Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Patent number: 9030427
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel that has a touch sensor function, that is thin, and that has high flexibility. A plurality of sub-pixel electrodes (46) arranged in matrix and a counter electrode (35) are opposed to each other, and a pair of flexible substrates (21, 31) are opposed to each other, with the sub-pixel electrodes (46) and the counter electrode (35) being interposed therebetween. A desired display is carried out by controlling respective potentials of the plurality of sub-pixel electrodes with respect to the counter electrode. A pressure-sensitive conductive resin (48) whose electric resistance varies with a compressive force applied thereto is provided between the pair of flexible substrates. A change in a distance between the pair of flexible substrates that occurs according to a pressure applied to one of the pair of flexible substrates is detected based on a value of an electric current flowing through the pressure-sensitive conductive resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takuto Yasumatsu
  • Patent number: 9030423
    Abstract: An operation instructing device includes a display unit that displays an image and a detecting unit that detects a touched position and thereby specifies a corresponding position of an image displayed on the display unit. While an image is displayed on the display unit, if the detecting unit detects that at least two points A and B are touched in a portion of the detecting unit corresponding to the image, assuming that the image is formed on a sheet of recording paper, a distance between two points of the image formed on the sheet of recording paper corresponding to the two touched points is calculated and displayed on a display panel. Thus, an error in operation instruction such as enlargement and reduction can be reduced, and hence, wasteful consumption of ink and recording paper can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryoh Hamada
  • Patent number: 9029209
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate (1) includes at least the steps of: forming a gate electrode (15) on an insulating substrate (10) by using a first photomask; forming a channel protective film (21) on an oxide semiconductor layer (13) so as to cover a channel region (C) by using a second photomask; forming a source electrode (19) on the oxide semiconductor layer (13) by using a third photomask; and forming a planarizing film (18) on an interlayer insulating film (17) by using a fourth photomask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsunobu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9029830
    Abstract: A group III nitride-based light emitting device includes an n-type group III nitride-based semiconductor layer, a p-type group III nitride-based semiconductor layer, and a group III nitride-based active region between the p-type semiconductor layer and the n-type semiconductor layer. The active region includes a plurality of sequentially stacked group III nitride-based quantum well layers interspersed with barrier layers. A plurality of the barrier layers have a variation in composition of a first element along a growth direction within a thickness of each of the plurality of barrier layers, and the variation in composition of the first element has at least one minimum and a position of the minimum varies in the plurality of barrier layers. The first element may be indium or aluminum, and the number of barrier layers including the composition variation may be at least three barrier layers. The composition variation may vary linearly or non-linearly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mathieu Xavier Sénès, Valerie Berryman-Bousquet
  • Patent number: 9031045
    Abstract: A mobile station device set to communicate with a base station device over a plurality of subframes using a plurality of cells is provided. When ACK/NACK for reception of data transmitted from the base station device is to be transmitted to the base station device using a PUCCH and the PUCCH is set to select one resource from a plurality of PUCCH candidate resources to transmit with prescribed transmit power using the selected resource, the mobile station device determines a parameter value related to prescribed transmit power in accordance with the number of cells used for data communication in the plurality of subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daiichiro Nakashima, Shoichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9029072
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display manufacturing method that is capable of improving the aperture ratio while suppressing unevenness in the display. The present invention is a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display provided with an array substrate including an insulating layer, a source bus line and a pixel electrode, in which the source bus line and pixel electrode are provided on the insulating layer, and the source bus line includes a lower layer and an upper layer layered onto the lower layer. This manufacturing method includes a first photolithography step for using a first photomask to pattern the first conductive film, and, after the first photolithography step, a second photolithography step for using a second photomask to pattern at least a second conductive film and forming the source bus line and the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hijiri Nakahara
  • Patent number: 9029884
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes a conductive substrate, a first metal layer, a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an emission layer, and a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer in this order. The nitride semiconductor light emitting device additionally has an insulating layer covering at least side surfaces of the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, the emission layer and the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer. A method of manufacturing the same is provided. The nitride semiconductor light emitting device may further include a second metal layer. Thus, a reliable nitride semiconductor light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided in which short-circuit at the PN junction portion and current leak is reduced as compared with the conventional examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mayuko Fudeta, Atsuo Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 9029377
    Abstract: Cyclohexyl sulfonamide compounds which are platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptor antagonists. Said compounds may be useful, for example, for the treatment of atherosclerosis or other PAF-mediated disorders, including inflammatory, cardiovascular, and immune disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Anthony Ogawa, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Lin Chu, Bing Li, Lan Wei, Jinyou Xu, Hyun Ok, Aaron Lackner, Ihor Kopka
  • Patent number: 9030703
    Abstract: When print data transmitted by a PC is accumulated in a printing server, the printing server creates display data for displaying on the PC an image based on the print data and an image corresponding to an advertisement image to be added to the image, and transmits the display data to the PC. When print data is created so that an image is printed on only the front side of a recording paper, image data is created so that an advertisement image is printed on the reverse side of the recording paper. The PC previews an image on the surface and an image on the reverse side based on the received display data on an LCD of a display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Mizoguchi, Shinichiro Ohashi
  • Patent number: 9029362
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain iminothiadiazine dioxide compounds, including compounds Formula (I): and include stereoisomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds stereoisomers, wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R9, ring A, ring B, m, n, p, -L1-, -L2-, and -L3- is selected independently and as defined herein. The novel iminothiadiazine dioxide compounds of the invention have surprisingly been found to exhibit properties which are expected to render them advantageous as BACE inhibitors and/or for the treatment and prevention of various pathologies related to ?-amyloid (“A?”) production. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other active agents), and methods for their preparation and use in treating pathologies associated with amyloid beta (A?) protein, including Alzheimer's disease, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jack D. Scott, Andrew W. Stamford, Eric J. Gilbert, Jared N. Cumming
  • Patent number: 9028106
    Abstract: A headlamp disclosed includes: a laser diode for emitting a laser beam; a light emitting section including a fluorescent material which emits light in response to excitation light emitted from the laser diode; a light-transmitting heat conducting member which is provided so as to face a laser beam irradiation surface of the light emitting section and receive heat of the light emitting section; and an adhesive layer filling a gap between the heat conducting member and the laser beam irradiation surface. This arrangement improves efficiency of the heat conducting member in absorbing the heat of the light emitting section, and consequently cools the light emitting section efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Hidenori Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 9031002
    Abstract: An evolved Node B (eNB) for sending feedback information is described. The eNB includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The eNB determines configuration parameters related to an Enhanced Physical Hybrid-Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) Indicator Channel (EPHICH). The eNB also sends a configuration signal based on the configuration parameters. The eNB additionally receives data in a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH). The eNB further sends Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information based on the configuration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmad Khoshnevis, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 9030114
    Abstract: An LED drive circuit of the present invention carries out, by use of a DC-to-DC converter, light control of an LED. The light control is carried out, in a region where a light control level is equal to or greater than a certain light control level, by a DC light control method for adjusting a pulse height of an LED drive current. The light control is carried out, in a region where a light control level is equal to or less than the certain light control level, by a PDM light control method for adjusting an off period of oscillation of the DC-to-DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kohzaburoh Murakami
  • Patent number: 9030237
    Abstract: A transistor circuit includes at least one transistor, wherein at least part of a connecting portion that connects the transistor (Tr1) and a power supply line (33) is formed from a material of which a channel of the transistor (Tr1) is made. This configuration reduces a circuit area of the transistor circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Hachida, Yasushi Sasaki, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Etsuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9029364
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 2,5-disubstituted thiomorpholine amide compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the 2,5-disubstituted thiomorpholine amide compounds described herein in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Christina Di Marco
  • Patent number: 9029691
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solar-cell-integrated gas production device that can generate a first gas and a second gas by utilizing an electromotive force of a solar cell, and that can supply power to an external circuit by utilizing the same solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Yoshida, Masaki Kaga, Shunsuke Sata
  • Patent number: 9030441
    Abstract: Provided is a touch panel system (1) capable of reliably removing a wide variety of noises. The touch panel system (1) includes a main sensor (31) which detects a touch operation, a sub sensor (32) which does not detect a touch operation but detects a noise component, and a subtracting section (41) which subtracts, from an output signal of the main sensor (31), an output signal of the sub sensor (32). The subtracting section (41) performs a subtracting operation to remove a noise component from the output signal of the main sensor (31), thereby extracting a signal derived from the touch operation itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Yumoto, Masayuki Miyamoto, Shinichi Yoshida, Kengo Takahama
  • Patent number: 9031090
    Abstract: An evolved Node B (eNB) for sending feedback information is described. The eNB includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The eNB determines configuration parameters related to an Enhanced Physical Hybrid-Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) Indicator Channel (EPHICH). The eNB also sends an uplink grant and an associated EPHICH resource indicator based on the configuration parameters. The eNB additionally receives data in a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH). The eNB further sends Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information based on the configuration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmad Khoshnevis, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 9030168
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a DC/DC convertor (5) that performs DC/DC conversion on an output voltage of a direct-current power supply (for example, a solar battery module (1)); and a DC/AC invertor (6) that performs DC/AC conversion on an output voltage of the DC/DC convertor (5). The output power of the DC/AC invertor (6) is controlled such that the charge and discharge of a storage device (for example, a storage battery (3)) connected to a connection point between an output end of the DC/DC convertor (5) and an input end of the DC/AC invertor (6) are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Iwai, Yukihiro Shimizu, Shunsuke Nishi, Masaki Eguchi
  • Patent number: 9030679
    Abstract: An operation unit of an image forming apparatus having a plurality of operation modes, allowing accurate and easy input by the user requesting switching of display to a screen image allowing selection of an operation mode, includes: a pilot lamp, a touch-panel display, and hardware keys including a power key, an energy-saving key and a home key. The home key that switches the display on the touch-panel display to an operation mode selecting screen image (home screen image) when pressed is provided closer to the touch-panel display than other hardware buttons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mayuko Yoshida, Shinsaku Tohki