Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Semiconductor device, fabrication method for the same, and display apparatus
    Patent number: 9023685
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor layer, a plurality of electrode portions each overlapping the semiconductor layer, and an insulating film placed between the plurality of electrode portions to lie on the semiconductor layer is fabricated. The fabrication method includes the steps of: forming an oxide semiconductor layer part of which is covered with the insulating film; forming a conductive material layer to cover the oxide semiconductor layer and the insulating film; forming the plurality of electrode portions from the conductive material layer by photolithography and plasma dry etching, to expose part of the oxide semiconductor layer from the plurality of electrode portions and the insulating film; and removing the part of the oxide semiconductor layer exposed from the plurality of electrode portions and the insulating film to form the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsunobu Miyamoto
  • Image display device, panel and panel manufacturing method
    Patent number: 9024936
    Abstract: Provided are an image display device in which a desired number of panels are combined so that a large light-emitting surface is realized, a panel provided in the image display device, and a method for manufacturing the panel. For this purpose, a panel (11) of the present invention includes a rectangular light-emitting section (13); a substrate (12) having a flat surface (12a?) on which the rectangular light-emitting section (13) is provided and a curved adjacent surface (12b?) that is adjacent to one of edge portions of the flat surface which extend along long sides of the rectangular light-emitting section (13); and a terminal group that is drawn out from a long side of the rectangular light-emitting section (13) and that is disposed in the adjacent surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidenori Ogata, Yuhki Kobayashi, Makoto Yamada, Ken Okamoto, Yoshimasa Fujita, Katsumi Kondoh
  • Inhibitors of catechol O-methyl transferase and their use in the treatment of psychotic disorders
    Patent number: 9024032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4-pyridinone compounds which are inhibitors of catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT), and are useful in the treatment and prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which COMT enzyme is involved. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which COMT is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott Wolkenberg, James C. Barrow, Michael S. Poslusney, Scott T. Harrison, B. Wesley Trotter, James Mulhearn, Kausik K. Nanda, Peter J. Manley, Zhijian Zhao, Jeffrey W. Schubert, Nathan Kett, Amy Zartman
  • Antireflection film, method for manufacturing antireflection film, and display apparatus
    Patent number: 9025250
    Abstract: An antireflection film is provided in which a light scattering property is suppressed. The antireflection film includes, on a surface thereof, a moth-eye structure including a plurality of convex portions such that a width between vertices of adjacent convex portions is no greater than a wavelength of visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Minoura, Takao Imaoku, Akinobu Isurugi
  • Head-mounted display
    Patent number: 9024872
    Abstract: A mounting section (2) for a user to mount on his/her head includes an infrared light irradiation section (5) that irradiates an object to be detected (21) with a predetermined pattern of infrared light and an infrared light detection section (6) that detects the infrared light reflected by the object to be detected (21). The infrared light irradiation section (5) and the infrared light detection section (6) are placed at a predetermined distance from each other. The three-dimensional coordinates of the object to be detected (21) are computed from a predetermined pattern of reflection from the object to be detected (21) as obtained by the infrared light detection section (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kengo Takahama
  • Liquid crystal display device and driving method of a liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 9024854
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a gate driver, a source driver and a common driver. An input video signal is stored in a line memory and a gray scale with which an applied voltage becomes highest is detected from data corresponding to 1 line among the signal. A common electrode is driven by a common voltage being reduced in accordance with the gray scale and having a low effective value. The driver is driven by an output controlled in accordance with the voltage thus reduced. A voltage applied to a common electrode is set by using a LUT and a common voltage is set by using a LUT. It is therefore possible to provide a liquid crystal display device and a method of driving the liquid crystal display device, each of which can reduce power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Nakata, Masaki Uehata
  • Indole derivatives as CRTH2 receptor antagonists
    Patent number: 9023864
    Abstract: Compound of formula I are antagonists of the PGD2 receptor, CRTH2, and as such are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of CRTH2-mediated diseases such as asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Berthelette, Michael Boyd, John Colucci, Karine Villeneuve, Joey L. Methot
  • ARQ system with status and packet acknowledgement
    Patent number: 9025548
    Abstract: A communication system comprises a downlink indicator channel (DL1) for the transmission of a indicator signal (302) indicating that a data packet (202) is scheduled to be transmitted on a downlink data channel (DLz) from a primary station to a secondary station. In operation, on detection of the indicator signal, the secondary station transmits a status signal, for example a negative acknowledgement signal (204), on an uplink channel (UL) to the primary station immediately before transmission of a positive (206) or negative acknowledgement signal to indicate the status of the received data packet. By providing the primary station with two chances to detect the case where the secondary station fails to detect the indicator signal, peak power requirements of the uplink channel can be reduced, thereby reducing system interference levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V., Sharp Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy J. Moulsley
  • Display device, and display method
    Patent number: 9024861
    Abstract: A display device of the present invention includes (i) a BL control parameter calculating section (224) for calculating a BL control parameter on the basis of an input image, (ii) a BL luminance control signal generating block (230) for generating a BL luminance control signal on the basis of the BL control parameter and (iii) an output section (225) for supplying, to the BL luminance control signal generating block (230), a BL control parameter that has been calculated by the BL control parameter calculating section (224) immediately before a suspension time period during which a display controlling section is being suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohzoh Takahashi, Toshihiro Yanagi, Taketoshi Nakano, Asahi Yamato
  • Anti-ILT5 antibodies and ILT5-binding antibody fragments
    Patent number: 9023997
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are antibodies and ILT5-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to ILT5, e.g., human ILT5 (hILT5), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such ILT5-binding antibodies and ILT5-binding fragments thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Irina Apostolou, Paul Ponath, Joe Ponte, Michael Rosenzweig
  • Operation console enabling appropriate selection of operational mode by the user, electronic device and image processing apparatus provided with the operation console, and method of displaying information on the operation console
    Patent number: 9024888
    Abstract: In order to enable appropriate selection of one operational mode from a plurality of operational modes by the user, on a home screen image allowing selection of an operational mode of an image forming apparatus, displayed are: an icon for selecting a copy mode related to image formation at the center; an icon for selecting a FAX mode with priority as a frequently selected mode related to image transmission; and icons allowing direct selection of other operational modes related to image transmission. On a condition setting screen image of a mode related to image transmission, a software button or buttons allowing transition to another mode related to image transmission are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fukumoto, Naohiro Ando
  • Image displaying method and image displaying apparatus
    Patent number: 9024852
    Abstract: An image displaying apparatus divides 1 frame into plural sub-frame periods, and modifies the image signals in which a region denoted by an image signal ? or an image signal close to the image signal ? and a region of another image signal ? or an image signal close to the image signal ? are adjacent to each other. The image displaying apparatus carries out display, in at least one sub-frames period A, with a modified image signal so that the difference with the image signal of the other region becomes smaller, and in at least one other sub-frames period B, with a modified image signal so that the difference with the image signal of the other region becomes more significant, in the vicinity of the boundary between the region of the image signal ? and the region of the image signal ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Ishihara
  • Simulated sunlight irradiation apparatus
    Patent number: 9022589
    Abstract: A simulated sunlight irradiation apparatus (100) has transmittance adjustment members (13a and 13b) provided above an irradiation surface of a light guide plate (10) and in the vicinity of either incident face of the light guide plate (10) on which simulated sunlight is incident. The transmittance adjustment members (13a and 13b) adjust the transmittance of light in a portion of a wavelength band of simulated sunlight that is emitted from the irradiation surface of the light guide plate (10), thus bringing about improvement in spectral coincidence of the simulated sunlight. This provides a simulated sunlight irradiation apparatus that can radiate simulated sunlight with high spectral coincidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kohji Minami
  • Organic semiconductor transistor with epoxy-based organic resin planarization layer
    Patent number: 9023683
    Abstract: A method is provided for forming an epoxy-based planarization layer overlying an organic semiconductor (OSC) film. Generally, the method forms a fluoropolymer passivation layer overlying the OSC layer. A photopatternable adhesion layer is formed overlying the fluoropolymer passivation layer, and patterned. A photopatternable planarization layer, comprising an epoxy-based organic resin, is formed overlying the photopatternable adhesion layer and patterned to expose the fluoropolymer passivation layer. Then, the fluoropolymer passivation layer is plasma etched to expose the OSC layer. More explicitly, the method can be used to fabricate a bottom gate or top gate organic thin-film transistor (OTFT). Top gate and bottom gate OTFT devices are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Nishimura, Lisa Stecker, Themistokles Afentakis, Kurt Ulmer
  • Signal processing circuit, inverter circuit, buffer circuit, driver circuit, level shifter, and display device
    Patent number: 9024681
    Abstract: A signal processing circuit of the present invention includes: first and second input terminals; an output terminal; a bootstrap capacitor; a first output section connected to the second input terminal and the output terminal; a second output section connected to the first input terminal, a first power source, and the output terminal; an electric charge control section for controlling the electric charge of the bootstrap capacitor, the electric charge control section being connected to the first input terminal; and a resistor having (i) a first end connected to the output terminal and (ii) a second end connected to a second power source. This arrangement allows the signal processing circuit to maintain an output potential even after a bootstrap effect has worn off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuhichiroh Murakami, Yasushi Sasaki, Etsuo Yamamoto
  • Eyeglasses-type wireless communications apparatus
    Patent number: 9024830
    Abstract: An eyeglasses-type wireless communications device includes: left and right eyepiece sections; pads; endpieces; temples; and an antenna element for carrying out wireless communications, and the antenna element is disposed in a region along an outer edge(s) of the right eyepiece section and/or the left eyepiece section, the region including corresponding one(s) of the endpieces but excluding connecting parts of the eyepiece sections which parts are connected to the respectively corresponding pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Okajima, Tomofumi Katayama
  • Wireless communication system
    Patent number: 9025528
    Abstract: A wireless communication system that includes a base station and one or more terminals carries out wireless data communication by use of a first frequency band. The wireless communication system includes a wireless access system that employs a CSMA/CA and/or TDMA/TDD system as the wireless access system of the wireless communication system and a control signal at the first frequency band is periodically broadcasts from the base station, where the control signal includes a control information configured to manage wireless data transmission by the one or more terminals. In addition to the first frequency band, one or more frequency bands different from the first frequency band for the wireless data transmission by the one or more terminals can be allocate by the base station, where the control signal at the first frequency band indicate the location of the one or more frequency bands which can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Minoru Kosaka
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9025985
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus determines the amount of cleaning toner that is supplied to each of an intermediate transfer belt 31 and a secondary transfer belt 42 based on the number of sheets that have been fed with the pick-up side of the sheet opposed to the intermediate transfer belt 31 and the number of sheets that have been fed with the pick-up side of the sheet opposed to the secondary transfer belt 42; integrally forms on the intermediate transfer belt 31 cleaning toner images that are supplied to each of the intermediate transfer belt 31 and the secondary transfer belt 42; and switches the application and the stop application of the transfer voltage for transferring the toner image from the intermediate transfer belt 31 to the secondary transfer roller 41 at a timing corresponding to the determined amount of toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ginga Nakamura, Susumu Murakami, Toshiki Takiguchi
  • SPEAKING CONTROL METHOD, SERVER, SPEAKING DEVICE, SPEAKING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150120304
    Abstract: A speaking control method including a switching step of switching between answer options for an answer to a user in a case where a sound level of target audio data falls within a first predetermined sound-level range, the answer options being associated with a case where audio data content indicated by the target audio data is recognized and a case where the audio data content is not recognized, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasunori YAMASHITA, Masafumi HIRATA, Hideaki KIZUKI, Makoto SHINKAI
  • DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150116630
    Abstract: A display device is provided with: a display panel; a housing which has a first case member that is provided with a supporting portion for supporting the display panel and is formed of a metal material and a second case member that is provided with a facing part facing the supporting portion and is formed of a metal material; a position fixing protrusion that is formed on the facing part so as to protrude toward the supporting part and so as to position the display panel with respect to the case; and an opening which is formed in the supporting portion and through which the position fixing protrusion is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Isobe