Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitors
    Patent number: 8865707
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. In the compounds of Formula (I), A1 is a cyclic group, and B is a cyclic group which is attached to the heterocyclic ring directly or through a methylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Peter J. Sinclair, Gayle E. Taylor
  • Pixel circuit and display device
    Patent number: 8866802
    Abstract: A display device which realizes a multi-gradation constant display with low power consumption is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu Yamauchi
  • Spiropyrrolidine beta-secretase inhibitors for the treatment of alzheimer'S disease
    Patent number: 8865701
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to spiropyrrolidine compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the treatment of such diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kun Liu, Shawn J. Stachel, Craig A. Coburn, Thomas G. Steele, Richard Soll, Hao Wu, Xuanjin Peng, Yaxian Cai, Xiaoxiang Du, Jian Li
  • Functional element and manufacturing method of same
    Patent number: 8866153
    Abstract: Provided is a functional element which is obtained by forming a lamination film on a substrate and then dividing the substrate and the lamination film into a desired shape. The functional element has a hexagonal substrate, a lamination film formed on a C surface of the substrate, and a plurality of divided surfaces which are exposed by dividing the substrate into quadrilaterals. At least one line of division lines in the case of dividing the substrate into quadrilaterals is perpendicular to any one of equivalent directions of [1-100], [?1010], and [01-01] of the substrate from a [0001] direction of the substrate, and the divided surfaces formed by the division lines are inclined in a direction of other divided surfaces to which at least a part thereof is opposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Urata, Masahiro Araki, Takaaki Utsumi, Masahiro Shiota
  • Optical element module and manufacturing method thereof, electronic element module and manufacturing method thereof, and electronic information device
    Patent number: 8866949
    Abstract: An optical element module according to the present invention is provided, in which: a plurality of optical elements are housed within a light shielding holder; a metal light shielding plate is interposed at least between respective planarized surfaces of a spacer section of an upper optical element and a spacer section of a lower optical element; the light shielding plate includes an opening formed at a position corresponding to an optical surface of the optical element; and the light shielding plate includes a cut section, which is formed by cutting a part of a peripheral edge of the light shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Yano, Hideyuki Kurimoto
  • Memory device and liquid crystal display device equipped with memory device
    Patent number: 8866719
    Abstract: A transistor (N1) has a gate terminal connected to a word line (Xi(1)) and a first conduction terminal connected to a bit line (Yj). A transistor (N2) has a gate terminal connected to the word line (Xi(2)) and a first conduction terminal connected to a node (PIX). A transistor (N3) has a gate terminal connected to a node (MRY) and a first conduction terminal connected to the word line (Xi(2)). A transistor (N4) has a gate terminal connected to the word line (Xi(3)), a first conduction terminal connected to a second conduction terminal of the transistor (N3), and a second conduction terminal connected to the node (PIX). Capacitors (Ca1), (Cb1), (Cap1) are formed between the node (PIX) and a reference electric potential wire (RL1), between the node (MRY) and the reference electric potential wire (RL1), and between the first conduction terminal of the transistor (N3) and the node (MRY), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Nishi, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Shige Furuta, Yasushi Sasaki, Seijirou Gyouten
  • Method for judging toner shortage and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8867934
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus carries out a monitoring operation in which (i) sensor outputs of the magnetic permeability sensor are periodically sampled, (ii) a time period, corresponding to one (1) circulation period which is required for the developer to be circulated once in the circulation carrying path, is evenly divided into a plurality of blocks, and (iii) an average of the sensor outputs in one (1) block time period corresponding to one (1) block is calculated for each of the plurality of blocks; and determines that toner has run short, in a case where the number of times that the averages of the sensor outputs consecutively exceed a threshold, set to be higher than a reference value of the sensor outputs, becomes not less than the number of the plurality of blocks which correspond to the time period corresponding to one (1) circulation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motoyuki Itoyama, Kazuma Hinoue, Hideji Saikoh
  • Oxide semiconductor, thin film transistor array substrate and production method thereof, and display device
    Patent number: 8865516
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oxide semiconductor capable of achieving a thin film transistor having stable transistor characteristics, a thin film transistor having a channel layer formed of the oxide semiconductor and a production method thereof, and a display device equipped with the thin film transistor. The oxide semiconductor of the present invention is an oxide semiconductor for a thin film transistor. The oxide semiconductor includes indium, gallium, zinc, and oxygen as constituent atoms, and the oxygen content of the oxide semiconductor is 87% to 95% of the stoichiometric condition set as 100%, in terms of atomic units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Ohta, Go Mori, Hirohiko Nishiki, Yoshimasa Chikama, Tetsuya Aita, Masahiko Suzuki, Okifumi Nakagawa, Michiko Takei, Yoshiyuki Harumoto, Takeshi Hara
  • Display device, method for driving same, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 8866783
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display element for displaying an image on a screen; and driving means for driving the display element so that a scan mode for carrying out scanning and a pause mode for pausing the scanning are alternately repeated. The driving means drives, by transmitting a pause and drive control signal to the display element, the display element so that scanning of a single frame is carried out by going through the scan mode twice and the pause mode twice. During the pause mode, the driving means outputs, to a touch panel, a detection command signal which commands that detection be carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohji Saitoh, Jun Nakata, Akizumi Fujioka, Masami Ozaki, Toshihiro Yanagi
  • Modified access classes for machine type communication (MTC) devices during emergencies
    Patent number: 8868743
    Abstract: A method for determining whether to attempt to attach to a network by a machine type communication (MTC) device is described. A triggering event is detected. A radio frame is received from a base station. The radio frame includes a current access class of the base station. The radio frame is the first radio frame to include the current access class after the triggering event. It is determined if the MTC device has access privileges to the base station. It is then decided whether to attempt to attach to a network based on if the MTC device has access privileges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenneth James Park
  • LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140307175
    Abstract: A lighting device 10 according to this invention includes a light guide plate 16, a reflection sheet 21, and a light source unit LU. The light guide plate 16 is a plate-like member and includes a light entrance surface 16c through which light enters and a light exit surface 16a through which the light in the light guide plate 16 from the light entrance surface 16c exits. The reflection sheet 21 is arranged such that a front surface 21a thereof is on a rear plate surface 16b of the light guide plate 16 and such that an end portion 211 of the reflection sheet 21 is located more to an outer side than the light entrance surface 16c. The light source unit LU includes a light source board 18, a plurality of light sources 17, and a connector 19A configured to relay an electric power supply to the light sources 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidekazu Oka
  • POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140306621
    Abstract: A power supply device is provided with the following: a rectifier circuit that rectifies an alternating voltage from an alternating current source; a booster circuit that boosts the voltage after rectification, and generates an input side voltage of a voltage conversion unit; the voltage conversion unit that outputs a voltage required for reducing the input side voltage and supplying the input side voltage to a light source; a voltage current detection unit that determines whether or not the light source is connected; and an output voltage control unit that, if it is determined that a first resistor and a second resistor, which are connected in parallel with respect to the light source, and the light source are not connected, controls the voltage of the first resistor so that the voltage is no more than a prescribed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryohhei Tada
  • TRANSITION METAL COMPLEX HAVING ALKOXY GROUP, ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING SAME, COLOR CONVERSION LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING SAME, LIGHT CONVERSION LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING SAME, ORGANIC LASER DIODE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING SAME, DYE LASER USING SAME, DISPLAY SYSTEM USING SAME, LIGHTING SYSTEM USING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT USING SAME
    Publication number: 20140306869
    Abstract: The transition metal complex is represented by Formula (1) [where M represents a transition metal element; K and L each represent a monodentate or bidentate ligand; m and o each represent an integer from 0 to 5; n represents an integer from 1 to 3; X, Y, R1, R2, and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or alkoxy; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryloxy, or alkoxy having two or more carbon atoms; and A represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or alkoxy].
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Fujita, Masahito Ohe, Makoto Yamada, Tetsuji Itoh, Ayataka Endo
  • ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL EQUIPPED WITH SAME
    Publication number: 20140307195
    Abstract: The present invention includes: switching elements (5) in respective sub-pixels (P); an interlayer insulating film covering the switching elements (5); a first transparent electrode (18a) on the interlayer insulating film, the first transparent electrode (18a) having openings (18c) for each sub-pixel (P); an inorganic insulating film covering the first transparent electrode (18a); and a plurality of second transparent electrodes (20a) on the inorganic insulating film, each of the second transparent electrodes (20a) being connected to one of the switching elements (5) through the respective openings (18c) in the first transparent electrode (18a). The respective second transparent electrodes (20a) have a line-and-space pattern (F) constituted of line-shaped line parts (L) and spaces (S), the spaces (S) not overlapping the respective openings (18c) in the first transparent electrode (18a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nakazawa, Seiji Kaneko
  • IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140307293
    Abstract: In an image processing system, a control device (11) of a first host PC (1) controls (i) a storage device (12) of the first host PC (1) to store an icon registered on the first host PC (1), (ii) the icon to be registered on a multifunction peripheral (5), and (iii) the icon to be transmitted to a first client PC (3). In the image processing system, a control device (31) of the first client PC (3) controls a storage device (32) of the first client PC (3) to store the icon received from the first host PC (1), and controls a display device (35) of the first client PC (3) to display the icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinori Nagata
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20140306948
    Abstract: Provided are: a liquid crystal display device capable of rapidly removing residual electric charges in a panel when a power supply is turned off, and in particular, suitable for a case where IGZO-GDM is adopted; and a driving method of the liquid crystal display device. In the liquid crystal display device, when an OFF state of the power supply is detected, a power supply OFF sequence including an initialization step, a first discharge step and a second discharge step is executed. In the initialization step, only a clear signal (H_CLR) among GDM signals is set at a high level, and a state of each of bistable circuits which constitute a shift register is initialized. In the first discharge step, only the clear signal (H_CLR) among the GDM signals is set at a low level, all of gate bus lines are turned to a selected state, and electric charges in pixel formation portions are discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihisa Iwamoto, Hideki Morii, Takayuki Mizunaga, Kazuya Nakaminami, Satoshi Horiuchi
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140307214
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display element (10) of the present invention includes a transparent common electrode (40) which is provided in a layer between (i) a scan line (20) and a signal line (19) and (ii) a pixel electrode (30) so that the transparent common electrode (40) covers a location which faces at least one of (i) at least part of the scan line (20) and (ii) at least part of the signal line (19), the transparent common electrode (40) having an opening part (41) at a location which faces the pixel electrode (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kaori Saitoh, Yoshimizu Moriya, Yuki Kawashima, Noboru Nakanishi
  • THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND SHIFT REGISTER
    Publication number: 20140306225
    Abstract: Thin film transistors having a high current drive capability and a suitable threshold voltage are provided. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, an insulating layer formed on the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer, and source/drain electrodes formed on the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer includes a plurality of regions separated from each other in a longitudinal direction of the source/drain electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kikuchi, Yoshiharu Kataoka, Shinya Tanaka, Junya Shimada, Chikao Yamasaki
  • HEATING COOKER
    Publication number: 20140305320
    Abstract: A heating cooker includes a heating chamber provided within a casing, a turntable placed at a bottom of the heating chamber, a turntable motor for driving the turntable to rotate, the turntable motor being placed below the heating chamber and below the casing, and a cooling fan for circulating air, taken in from a front side of the casing, through a space between a lower face of the casing and a bottom face of the built-in storage unit to supply the air into the casing, in a state that the casing is mounted within the built-in storage unit. Thus, a heating cooker capable of effectively cooling the turntable motor at a low cost with a simple configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Kamii
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140307197
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display apparatus (100) includes a first step of arranging a display panel (110) inside a housing (130), and stacking, on a surface (110B) of the display panel (110), a cover member (142) such that part (140A) of the cover member (142) is fitted into a window (131W) and that the remaining part of the cover member (142) at least partially covers the part (140A) of the cover member (142) fitted into the window (131W) and an outer surface of a flange (130F); a second step of arranging, on an outer peripheral edge part of the cover member (142), a light guide member (150) with an adhesive (151) being interposed between the cover member (142) and the light guide member (150); and a third step of curing the adhesive (151) to bond the light guide member (150) to the cover member (142).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Moriwaki