Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Publication number: 20140269576
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus, that communicates with a base station apparatus, includes an acquiring unit that acquires first information and second information, where the first information specifies a first subframe and the second information specifies a second subframe and a reception quality information transmitting unit that transmits a first channel quality indicator and a second channel quality indicator, where the first channel quality indicator based on or being associated with the first subframe and the second channel quality indicator based on or being associated with the second subframe, and where the first information and the first subframe are different from the second information and the second subframe, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshizo NOGAMI, Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA, Shohei YAMADA, Wahoh OH
  • Publication number: 20140268783
    Abstract: A light-emitting device capable of ensuring an electric connection between a light-emitting element and an electrode without generating any problem in practical use, by both connecting methods with a solder and a connector, and a lighting device provided with the light-emitting device are provided. The light-emitting device according to the present invention has a plurality of LED chips, and a soldering electrode land and a connector connecting electrode land electrically connected to the chips, on a ceramic substrate. The soldering electrode land is formed of a first conductive material having a function to prevent diffusion to a solder, and the connector connecting electrode land is formed of a second conductive material having a function to prevent oxidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto AGATANI, Toshio HATA, Tomokazu NADA, Shinya ISHIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140264160
    Abstract: Methods are presented for synthesizing metal cyanometallate (MCM). A first method provides a first solution of AXM2Y(CN)Z, to which a second solution including M1 is dropwise added. As a result, a precipitate is formed of ANM1PM2Q(CN)R·FH2O, where N is in the range of 1 to 4. A second method for synthesizing MCM provides a first solution of M2C(CN)B, which is dropwise added to a second solution including M1. As a result, a precipitate is formed of M1[M2S(CN)G]1/T·DH2O, where S/T is greater than or equal to 0.8. Low vacancy MCM materials are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhao Lu, Long Wang, Sean Vail, Jong-Jan Lee
  • Publication number: 20140268868
    Abstract: This backlight device 2 is provided with: a light source; a plurality of stacked optical sheets 22, 23, and 24 through which the light from the light source passes; and a frame member 28 to which the plurality of optical sheets 22, 23, and 24 are affixed. The respective plurality of optical sheets 22 to 24 is provided with protrusions 221, 231, and 241 that protrude in a direction parallel to the sheet surface at a portion of the edge thereof. The protrusions 221, 231, and 241 respectively have: first regions 221a, 231a, and 241a that are provided to the root side and that do not overlap the protrusions of the other optical sheets; and second regions 221b, 231b, and 241b that are provided to the tip side and of which at least a portion overlaps the protrusions of the other optical sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Hatta, Shuhei Sota
  • Publication number: 20140269539
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) for sending feedback is described. The UE includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The UE receives signaling to configure the UE with multiple serving cells having a first uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration for each of the serving cells. If the UE is configured with the multiple serving cells and at least one of the serving cells is configured with additional reconfiguration information that enables dynamic UL/DL reconfiguration, then the UE also determines a downlink (DL)-reference UL/DL configuration for at least one of the serving cells based on the first UL/DL configuration of the at least one serving cell and the additional reconfiguration information of the at least one serving cell. The UE further sends Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information based on the DL-reference UL/DL configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhanping Yin, Shohei Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140267105
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drawing device having a display screen for displaying images based on instructions received from a plurality of drawers each having its own identification data and issuing the instructions relating to drawings. The drawing device includes a touch panel section configured to detect positions of respective drawers on the display screen, and a display control section configured to display setting receiving images for receiving settings relating to drawings, by as many as the number of drawers based on the detected positions of the drawers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kohji KUMETANI
  • Publication number: 20140267969
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a TFT array substrate, in which TFT elements and pixel electrodes being correspondingly connected with the TFT elements are arrayed in matrix on an insulating substrate, the TFT array substrate including: gate bus lines made from a first metal material; source bus lines made from a second metal material; pixel electrodes made from a third metal material; a clock wiring made from the first metal material; a branch wiring made from the second metal material; and a connection conductor made from the third metal material, the connection conductor connecting the clock wiring and the branch wiring at a connection part in a periphery area, the connection part having a branch-wiring via hole, which exposes the branch wiring which is covered with the connection conductor, and overlaps the clock wiring at least partly in a plane view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao OGASAWARA, Takaharu YAMADA, Masahiro YOSHIDA, Satoshi HORIUCHI, Shinya TANAKA, Tetsuo KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140278248
    Abstract: A method and system for administering enterprise appliances facilitates maintenance, procurement, deployment and security of enterprise appliances by taking targeted administrative actions in response to detected power anomalies experienced by such appliances. By using detected power anomalies as triggers for targeted administrative actions, rather than waiting for administrators to be notified of problems with enterprise appliances by workers or departments to which such appliances are assigned, problems with enterprise appliances are resolved more quickly and costs to the enterprise arising from such problems are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Laboratories of America. Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Thompson WHITTLE, Andrew Rodney FERLITSCH
  • Publication number: 20140267991
    Abstract: A conductive film (12) that covers the upper surface of a CF glass substrate (11) or the upper surface of a polarization plate (13) overlaid on the CF glass substrate is provided. The conductive film and a ground electrode (16) on a TFT glass substrate (10) are electrically connected with a conductive tape (20) having adherence. Then, a conductive paste (22), (23) is adhered to a part so as to be placed on both the conductive tape and the conductive film, and is adhered to a part so as to be placed on both the conductive tape and the ground electrode. The conductive tape is provided with a length allowance such that the entire length is longer than the shortest distance between a connection part between the conductive tape and the conductive film and a connection part between the conductive tape and the ground electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihiro Sumida, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitoshi Yagi
  • Publication number: 20140275022
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., ALECTOS THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Tong-Shuang Li, Ernest J. Mceachern, David J. Vocadlo, Yuanxi Zhou, Yongbao Zhu, Harold G. Selnick
  • Publication number: 20140264067
    Abstract: The air conditioning device discharges ions into air inflowing through an inflow port and outflows the air from the outflow port. The air conditioning device includes an air passage branched into a first passage connected to a peripheral region including a part of a space close to an inner surface of the outflow port and a second passage connected to a central region including a center of the outflow port. The first passage is narrowed continuously from the upstream to the downstream of the air flow, so that the air passing through the first passage is accelerated to outflow at a higher speed than the air passing through the second passage. The ions contained in the air outflowing while passing through the second passage are blocked from charged things around the outflow port by the high-speed air outflowing while passing through the first passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20140268735
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting device capable of reducing an impact on the surrounding area. A lighting device capable of projecting light onto a first projection region and a second projection region which differs from the first projection region, wherein: a first light-emitting element is capable of emitting a flashing light that illuminates the first projection region; a light-blocking part blocks the light emitted by the first light-emitting element that is projected toward a region other than the first projection region; and a first optical path conversion member uses light emitted by the first light-emitting element, and converts the optical path of light emitted by the first light-emitting element in a manner such that the second projection region is illuminated by light perceived to have a smaller brightness/dimness intensity level than the flashing light from the first light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140270347
    Abstract: A technique for image processing that includes receiving a model image, an input image, and registering the input image with the model image. A modified input image is determined that includes a first component that is substantially free of error components with respect to the model image and a second component that is substantially free of non-error aspects with respect to the model image. The technique determines an improved alignment of the modified input image with the model image where the improved alignment and the first and second components are determined jointly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Xinyu XU, Xu CHEN, Petrus J.L. VAN BEEK
  • Publication number: 20140267542
    Abstract: A television (1) including a function of a call using Internet Protocol (IP) includes: a communicating section to transmit and receive a call signal over an IP communication network; an incoming call destination identifying section (11) to identify a user who is designated as an incoming call destination; a judging section to detect a person who is present around the television (1); and a communication control section (13) to transfer the call signal to a mobile phone (4) of the user in a case where a plurality of persons containing the user has been detected. This offers a television capable of a call and ensuring the privacy of the call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuru Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140267463
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress a reduction in image quality caused by crosstalk in a liquid crystal display device capable of performing 3D display. A predetermined number of pixels (e.g., pixels of two rows×two columns) having the same gray scale value are divided into pixels (first pixel group) whose post-correction gray scale values are the same between a left-eye image and a right-eye image, and pixels (second pixel group) whose post-correction gray scale values are different between the left-eye image and the right-eye image. For example, an average value between a pre-correction gray scale value of the left-eye image and a pre-correction gray scale value of the right-eye image is a post-correction gray scale value of the first pixel group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kaubshiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryo Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8835457
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to synthetic bridged bicyclic compounds that are inhibitors of rho-associated protein kinase. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention is additionally directed to a method of preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with cytoskeletal reorganization. The method comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a Rho kinase inhibitory compound of Formula I, wherein said amount is effective to influence the actomyosin interactions, for example, by leading to cellular relaxation and alterations in cell-substratum adhesions. In one embodiment, the method treats increased intraocular pressure, such as primary open-angle glaucoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: John W. Lampe, Paul S. Watson, David J. Slade
  • Patent number: 8837813
    Abstract: A mobile device including an imaging device with a display and capable of obtaining a pair of images of a scene having a disparity between the pair of images. The imaging device estimating the distance between the imaging device and a point in the scene indicated by a user on the display. The imaging device displaying the scene on the display together with an indication of a geometric measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hao Pan, Chang Yuan
  • Patent number: 8835928
    Abstract: A semiconductor device (100) according to the present invention includes a plurality of source lines (16), a thin film transistor (50A), and a diode element (10A) that electrically connects two source lines (16) among the plurality of source lines (16). A connection region (26) in which the source lines (16) and the diode element (10A) are connected to each other includes a first electrode (3), a second electrode (6a), a third electrode (9a), and a fourth electrode (9b). A part of each source line (16) is a source electrode of the thin film transistor (50A), and the second electrode (6a) and the source lines (16) are formed separately from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Katsui, Takeshi Yaneda, Yoshiyuki Isomura
  • Patent number: 8837304
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) configured for multi-group communications is described. The UE includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The UE detects a plurality of cells. The UE also determines to use multiple groups of one or more cells. The UE further determines a primary secondary cell (PSCell) for a non-primary cell (non-PCell) group based on UE-specific radio resource control (RRC) signaling. The UE additionally receives information using the multiple groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 8838150
    Abstract: An information management system includes a mobile telephone and a server device. The mobile telephone includes: an image sensing section; an operation control section for controlling an operation of the image sensing section on the basis of an operation control signal (operation disabling signal; disablement canceling signal) received from the server device; and a questionnaire information transmitting/receiving section for transmitting information about a user of the mobile telephone to the server device. The operation control section, upon receipt of the operation disabling signal, disables the operation of the image sensing section. The server device includes: an operation control signal transmitting section for transmitting the operation disabling signal; and a work information transmitting section for, upon receipt of the user information from the mobile telephone, transmitting, to the mobile telephone, work information inputted by the image sensing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Michihiro Kawai