and being adjacent to each other. From this, it is possible to provide the lateral electric field liquid crystal display device (1) which can reflect incoming light at a reflectance higher than an original reflectance of a reflective electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakahara, Hisashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20160028520
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal communicating with a base station, in which in a case where a physical downlink control channel is monitored in a first physical downlink control channel-physical resource block set, the physical downlink control channel is decoded in such a manner that the physical downlink control channel is rate-matched based on a prescribed reference signal, and in which, in a case where the physical downlink control channel is monitored in a second physical downlink control channel-physical resource block set, the physical downlink control channel is decoded in such a manner that the physical downlink control channel is rate-matched based on a reference signal that is set individually for each terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshizo NOGAMI, Shoichi SUZUKI, Kimihiko IMAMURA, Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA, Naoki KUSASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160028521
    Abstract: There is provided a base station that communicates with a terminal by using a resource element constituted by a sub-carrier and an OFDM symbol. The base station includes a PDSCH generator, a reference signal generator, and a transmitter. The PDSCH generator generates a PDSCH for a terminal. The reference signal generator generates a first demodulation reference signal or a second demodulation reference signal which is a demodulation reference signal associated with the PDSCH and is enabled to be multiplexed between a plurality of antenna ports. The transmitter transmits the PDSCH and transmits the first demodulation reference signal or the second demodulation reference signal selected based on a configuration for the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: KAZUYUKI SHIMEZAWA, TOSHIZO NOGAMI, KIMIHIKO IMAMURA, NAOKI KUSASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160026046
    Abstract: In an active matrix substrate, each of a plurality of auxiliary capacitance electrodes contain a first electrode section and a second electrode section, at least a portion of the first electrode sections and at least a portion of a plurality of source bus lines overlap each other, the second electrode section has two linear sections that branch from the first electrode section and that extend in a second direction, a portion of the region between the two linear sections and at least a portion of the plurality of source bus lines overlap each other, and the first and second electrode sections, which are adjacent and arranged in a first direction, are disposed symmetrically to each other about a reference point that is on a straight line passing through a substantially central portion of respective pixels arranged in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryohki ITOH, Masahiro YOSHIDA, Takaharu YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160022214
    Abstract: A measuring device that can obtain a stable measurement result is realized. The measuring device includes a measuring portion (14) that is arranged in one of a placing portion (12) where a fingertip portion (A) is placed, and an interposing portion (11) facing the placing portion (12), and interposing, together with the placing portion, the fingertip portion (A), emits excitation light and receives fluorescence, and a fixing force supply portion (13) that supplies, to the fingertip portion (A) through the interposing portion (11), force which is capable of fixing a relative positional relationship between the fingertip portion (A) and the measuring portion (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mikihiro YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160029375
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication system that performs communication of a first base station device and a second base station device with a terminal device through a plurality of cells, in which the first base station device notifies the second base station device of a request message including information regarding whether or not a data path for user data of the terminal device has been changed, and the second base station device changes the data path for the user data of the terminal device, based on the information regarding whether or not the data path has been changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KATO, Katsunari UEMURA, Hidekazu TSUBOI
  • Publication number: 20160029351
    Abstract: There is provided a base station that communicates with a terminal by using a resource element constituted by a sub-carrier and an OFDM symbol. The base station includes an EPDCCH generator, a reference signal generator, and a transmitter. The EPDCCH generator generates an EPDCCH for notification of control information for a terminal. The reference signal generator generates a first demodulation reference signal or a second demodulation reference signal which is a demodulation reference signal associated with the EPDCCH and is enabled to be multiplexed between a plurality of antenna ports. The transmitter transmits the EPDCCH and transmits the first demodulation reference signal or the second demodulation reference signal selected based on a configuration for the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: KAZUYUKI SHIMEZAWA, TOSHIZO NOGAMI, KIMIHIKO IMAMURA, NAOKI KUSASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160029411
    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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsunari UEMURA, Shohei YAMADA, Yasuyuki KATO
  • Publication number: 20160028909
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus 100 allowing insertion of an insert-sheet between discharged sheets of recording paper includes: an image forming unit 122 forming an image on the recording paper; an operation unit 130 designating an insertion position for inserting the insert-sheet; a discharge unit discharging the sheets of recording paper having images formed and the insert-sheet; and a control unit 102 controlling timing for inserting the insert-sheet. The insertion position is designated by a copy-by-copy basis with one copy being a set of sheets of recording paper having all images included in a job instructing image formation on the recording paper formed thereon. The control unit 102 controls the discharge unit such that the sheets of recording paper having the image formed thereon are discharged by the number determined from the insertion position and thereafter the insert-sheet is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki HIGASHIURA, Takeshi TANI
  • Publication number: 20160029492
    Abstract: A first resin layer (1) has: a covered region which is covered by a second resin layer (2) and an exposed region (1a); a contact part (1b) which is provided in the exposed region (1a); and a bend part (1c) which is provided between (a) a boundary between the covered region and the exposed region (1a) and (b) the contact part (1b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nozomu HIKINO, Hiroyuki TAKEBE
  • Publication number: 20160028572
    Abstract: First information indicating a length of a cyclic prefix for an inter-terminal apparatus signal transmitted to the other terminal apparatus and second information indicating a length of a cyclic prefix for an uplink signal in the EUTRAN, from a base station apparatus of the EUTRAN are received from a base station apparatus of the EUTRAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi SUZUKI, Tatsushi AIBA, Kazunari YOKOMAKURA, Hiroki TAKAHASHI, Wataru OUCHI, Kimihiko IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160024091
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and chronic kidney disease and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Alexander Pasternak, Fa-Xiang Ding, Shuzhi Dong, Dipshikha Biswas, Haifeng Tang, Jinlong Jiang, Cangming Yang, Xin Gu
  • Publication number: 20160026052
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and a method of manufacturing same, whereby deterioration in image display quality due to display unevenness or shadowing is avoided. An open region is disposed in a source driver mounting region in a position thereof that corresponds to a remaining output region 15 of a source driver 4. Next, a common signal line 30, which connects an FPC connecting region 19 to a common transfer electrode 20a, is formed passing through the open region. It is thus possible to shorten the length of the common signal line 30, and to position the common transfer electrode 20a in a desired location. Consequently, variation in the common signal lag for each position on a common electrode is mitigated, making it possible to minimize image display unevenness. The width of the open region is also increased, allowing the width of the common signal line 30 to also be increased. Consequently, the load on the common signal line 30 can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao OGASAWARA, Masahiro YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160029377
    Abstract: Demodulation is effectivley performed that uses an MMSE adaptive array which uses a guard section of a signal that uses a cyclic prefix. According the present invention, there is provided a wireless terminal station that is applied to a wireless communication system which is made up of multiple wireless terminal stations and a base station, the wireless terminal station including: a delay time setting module 123 that sets a delay time based on a transmission timing identification number; and a transmission module 108 that, in a case where any other wireless terminal station starts transmission within a predetermined time after all communication within the wireless communication system is ended, starts transmission after the delay time has elapsed from a point in time at which the transmission has started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoko MASUDA, Hideo NAMBA, Minoru KUBOTA