Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Patent number: 9117704
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention includes an n-channel first thin film transistor and a p-channel second thin film transistor on one and the same substrate. The first thin film transistor has a first semiconductor layer (27), and the second thin film transistor has a second semiconductor layer (22). The first semiconductor layer (27) and the second semiconductor layer (22) are formed from one and the same film. Each of the first semiconductor layer (27) and the second semiconductor layer (22) has a slope portion (27e, 22e) positioned in the periphery and a main portion (27m, 22m) which is a portion excluding the slope portion. A p-type impurity is introduced into only a part of the slope portion (27e) of the first semiconductor layer with higher density than the main portion (27m) of the first semiconductor layer, the main portion (22m) of the second semiconductor layer, and the slope portion (22e) of the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Makita, Hiroki Mori, Masaki Saitoh
  • Patent number: 9119187
    Abstract: An encoding unit encodes an information bit sequence. An IDFT unit generates a spectrum from the signals of the information bit sequence. A clipping unit generates, when re-transmitting the information bit sequence, a transmission spectrum that differs from that of the previous transmission. An OFDM signal generation unit transmits the transmission spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Nakamura, Hiroki Takahashi, Jungo Goto, Kazunari Yokomakura, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9116277
    Abstract: The edge light type backlight device (12) includes a light guide plate (19); an LED light source (17); a reflective sheet (25), the edge thereof on the side facing the LED light source (17) extending toward the LED light source (17) beyond the surface of the light-guiding plate (19) that faces the LED light source (17); and a chassis (14) that has a bottom plate (14a) and side plates (14b) rise from one surface of the bottom plate (14a) and that stores therein the LED light source (17), the reflective sheet (25), and the light guide plate (19). The LED light source (17) is affixed to the side plate (14b) of the chassis (14). In the reflective sheet (25), near an edge of the reflective sheet (25) on a side facing the LED light source (17), a fold line (25a) for bending is disposed across two edges connected to that edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9113762
    Abstract: A cleaning robot that discharges, upwards and from an exhaust port (7), airflow having dust removed therefrom, and comprises: a main case (2) having a suction port (6) opened in the bottom surface thereof and the exhaust port (7) opened in the upper surface thereof, and that is self-propelled on a floor surface (F); an electric fan (22) arranged inside the main case (2); and a dust collection unit (30) that collects dust in airflow sucked in from the suction port (6) by the driving force of the electric fan (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuhji Ohnishi, Jitsuo Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9116458
    Abstract: A light scanning device of the invention includes a scan deflection range of each of the light fluxes deflected by the deflecting part in a scan period of the scan object with the respective light fluxes is divided into a first deflection range where a reflection angle of each of the light fluxes with respect to the deflecting part is small and a second deflection range where the reflection angle is large. A polarization direction of each of the light fluxes is set such that a reflectivity of the reflective mirror when each of the light fluxes deflected in the second deflection range is reflected becomes larger than a reflectivity of the reflective mirror when each of the light fluxes deflected in the first deflection range is reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Shirai, Takaharu Motoyama
  • Patent number: 9115859
    Abstract: An artificial sunlight radiation device (10) includes a xenon light source (9), a condensing element (2), a tapered coupler (3), an optical filter (4), a light guide plate (16), a light extracting member (17), and a side-surface reflection member (15) that is provided at one or more side end surfaces of the light guide plate (16), reflects a portion of the light output from the light guide plate (16), and directs the portion of the light toward a radiation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakamura, Norito Fujihara, Kohji Minami, Masaru Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9116387
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a chassis, a plurality of LED light sources, and a reflection member. The chassis includes a bottom plate and side plates, and has an opening on a front surface side. The LED light sources are arranged in a matrix on a front surface of the bottom plate of the chassis. The reflection member includes a plurality of through holes through which the respective LED light sources are passed and side wall portions having inclined surfaces on the sides thereof. The side wall portions provided in the end portion of the bottom plate of the chassis has a height greater than a height of the side wall portions provided in the middle portion of the bottom plate, and surround each of the LED light sources. The inclined surfaces lead light from the light sources toward the opening side of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9116275
    Abstract: The backlight device (24) is provided with a bottom plate (22a), a light-guide plate (20) that has a light-receiving face (20a) on a side face and that is arranged such that the back surface of the plate is oriented to face the front of the bottom plate (22a), an LED light-source (28) that is arranged opposite to the light-receiving face (20a) on the front surface of the bottom plate (22a), a reflective sheet (26) that is arranged to be in contact with the bottom surface of the light guide plate (20), a protruding member (38) that is formed so as to protrude from the front surface of the bottom plate (22a) and that has, as top surfaces, a first surface (38a) provided so as to contact the surface of the reflective sheet (26) on the side opposite of the bottom plate and a second surface (38b) that is separated from the first surface (38a) by a step (38c) and that, between the light-receiving face (20a) and the LED light source (28), is higher than the back surface of the light guide plate (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kentaro Kamada
  • Patent number: 9117977
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes an excitation light source element that emits excitation light; a substrate that faces the excitation light source element; a fluorescent layer located on the substrate, the fluorescent layer being excited by the excitation light to emit fluorescence; an optical reflection body disposed on a side surface of the fluorescent layer, the side surface extending in a direction parallel to a stacking direction of the substrate and the fluorescent layer; and a low-refractive-index material layer disposed between the fluorescent layer and the substrate, the low-refractive-index material layer having a refractive index lower than that of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisanori Bessho, Takeshi Ishida, Yoshimasa Fujita, Yuhki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9115374
    Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous and lyophilized formulations containing SYN3 and methods of their use for treating bladder cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Peter M. Ihnat, Leonore C. Witchey-Lakshmanan, Varda Sandweiss, Sydney O. Ugwu
  • Patent number: 9115873
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting device that can suppress decrease in its luminous efficiency and shortening of its life. A lighting device (1) includes a fluorescent member (4) which is irradiated with laser light emitted by a semiconductor laser (2) and emits fluorescent light, a rotation mechanism (6) which rotates the fluorescent member, and a reflecting member (7) which reflects the fluorescent light emitted by the fluorescent member toward the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 9117618
    Abstract: A discharge electrode 5 for generating ions and a high-voltage generating circuit unit 2 that supplies the discharge electrode 5 with a high voltage are housed in a housing 3. A discharge opening 12 for discharging the generated ions is formed in the housing 3. The housing 3 is covered by an exterior case 15. The exterior case 15 is connected to the high-voltage generating circuit unit 2 and functions as an induction electrode. A passage opening 33 leading to the discharge opening 12 is formed in the exterior case 15. An insulating sheet 36 covers the periphery of the passage opening 33 in the exterior case 15 facing a space into which the ions are discharged so that the discharged ions do not attach to the exterior case 15. Decrease in the amount of discharged ions can be prevented while using a peripheral component of the discharge electrode 5 as the induction electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriko Temporin, Shohgo Yukawa, Makoto Kitahira, Shigeyuki Harada
  • Publication number: 20150233205
    Abstract: The disclosure teaches a method of sealing fractures in a wellbore wherein the steps comprise pumping a first sealing fluid into a wellbore under pressure, monitoring the hydraulic pressure of the sealing fluid in the wellbore for an indicator of seal initialization, stopping the pumping of fluid into the wellbore, monitoring the hydraulic pressure of the sealing fluid in the wellbore, and pumping a second sealing fluid into the wellbore. The disclosure also includes the method wherein the concentration of sealing materials in the first fluid is greater than the concentration of sealing materials in the second fluid and the method wherein the first sealing fluid contains a higher concentration of larger diameter sealing materials than the second sealing fluid. The disclosure also includes a method wherein the pumping rate change between the first pumping of sealing fluid and the pumping of the second sealing fluid. The first and second sealing fluids can be the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP-ROCK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Hong Wang
  • Publication number: 20150234117
    Abstract: A light source device is equipped with a light source, a light guide plate into which enters light emitted by the light source through end faces of the light guide plate, and clearance adjustment parts for adjusting the clearance between the light source and the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kentaro Kamada
  • Publication number: 20150237291
    Abstract: Provided are a mounting member which may be fixed to a substrate with a simple structure without using a solder, and easily mount the substrate to another member having a simple structure, while maintaining stable fixation to the substrate, a display device including the mounting member, and a television receiver including the display device. The mounting member includes a first abutting plate part formed in a square flat shape, a side abutting plate part connected to the first abutting plate part at a right angle, and a second abutting plate part connected to the side abutting plate part at a right angle. The mounting member is mounted so as to pinch a portion of an edge part of the substrate. The other member abuts the first abutting plate part, and a screw is inserted into a screw insertion hole of the other member, the screw insertion hole of the first abutting plate part, and the screw insertion hole of the substrate, and screwed to a female thread such that the substrate is mounted to the other member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaroh Ohki, Tsuyoshi Ohshima
  • Publication number: 20150237651
    Abstract: A wireless communication system is provided in which a plurality of MTC devices can connect to a base station device efficiently. Each of MTC devices in group A that transmits data to the base station device using a predetermined application format is allocated first radio resource common in group A. The MTC device transmits an access request signal to the base station device using the first radio resource. The base station device receives the request signal from the MTC device. The base station device allocates second radio resource common in group A to the MTC device. The MTC device transmits data to the base station device using the second radio resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Nobusawa, Shuichi Takehana, Toshiaki Kameno, Hidenobu Fukumasa, Shusaku Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20150234249
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohzoh Nakamura, Eiji Satoh, Hisashi Watanabe, Takahiro Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20150237535
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile communication system in which a first base station included in a first access network initiatively performs a handover from the first base station to a second base station, the second base station determines the availability of the handover for each flow, and notifies the first base station of the determination result, the first base station transmits a flow for which the handover is determined to be possible to the second base station, and the second base station transmits the transmitted flow to a mobile station. Thus, in the handover of the mobile station in which data transmission is performed between the base stations in access systems, a handover destination access system determines a communication flow to be handed over and a communication flow to be handed over, and the switching and data transmission between the access networks are performed, based on the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masafumi Aramoto
  • Publication number: 20150232555
    Abstract: Antibodies which block binding of hPD-1 to hPD-L1 or hPD-L2 and their variable region sequences are disclosed. A method of increasing the activity (or reducing downmodulation) of an immune cell through the PD-1 pathway is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME B.V.
    Inventors: Gregory John Carven, Hans Van Eenenneem, Gradus Johannes Dulos
  • Publication number: 20150235343
    Abstract: A memory control device of the present invention comprises a determination section (34) for determining whether a time point of start of a writing operation falls within a risky period; and a delay control section (32) for delaying, in a case where the determination section (34) determines that the time point of the start of the writing operation falls within the risky period, a time point of the start of one of the writing operation and the reading operation which one is higher in operation rate, said one of the writing operation and the reading operation being delayed by a predetermined delay period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Junki Asai