Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • GaN-based laser device
    Patent number: 8824516
    Abstract: In a GaN-based laser device having a GaN-based semiconductor stacked-layered structure including a light emitting layer, the semiconductor stacked-layered structure includes a ridge stripe structure causing a stripe-shaped waveguide, and has side surfaces opposite to each other to sandwich the stripe-shaped waveguide in its width direction therebetween. At least part of at least one of the side surfaces is processed to prevent the stripe-shaped waveguide from functioning as a Fabry-Perot resonator in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kawakami, Tomoki Ono, Shigetoshi Ito, Susumu Omi
  • Receiving device, receiving method, receiving program, and processor
    Patent number: 8824605
    Abstract: A propagation channel estimation unit estimates a propagation channel estimation value. A symbol replica generation unit generates a symbol replica that is modulated symbol of a demodulated information. A signal extraction unit extracts, in an arbitrary time duration, each subcarrier component of a received signal in which an interference signal was removed, the extraction being made based on the propagation channel estimation value and the symbol replica. A demodulator demodulates a signal of each subcarrier component in the received signal, the demodulation being made based on signal during the time duration extracted by the signal extraction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuya Kato, Takashi Yoshimoto, Ryota Yamada
  • Methods, devices and systems for parallel video encoding and decoding
    Patent number: 8824541
    Abstract: A method for decoding a video bitstream is disclosed. The method comprises: entropy decoding a first portion (112-1) of a video bitstream (52), wherein first portion (112-1) of video bitstream is associated with a video frame (110), thereby producing a first portion (112-1) of decoded data; entropy decoding a second portion (112-2) of video bitstream (52), wherein second portion (112-2) of video bitstream (52) is associated with video frame (110), thereby producing a second portion (112-2) of decoded data, wherein entropy decoding second portion (112-2) of video bitstream (52) is independent of entropy decoding first portion (112-1) of video bitstream (52); and reconstructing a first portion (112-1) of video frame (110) associated with video bitstream (52) using first portion (112-1) of decoded data and second portion (112-2) of decoded data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Christopher A. Segall, Louis J. Kerofsky
  • Light source, light-emitting device, light source for backlight, display device, and method for producing light source
    Patent number: 8823258
    Abstract: A fluorescent material-sealed sheet includes a plurality of fluorescent sections, an upper sealing section, and a lower sealing section, the plurality of fluorescent sections being sealed by the upper sealing section and the lower sealing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ryowa, Yoshitaka Tomomura, Makoto Izumi, Kazunori Annen, Masato Ohno
  • Image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 8820731
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention has: an apparatus main body whose external appearance is configured from an upper casing, a lower casing, and a link casing that vertically links the upper casing and the lower casing and that has a paper discharge opening for discharging paper on one side face; a paper discharge portion that is formed as a space between the upper casing and the lower casing and that is to store paper discharged from the paper discharge opening; and an operation panel portion that is disposed in a vertically tiltable manner on a front face of the upper casing. When viewing the apparatus main body from the front side, an open space that allows paper discharged to the paper discharge portion to be viewed is provided between the operation panel portion and the link casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawano, Takashi Matsuda, Naoki Saito, Kenji Ohta
  • Information processing apparatus
    Patent number: 8823713
    Abstract: When a function is selected, and then, a character string to which the function is executed, an operation of selecting the character string is facilitated in order to reduce an operation burden of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Yasuta, Takashi Kazamaki, Ryo Honda
  • Liquid crystal device
    Patent number: 8823668
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal device having improved assembly workability. A liquid crystal device of the present invention is provided with: a liquid crystal panel 31; a liquid crystal panel driver 21 that drives the liquid crystal panel 31; a touch panel 50 disposed on the display surface side of the liquid crystal panel 31; a touch panel driver 22 that drives the touch panel 50; and a flexible substrate 40, which is electrically connected to a control circuit board 12 that controls a drive of the liquid crystal panel 31 and a drive of the touch panel 50. The liquid crystal panel driver 21 and the touch panel driver 22 are electrically connected to the control circuit substrate 12, respectively, through the same flexible substrate 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Inoue, Isao Kajima
  • Backlight device, display device, and television receiver
    Patent number: 8823882
    Abstract: A backlight device (3) is provided with: a reflective sheet (8) that reflects light from a light guide plate (7) back towards the light guide plate (7); a bottom (opposing surface) (10a) that is arranged so as to face the reflective sheet (8) on the side of the reflective sheet (8) opposite to the light guide plate (7) and that has a prescribed squeezing part (a part with recesses and protrusions) (10a1) formed thereon; and a cushioning member (9) arranged between the reflective sheet (8) and the bottom (10a). The cushioning member (9) has an opening (9a) at a location that corresponds to the squeezing part (10a1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Munetoshi Ueyama
  • Proximity sensor and electronic device
    Patent number: 8823682
    Abstract: A proximity sensor (1) includes a state updating section (22) and a control section (5). The state updating section (22) updates state information. In a case where the state information is updated with a state (ST1) or a state (ST4), the control section (5) supplies, to the outside of the proximity sensor (1), a signal (S6) indicating that at an object (B) to be detected does not come close to the proximity sensor (1). In a case where the state information is updated with a state (ST2) or a state (ST3), the control section (5) supplies, to the outside of the proximity sensor (1), a signal (S6) indicating that the object (B) to be detected comes close to the proximity sensor (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isamu Kawabe, Takahiro Inoue
  • Sandboxed daemon process invocation through HTTP
    Patent number: 8825748
    Abstract: Methods and devices for initiating, by a client, a set of one or more applications, wherein each initiated application is associated with an Uniform Resource Locator (URL), and wherein the initiating is based on a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request to a computer host having a server. The methods and devices further executing an application from the set of one or more applications, based on a rule set, in a processing environment limiting the functionality of the initiated application, and wherein the application is executed in the background of an operating system of the server based on the rule set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Swee Huat Sng, Joseph Yang
  • MESSAGE NOTIFYING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140244769
    Abstract: An operation instruction detecting section detects an operation instruction from a message and specifies, as an instruction provider, a member who has posted the message. A report message displaying section causes a message, which (i) reports a result of an operation executed in accordance with the operation instruction and (ii) is explicitly directed to the instruction provider, to be displayed on a family message board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto SAKUTA, Takayuki NAGAMATSU, Chie HIDEISHI, Yoshihisa WAKI
  • SEE-THROUGH DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND FURNITURE PIECE EACH OF WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH SEE-THROUGH DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140240652
    Abstract: A see-through display device (100A) according to the present invention includes a first substrate (11) and a second substrate (12) disposed opposing to each other and a light modulation layer (17) disposed between the first substrate (11) and the second substrate (12). The light modulation layer (17) contains at least two types of materials which come into a bleached state or a colored state depending on an applied voltage and which have visible light absorption spectra different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji Satoh, Akio Miyata, Kazuhiro Deguchi
  • TOUCH PANEL, AND TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140240623
    Abstract: Provided is a touch panel configured to minimize electrode disconnection caused by swelling of the insulating layer during the production process. The touch panel is equipped with: an insulating substrate; first island-shaped electrodes (111) disposed along a first direction; second island-shaped electrodes (121) disposed along a second direction intersecting the first direction; a connecting member (112) for connecting together the first island-shaped electrodes (111); an insulating film (15) formed covering a portion of the connecting member (112); and a relay electrode (122) for connecting together the second island-shaped electrodes (121) over the insulating film (15). The relay electrode (122), in a section thereof that overlaps the connecting member (112) in a plan view, is narrower in width, in a direction perpendicular to the second direction, than the width of the insulating film (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunio Matsubara, Katsunori Misaki
  • AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM IN WHICH CONTROL PROGRAM IS STORED
    Publication number: 20140245388
    Abstract: A family message board server includes a device authentication section which authenticates a television in a case where an access to a family message board is made via the television, identification information of the television, user identification information, and identification information of a smart phone are received via the smart phone, and it is determined that the user identification information and the identification information of the smart phone which have been received respectively match user identification information and identification information of the smart phone which have been associated with each other by a device registration section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuyuki NAKO
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140240612
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (a display device) 10 includes a liquid crystal panel (a display panel) 11 displaying an image, a backlight unit (a lighting unit) 12 irradiating light to the liquid crystal panel 11, a plurality of LEDs (light sources) 17 that are a light emission source of the backlight unit 12, and a LED board 18 included in the backlight unit 12 and on which the LEDs 17 are mounted. The LEDs 17 are classified into at least three color regions 50 that are arranged in adjacent to each other in a CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram based on chromaticity of emission light. The LEDs are arranged on the LED board 18 such that at least two LEDs 17 in at least two color regions 50 that are positioned symmetrically with respect to a center of at least three color regions 50 in the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram are arranged in adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Gotou, Masashi Yokota
  • SUBSTITUTED PYRIDINE AND PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE IN TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS
    Publication number: 20140242027
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and prodrugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19 and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: Southern Research Institute, Merck Sharp & Dohne Corp.
    Inventors: Ashok Arasappan, F. George Njoroge, Cecil D. Kwong, Subramaniam Ananthan, Frank Bennett, Francisco Velazquez, Vinay Girijavallabhan, Yuhua Huang, Hollis S. Kezer, Joseph Maddry, Robert C. REynold, Abhijit Roychowdhury, Anita T. Fowler, John A. Secrist, III, Ling Tong, Seong Heon Kim, Malcolm MacCoss, Srikanth Venkatraman, vishal Verma
  • TWO-COMPONENT COLOR DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE USING SAME
    Publication number: 20140242510
    Abstract: A two-component color developer containing a toner and a resin-coated carrier, the toner containing at least a polyester resin as a binding resin, an organic pigment as a colorant and inorganic fine particles as an external additive, wherein the inorganic fine particles have a negative polarity, the toner has a volume resistivity of 40×109 to 220×109 ?cm and a negative polarity, and the carrier has a coat durability of 90% or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keiichi Kikawa, Keigo Mutamura, Yui Kawano, Shintaro Fukuoka
  • MESSAGE NOTIFICATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140244767
    Abstract: An agent server determines a posting timing of a message on a family message board on the basis of urgency associated with situation information based on which a message is generated and a posting state, which is obtained by the posting state obtaining section, on the family message board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chie HIDEISHI, Takayuki NAGAMATSU, Masaki HASHIURA
  • COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140240781
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that receives data from a mobile phone, and a reader-writer that transmits an address of the first wireless communication unit to the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a contact/non-contact IC card that receives the address, and a second wireless communication unit that transmits image data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. When communication is made between the mobile phone and the image forming apparatus, the address of the first wireless communication unit is transmitted to the contact/non-contact IC card through the reader-writer, and the second wireless communication unit transmits data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masafumi Okigami
  • Supercapacitor with Metal Cyanometallate Anode and Carbonaceous Cathode
    Publication number: 20140239920
    Abstract: A method is provided for charging a supercapacitor. The method initially provides a supercapacitor with a metal cyanometallate (MCM) particle anode, an electrolyte including a salt (DB) made up of cations (D+) anions (B?), and a cathode including carbonaceous materials (?). The method connects an external charging device between the anode and cathode, and the charging device supplies electrons to the anode and accepting electrons from the cathode. In response to the charging device, cations are inserted into the anode while anions are absorbed on the surface of the cathode. A supercapacitor device is also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhao Lu, Long Wang, Jong-Jan Lee