Patents Assigned to Sharp
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Patent number: 8816350Abstract: An array substrate disclosed herein includes: scanning signal lines (16i and 16j); data signal lines (15x, 15y, 15X, and 15Y) to each of which a data signal is supplied; a first pixel region column; and a second pixel region column adjacent to the first pixel region column, each of the first and second pixel region columns including pixel regions, wherein: two data signal lines corresponding to the first pixel region column are provided, two data signal lines corresponding to the second pixel region column are provided, a gap between two adjacent data signal lines (15y and 15X) is provided, one of the two adjacent data signal lines being corresponding to the first pixel region column, and the other of the two adjacent data signal lines being corresponding to the second pixel region column; and a gap line 41 is provided within the gap, a Vcom signal being supplied to the gap line 41.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshinori Sugihara, Toshihide Tsubata
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Patent number: 8817333Abstract: Provided is a display device with photosensors that can achieve a scanner function without increasing the memory capacity for images. A display device with photosensors includes a visible light source and an invisible light source. The display device with photosensors further includes: a first photosensor that detects the amount of received light in a pixel region when the invisible light source is on; a second optical sensor that detects the amount of received light in the pixel region when the invisible light source is off; and a third photosensor that detects the amount of received light reflected from an object to be scanned, causing only display pixels respectively nearest to the third photosensors within a prescribed range in the pixel region to be in a display state, and causing other pixels in the prescribed range to be in a non-display state.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsushi Okada
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Patent number: 8818240Abstract: A Transfer device (10) includes an intermediate transfer belt (41), a plurality of intermediate transfer roller (34A-34D) and a transfer member moving mechanism (20). The transfer member moving mechanism moves the intermediate transfer rollers (34A-34D) between pressing positions causing the intermediate transfer belt (41) to be pressed against respective photoreceptor drums (31A-31D) and separate positions causing the intermediate transfer belt (41) to be separate from the respective photoreceptor drums (31A-31D). The transfer member moving mechanism (20) causes a second pressing position of the intermediate transfer roller for monochrome (34A) in monochromatic image forming to be different from a first pressing position of the intermediate transfer roller for monochrome (34A) in full-color image forming so that an amount of pressing of the intermediate transfer belt (41) by the intermediate transfer roller for monochrome (34A) becomes greater in monochromatic image forming than in full-color image forming.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Susumu Murakami
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Patent number: 8817587Abstract: An optical information recording medium has a first information recording layer (20) and a second information recording layer (40) each of which includes (i) a group of pre-pits (31, 51) constituting marks (32, 52) and spaces (33, 53) and (ii) a super-resolution film (23, 43), the marks (32, 52) and the spaces (33, 53) having different lengths, an average length of a smallest mark that is smallest in length and a smallest space that is smallest in length being less than or equal to a resolution limit of a reproduction optical system for reproducing information recorded on the first information recording layer (20) and the second information recording layer (40), the group of pre-pits (31, 51) being formed so that a push-pull signal for the reproduction optical system to reproduce the information recorded by the group of pre-pits is negative in polarity. This provides an inexpensive and high-capacity multilayer optical information recording medium based on a super-resolution technology.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Memory-Tech CorporationInventors: Hideharu Tajima, Go Mori, Yasuhiro Harada, Masaki Yamamoto, Hirohisa Yamada, Masahito Konishi
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Patent number: 8818306Abstract: A wireless communication device (100) carries out diversity reception and a noise cancellation process, and a signal combining section (combining circuit (123)) combines a plurality of received signals in a case where the diversity reception is carried out and combines a received signal and a noise signal in the noise cancellation process.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshinori Kondo, Hiroyuki Takebe
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Patent number: 8817298Abstract: When data for printing and an authentication code are inputted, a CPU of a printer calculates a number of sheets to be used based on the data for printing. The CPU adds the calculated number of sheets to be used to the management table, based on the inputted authentication code, and rearranges the management table so that a user with a smaller number of used sheets is in a higher place. The CPU executes print processing using the inputted data for printing. The CPU acquires a display name, ranking, and the number of used sheets corresponding to the inputted authentication code from the management table in an RAM to transmit to information technology equipment.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Ikuo Shimasaki
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Patent number: 8815129Abstract: In order to realize a device and a method each capable of forming a lens with high accuracy and low costs, a lens forming device of the present invention includes a metal mold, an insulating substrate, a stage, a power source, a switch, and a UV radiating device. Dielectric resin is supplied onto the insulating substrate and a transfer surface of the metal mold is pressed to the dielectric resin so as to transfer a lens shape to the dielectric resin. At that time, the power source applies a voltage on the metal mold to generate an electric field between the metal mold and the insulating substrate so that an electrostatic attraction causes the dielectric resin to be attracted toward the transfer surface of the metal mold while the top of the dielectric resin has a sharp cuspate shape. Consequently, bubbles are less likely to be invade between the transfer surface and the dielectric resin, allowing transferring a highly accurate lens shape to the dielectric resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Nakahashi, Hiroyuki Hanato, Kenji Hirano, Norimichi Shigemitsu
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Patent number: 8815902Abstract: The present invention is directed to tetrahydroquinoline amide compounds of formula (I) (Formula should be inserted here) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Kevin F. Gilbert, Scott D. Kuduk
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Patent number: 8817714Abstract: The base station device includes: a signal transmission unit which transmits a signal in which data is assigned in a natural number of resource blocks located in a frequency axis in each of a plurality of bands and a signal including information specifying the plurality of bands to the mobile station device. The mobile station device includes: a signal reception unit which receives the signal including the information specifying the plurality of bands from the signal transmission unit via any of the plurality of bands, and receives the signal in which the data is assigned in the natural number of resource blocks located in the frequency axis in each of the plurality of bands from the signal transmission unit based on the information specifying the plurality of bands; and a data extraction unit which extracts data from the signal in which the data is assigned in the natural number of resource blocks located in the frequency axis received by the signal reception unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshizo Nogami, Shohei Yamada
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Patent number: 8817282Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of preventing heat in an in-body copy receiving portion from reaching a bottom face of a scanner portion disposed above the in-body copy receiving portion. An image forming apparatus (100) includes: an in-body copy receiving portion (90); a scanner portion (123); and an air blow portion (200). The in-body copy receiving portion (90) includes a copy receiving tray (91) to stack image-formed sheets thereon, the in-body copy receiving portion being disposed in the image forming apparatus (100). The scanner portion (123) is capable of reading a document, the scanner portion being disposed above the in-body copy receiving portion (90). The air blow portion (200) generates airflow between a maximum sheet loadable position on the copy receiving tray (91) and the scanner portion (123) so as to flow along a bottom face of the scanner portion (123).Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takashi Kubo
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Patent number: 8815875Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds as Fatty Acid Binding Protein (“FABP”) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the heterocyclic compounds and the use of the compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Cliff C. Cheng, Xiaohua Huang, Abdelghani Abe Achab, Peter Orth, Johannes H. Voigt, Kyle Ann Soucy
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Patent number: 8816321Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a V pit generation layer, an intermediate layer, a multiple quantum well light-emitting layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer provided in this order. The multiple quantum well light-emitting layer is a layer formed by alternately stacking a barrier layer and a well layer having a bandgap energy smaller than that of the barrier layer. A V pit is partly formed in the multiple quantum well light-emitting layer, and an average position of starting point of the V pit is located in the intermediate layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadashi Takeoka, Yoshihiko Tani, Kazuya Araki, Yoshihiro Ueta
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Patent number: 8816437Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device in which an n-channel type first thin film transistor and a p-channel type second thin film transistor are provided on the same substrate. The first thin film transistor has a first semiconductor layer (11), and the second thin film transistor has a second semiconductor layer (20), a third semiconductor layer (21), and a fourth semiconductor layer (22). The first semiconductor layer (11), the second semiconductor layer (20), the third semiconductor layer (21) and the fourth semiconductor layer (22) are formed of the same film, and the first and second semiconductor layers (11, 20) respectively have slanted portions (11e, 20e) positioned at respective peripheries, and main portions (11m, 20m) made of portions other than the slanted portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaki Yamanaka, Kazushige Hotta
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Patent number: 8817337Abstract: A limiting member (91) includes a main body (911) and a convexity (912) formed at the upper face of the main body (911). The convexity (912) protrudes like a key toward the front-face side of a case (1). The case (1) has a hole (92) storing the limiting member (91), the hole (92) having an inclined face (921) that is inclined obliquely upward from the rear-face side to the front-face side of the case (1). The hole (92) has a depth larger than the height of the limiting member (91) on the rear-face side, and has substantially the same depth as the front-face side height of the main body (911) on the front-face side. A document cover (4) has a hole (93) including a U-shaped concavity (931) that is open on the rear-face side of the case (1), formed on the front-face side of the case (1). When the limiting member (91) is located on the front-face side of the case (1), the convexity (912) engages with the U-shaped concavity (931).Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masao Matsui
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Patent number: 8815876Abstract: The present invention relates to Bicyclic Heterocycle Derivatives, compositions comprising a Bicyclic Heterocycle Derivative, and methods of using the Bicyclic Heterocycle Derivatives for treating or preventing obesity, diabetes, a diabetic complication, a metabolic disorder, a cardiovascular disease or a disorder related to the activity of a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) in a patient. The compounds are of structure (I).Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2009Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Santhosh Francis Neelamkavil, Craig D. Boyle, Bernard R. Neustadt, Samuel Chackalamannil, William J. Greenlee
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Patent number: 8815406Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel equipped with a front plate and a display device, in each of which streak unevenness is sufficiently resolved in the periphery of a display area. The display panel equipped with a front plate of the present invention comprises: a display panel; a front plate; and a cured resin composition layer disposed between the display panel and the front plate, wherein the cured resin composition layer has a loss tangent of 2 or less at 0 to 70° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoritsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akiyoshi Fujii, Tokio Taguchi, Chiaki Minari, Takashi Yoshizawa, Katsuhisa Senda, Mitsutoshi Naito, Eishi Katakami, Tsubasa Shiine
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Patent number: 8816285Abstract: A photosensor-equipped display device is provided having a combination of visible and non-visible light sources where a voltage drop is minimized when the non-visible light sources are turned on. The display device includes: a plurality of infrared LEDs (3b); photosensors (9) provided in a pixel region (4) for detecting reflected light originating from the infrared LEDs (3b); a sensor row driver circuit (7) configured to supply a sensor drive signal to the photosensors (9); an amplifier circuit (6) configured to amplify a signal read from the photosensors (9) in response to the sensor drive signal and output a photosensor signal; a signal processing circuit (20) configured to process the photosensor signal output from the amplifier circuit (6); and a backlight control circuit (13) configured to control on and off of the infrared LEDs (3b). The plurality of photosensors (9) are divided into a plurality of sensor groups in the pixel region (4).Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiromi Katoh, Naru Usukura
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Patent number: 8816324Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device (10) which comprises a glass substrate (12), a lower electrode layer (14), an n-type doped polycrystalline silicon semiconductor layer (16), a low-temperature insulating film (20) in which openings (22, 23) that serve as nuclei for growth of a nanowire (32) are formed, the nanowire (32) that is grown over the low-temperature insulating film (20) and has a core-shell structure, an insulating layer (50) that surrounds the nanowire (32), and an upper electrode layer (52). The nanowire (32) comprises an n-type GaAs core layer and a p-type GaAs shell layer. Alternatively, the nanowire can be formed as a nanowire having a quantum well structure, and InAs that can allow reduction of the process temperature can be used for the nanowire.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignees: National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Fukui, Katsuhiro Tomioka, Junichi Motohisa, Shinjiroh Hara
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Patent number: 8817039Abstract: Provided is an image processing device which enables image display that takes full advantage of a color reproduction performance of a panel without providing a viewer with a feeling of strangeness. An image processing device includes: a color gamut conversion processor configured to convert inputted data into RGB data according to a liquid crystal panel; a weighting factor calculator configured to calculate a weighting factor; a first post-color-gamut-conversion data weighting processor configured to perform weighting processing to the RGB data; an inputted data weighting processor configured to perform weighting processing to the inputted data; and an output adder configured to add data after the weighting processing to generate RGB data to be supplied to the liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Xiaomang Zhang, Akiko Yoshida
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Patent number: 8815865Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 4-hydroxypyrimidine-5-carboxamides useful as HIF prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors to treat anemia and like conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Matthew J. Clements, John S. Debenham, Jeffrey J. Hale, Christina Madsen-Duggan