Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Patent number: 9109771
    Abstract: A light projecting device of the present invention includes: a light source unit including (i) a laser element for emitting light, (ii) a light converging lens for converging the light emitted from the laser element, and (iii) a light emitting section for emitting light upon receipt of the light converged by the light converging lens; and a reflector for projecting light emitted from the light source unit. The light source unit is provided so as to be attached to or detached from a fixed part to which the light source unit is to be fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Takahashi, Shigetoshi Ito, Yoshiyuki Takahira
  • Patent number: 9111475
    Abstract: A display device includes first and second display pixels connected to a first source line, third and fourth display pixels connected to the second source line. The device further includes a receiver receiving display voltage for each display pixel, a calculator calculating first difference voltage between the display voltages of the first and second display pixels, and calculating a second difference voltage between the display voltages of the third and fourth display pixels. A parasitic capacitance is generated between the first display pixel and each source line and between the third display pixel and each source line. The display device further includes a generator correcting the first display voltage based on the first and second difference voltages and generating first write voltage for the first display pixel, and correcting the third display voltage based on the second difference voltage and generating third write voltage for the third display pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshikazu Tsuchiya, Masae Kitayama, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh
  • Patent number: 9113157
    Abstract: The display device includes: a display unit configured to display a combined image formed by dividing a plurality of different images into divided images and arranging the divided images in a predetermined order; a separating unit configured to separate the plurality of images included in the combined image; and a correcting unit configured to correct the gray scale data of a pixel that displays one of the plurality of images included in the combined image that the viewer is supposed to see, wherein the correcting unit includes: a shift amount generating unit configured to generate a shift amount used to adjust the gray scale data of each pixel that displays one of the plurality of images included in the combined image; and a determining unit configured to determine a correction amount used to correct the gray scale data using the shift amount generated by the shift amount generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Sone, Noriyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9108937
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 5-substituted 1,3-dihydro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole 2,2-dioxide and 1,3-dihydro[1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4-b]pyridine 2,2,-dioxide derivatives which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, particularly the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Mark E. Layton, Michael J. Kelly, Timothy J. Hartingh
  • Patent number: 9111553
    Abstract: The reliability of a super-resolution optical information recording medium whose capacity can be increased is increased. On an optical information recording medium (11) according to the present invention, a content is recorded as a pit group formed such that an average length Tm [nm] of a minimum mark length and a minimum space length becomes shorter than an optical system resolution limit, and reading speed information designating a reading speed in a range from 2×(4.92×Tm/149) [m/s] to less than (10000/60)×2×?×(24/1000) [m/s] is recorded as a reading speed for reproducing the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideharu Tajima, Atsushi Etoh, Go Mori, Masaki Yamamoto, Tetsuya Hayashi, Toshihiko Sakai, Hirohisa Yamada, Takayuki Naka
  • Patent number: 9111493
    Abstract: A direct-viewing type display device (100) includes: first and second display panels (10a, 20a); and a joint region (10Jab) containing a linking portion (10ab) which links together the first frame region (10aF) and the second frame region (10bF) and containing the first and second frame regions (10aF, 10bF). The first display region (10aD) of the first display panel (10a) has a first peripheral display region (10aDPa) which adjoins the first frame region (10aF) and a first middle display region (10aDC) which adjoins the first peripheral display region (10aDPa). Each region has a plurality of unit-regions, and an average luminance LPa of a plurality of first peripheral unit-display regions (10aDPa-UA) contained in the first peripheral display region (10aDPa) is higher than an average luminance LCa of a plurality of first middle unit-display regions (10aDC-UA) contained in the first middle display region (10aDC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisashi Watanabe, Kenji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20150226394
    Abstract: A lighting film 1 includes a base member 10 which has light-transmitting properties, a plurality of protrusion portions 11 which have light-transmitting properties and are formed on one surface of the base member 10 so as to be adjacent to each other, and a gap portion 12 which is formed between the protrusion portions. In the protrusion portion 11, a first end surface 11a on the base member 10 side or a second end surface 11b on an opposite side to the base member 10 is configured as a light incidence end surface, and a side surface 11c which comes into contact with the gap portion 12 is configured as a reflective surface of totally reflecting light which is incident from the light incidence end surface. The base member 10 or a member that is formed on one surface of the base member 10 and has light-transmitting properties is exposed in the gap portion 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shun Ueki, Tomoko Nangou, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kazuyoshi Sakuragi, Masahiro Tsujimoto
  • Publication number: 20150226911
    Abstract: LED light source substrates (140) in an edge-light type surface light source device are disposed with a light guide plate interposed therebetween. A length of each of the LED light source substrates is shorter than a length of a plane of incidence of the light guide plate. The chromaticity of light from a central part (141) is uniform, and the chromaticity of light from ends (142) is more shifted toward blue than the chromaticity of light from the central part (141).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamashita, Kohji Sakai
  • Publication number: 20150227259
    Abstract: An effect of an error factor due to a leakage current via an off resistance when a switch is disposed on the input side of an amplifier is reduced to enable correct detection of a change in capacitance of electrostatic capacitance more accurately. In a touch panel controller 20 for detecting a touched position on a screen by detecting a capacitance value after amplifying the capacitance value of electrostatic capacitance C between the drive lines and sense lines with an amplifier 3, the. touch panel controller 20 has at least two switching means SWA and SWB connected in series and a predetermined voltage applying section Vcom for outputting a predetermined voltage to a node between the two switching means SWA and SWB through a switching means SWC when the two switching means SWA and SWB are in an off state between an input end of the amplifier 3 and the sense line SL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mutsumi Hamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20150224722
    Abstract: An annealing method according to the present invention is an annealing method of annealing a molded body (1) which is molded from a molding material in a molding step, and the method includes the steps of: (I) releasing stress from the molded body (1) by heating the molded body (1); and (II) correcting a warp of the molded body (1), by simultaneously heating the molded body (1) and applying a load to the molded body (1). This achieves an annealing method which makes it possible to obtain a molded body that is free from residual stress and distortion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Hirano, Hiroyuki Hanato, Takahiro Nakahashi
  • Publication number: 20150228675
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display capable of enhancing moisture resistance and resist applicability while suppressing alignment disorder of liquid crystal molecules. The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including: an organic insulating film; a transparent electrode arranged on the organic insulating film; and an interlayer insulating film arranged on the transparent electrode, the transparent electrode including a plasma-treated surface, the organic insulating film being shaved vertically from an end portion of the transparent electrode, and thereby including a step portion under the end portion, the transparent electrode not laterally protruding from the step portion, the step portion having a height of 20 nm or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yudai Takanishi, Tetsuo Kikuchi, Yoshihito Hara
  • Publication number: 20150228236
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device as a display device is provided with the following: a driver circuit chip that outputs a driving signal for controlling the display on a liquid crystal display unit; and wiring for supplying the driving signal to the liquid crystal display unit. The driver circuit chip and the wiring are formed directly on a substrate of the liquid crystal display unit and, on the substrate, are simultaneously covered by a single insulating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150226974
    Abstract: In the case of plural viewers viewing the 3D image, it is difficult to implement the display condition requested by the individual viewer without the viewer's burden for manipulating to change to the image requested by the viewer. A stereoscopic-image display apparatus is provided with a viewer detecting unit that identifies the viewer, and a viewer/stereoscopic eyewear database that stores and manages individual data for each of the viewers and stereoscopic eyewears. The stereoscopic-image display apparatus automatically instructs the stereoscopic eyewear utilized by the viewer to implement the display condition requested by the viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HORIUCHI, Yoshinori SEKI
  • Publication number: 20150226997
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is equipped with: LEDs; a liquid crystal panel; printed boards; flexible substrates; a housing member; an outer frame having a panel pressing section and a side wall; and mounting members mounted on the side wall in a rotatable manner that mount the printed boards to the housing member. The mounting member is rotatable between a first position, where the printed board are locked, and a second position, where the mounting member is fixed to a surface of the housing member that is on a side opposite to a liquid crystal panel by rotating the mounting member from the first position against the side wall by bending the flexible substrates while the printed board is kept in a locked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masatoshi Tomomasa
  • Publication number: 20150226400
    Abstract: The invention provides a light-emitting device for use in a backlight unit of a display apparatus including a display panel, which is capable of applying light to an illumination object with uniformity in brightness in the planar direction of the illumination object and can be made lower in profile, as well as an illuminating apparatus and a display apparatus including the light-emitting device. A backlight unit (1) is provided with a printed circuit board (12), a plurality of light-emitting portions (111) disposed on the printed circuit board (12) and having a base support (111b), an LED chip (111a) and a lens (112), and a reflective member (118) disposed around each light-emitting portion (111) and having a first reflecting member (1131) and a second reflecting member (1132).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takasumi Wada, Yasuhiro Ono, Makoto Masuda, Kenzo Ohkubo, Nobuhiro Shirai
  • Publication number: 20150225365
    Abstract: This invention relates to indo line compounds of the structural formula I, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the variables are defined herein. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts as well as potentially to methods for the treatment amelioration or prevention of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicants: ElexoPharm GmbH, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Edward Metzger, Lina Yin, Rolf Hartmann, Qingzhong Hu, Ralf Heim, Christina Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20150226995
    Abstract: In a display device (S), in which an IC chip (30), which has an output and an input bump group (31G, 33G), is mounted onto a display panel (10) via an ACF (34), and a total area of end surfaces (31s) of output bumps (31) that form the output bump group (31G) is larger than a total area of end surfaces (33s) of input bumps (33) that form the input bump group (33G), a concentration of conductive particles (37) in a portion (35a) of the ACF (34) corresponding to the output bump group (31G) is lower than a concentration of conductive particles (37) in a portion (35b) of the ACF (34) corresponding to the input bump group (33G).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiji Aota
  • Publication number: 20150226961
    Abstract: The present invention provides a moth-eye film that is not likely to cause condensation on the surface. A moth-eye film including: a resin composition that, when formed into a flat film, has a contact angle with water of larger than 5° but smaller than 31.3°, the contact angle measured between a surface of the flat film and a droplet of water dropped onto the surface of the flat film, after 100 msec from contact of the droplet and the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Minoura, Akinobu Isurugi, Tomoko Teranishi, Eiji Satoh
  • Publication number: 20150226996
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: an LED; an LED substrate having the LED disposed on a plate surface thereof; a liquid crystal panel that uses light from the LED to perform display; a light guide plate having a front face that is a light exiting surface, a back face that is a reverse surface, and two side faces that are light receiving faces; a chassis disposed on the reverse surface side of the light guide plate; a frame disposed on a display surface side of the liquid crystal panel; and a clamping member that holds the LED substrate, that sandwiches a periphery of the light guide plate, the periphery being located beside the light receiving face in the thickness direction of the light guide plate, and that covers at least the liquid crystal panel side of the LED. The clamping member, by being supported at least by the frame, aligns the light guide plate against the frame in the direction of the plate surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mamoru Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20150229462
    Abstract: A wireless communication system to which carrier aggregation is applied performs effective traffic adaptation. In a terminal device which communicates with a base station device using two serving cells including one primary cell and one secondary cell, in a case that a UL-DL configuration for the primary cell is different from a first downlink reference UL-DL configuration for the secondary cell and the serving cell is the secondary cell, a second downlink reference UL-DL configuration for the serving cell is set on the basis of a pair which is formed by the UL-DL configuration for the primary cell and the first downlink reference UL-DL configuration for the serving cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Kazunari Yokomakura