Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Publication number: 20140023667
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain iminothiadiazine dioxide compounds, including compounds Formula (I): and tautomers and stereoisomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds, said tautomeros and said stereoisomers, wherein each of W, Z, R1H, R2, R3, R4, ring A, ring B, m, n, p, and -L1- is as defined herein. The novel compounds of the invention have surprisingly been found to exhibit properties which are expected to render them advantageous as BACE inhibitors and/or for the treatment and prevention of various pathologies related thereto. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other active agents), and methods for their preparation and use, including Alzheimer's disease, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Stamford, Eric J. Gilbert, Jared N. Cumming
  • Publication number: 20140022234
    Abstract: There is provided a display device capable of displaying an image that barely changes with low power consumption on the basis of video data included in a transmitted command, and there is also provided a method for driving the same. A display timing controller (31) determines every frame period whether or not an externally transmitted command includes updated video data. As a result, when it is determined that no updated video data is included, screen refreshing is paused by not reading video data stored in frame memory (36). Moreover, when it is determined that updated video data is included, screen refreshing is performed by reading video data stored in the frame memory (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Ogawa, Seiji Kaneko, Kaoru Yamamoto, Kohhei Tanaka, Seiichi Uchida, Yutaka Takamaru, Shigeyasu Mori
  • Publication number: 20140022477
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display panel that improves the reliability of thin film transistors while suppressing a degradation in display quality. A G TFT (120g) connected at its drain electrode (125d) to a G pixel electrode (130g) is disposed on the opposite side of the G pixel electrode (130g) from a B pixel electrode (130b). The distance between a B TFT (120b) connected at its drain electrode (125d) to the B pixel electrode (130b) and the B pixel electrode (130b) is greater than the distance between the G TFT (120g) connected at its drain electrode (125d) to the G pixel electrode (130g) and the G pixel electrode (130g). The distance between an R TFT (120r) connected at its drain electrode (125d) to an R pixel electrode (130r) and the B pixel electrode (130b) is greater than the distance between the B TFT (120b) connected to the B pixel electrode (130b) and the B pixel electrode (130b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsukizono
  • Patent number: 8633237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anindane derivative according to formula I wherein the variables are defined as in the specification, or to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more of said indane derivatives and to their use in therapy, for instance in the treatment or prevention of psychiatric diseases where an enhancement of synaptic responses mediated by AMPA receptors is required, including schizophrenia, depression and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Gillen, Jonathan Gillespie, Craig Jamieson, John K. F. MacLean, Elizabeth M. Moir, Zoran Rankovic
  • Patent number: 8633481
    Abstract: A semiconductor device (1000) includes a thin film transistor having a gate line (3a), source and drain lines (13as, 13ad), and an island-like oxide semiconductor layer (7), and a capacitor element (105) having a first electrode (3b) formed from the same conductive film as the gate line (3s), a second electrode (13b) formed from the same conductive film as the source line (13as), and a dielectric layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. A gate insulating film (5) has a layered structure including a first insulating layer (5A) containing an oxide and a second insulating layer (5B) disposed on the side closer to the gate electrode closer than the first insulating film and having a higher dielectric constant than the first insulating film, the layered structure being in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer (7). The dielectric layer includes the second insulating film (5B) but does not include the first insulating film (5A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Nishimura, Yukinobu Nakata, Yoshihito Hara
  • Patent number: 8632200
    Abstract: A light source device which can prevent a stress from being generated on each of circuit boards when connected through a connector and fixed to a support body through a fixture, is provided. There are provided a plurality of circuit boards 2 having a light-emitting element 1 mounted on a one surface 2a and disposed apart from each other with a planar direction aligned, a support body 6 positioned on the other surface side of the circuit boards 2 for supporting the circuit boards, and a connector 5 for electrically connecting the adjacent circuit boards 2 to each other. Inserting holes 2c and 2d for inserting a fixture 8 for fixing the circuit boards 2 to the support body 6 are formed on the circuit boards 2 apart from each other, and a dimension of the inserting hole 2c is smaller than that of the other inserting hole 2d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideto Takeuchi, Toshiyuki Fujita, Tatsuo Sugahara, Yuuki Kawamura, Mamoru Yahata, Hiroshi Takahashi, Keita Ito, Kenzo Toshiyuki, Kenichiro Ito, Kazuki Nakamichi, Tomoo Sasaki, Kenta Moribe
  • Patent number: 8633644
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin-film formed substrate, an organic electroluminescent display device, a color filter substrate, and a method of producing a thin-film formed substrate. The thin-film formed substrate according to the present invention is a thin-film formed substrate provided with a substrate and a thin film formed on the substrate, the substrate comprising a first bank forming a depression on the substrate, and a second bank formed on the first bank, wherein a partitioned region surrounded by the second bank has a plurality of the depressions arranged therein, and the thin film is arranged in each of the depressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Emi Yamamoto, Tohru Sonoda
  • Patent number: 8633231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general structure shown in Formula (A): (A): and includes pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, esters, prodrugs, tautomers, and isomers of said compounds. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Duane DeMong, Michael W. Miller, Xing Dai, Andrew Stamford
  • Patent number: 8634730
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus prevents printed images from being degraded in image quality due to failure of the toner concentration to fall within a proper range, by correcting the deviations of the amount of toner consumption and the amount of toner supply depending on the individuality of each image forming apparatus and that enables exact identification of the cause of a fault associated with toner concentration, and providing an image forming method using the apparatus. A toner supply device supplies toner to a developing vessel through an opening in accordance with an instruction from a controller. The presence or absence of toner falling is detected based on the variation of the output from a magnetic permeability sensor when toner is supplied. The controller monitors the output voltage level of the magnetic permeability sensor and adjusts the input gain in accordance with the output voltage level to thereby control toner concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuma Hinoue, Motoyuki Itoyama, Hideji Saikoh, Takeshi Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 8633044
    Abstract: In a display region of an active matrix substrate, an interlayer insulating film made of a photosensitive organic insulating film, an insulating film different from the interlayer insulating film, and a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on a surface of the interlayer insulating film are provided. In a non-display region of the active matrix substrate, a lead line extended from the display region is formed. In a formation region for a sealing member, the interlayer insulating film is removed, the insulating film is provided to cover part of the lead line, and the sealing member is formed directly on a surface of the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihito Hara, Yukinobu Nakata
  • Patent number: 8634732
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing roller, a heating section, a pressurizing roller, an oil roller, a first cleaning roller, and a control section. The pressurizing roller is pressed against the fixing roller. The oil roller abuts against the fixing roller and is capable of being rotated by rotation of the fixing roller to apply oil onto a surface of the fixing roller. The first cleaning roller abuts against the oil roller and is capable of being rotated by rotation of the oil roller to clean a surface of the oil roller. When the control section determines that the fixing roller and the pressurizing roller have performed fixing on a predetermined number and more of consecutive sheet surfaces, the control section carries out a first control process which causes the heating section to stop and the fixing roller to rotate for a first predetermined time period after the fixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Amemiya, Yasunori Minakuchi
  • Patent number: 8634779
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a secondary station in a network, the secondary station comprising a transceiver adapted for simultaneously receiving transmissions from a primary station controlling a first cell and at least one primary station controlling a second cell, the method comprising the secondary station (a) selecting a first precoding matrix for the first cell out of a primary set of precoding matrices for the first cell, (b) selecting a subset of at least one precoding matrix for the at least one second cell in dependence on the first precoding matrix, out of a set of subsets of precoding matrices for the second cell, (c) selecting a second precoding matrix for the at least one second cell out of the selected subset of precoding matrices for the second cell, (d) transmitting a first indicator representative of the first precoding matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V., Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Timothy James Moulsley, Choo Chiap Chiau
  • Patent number: 8632663
    Abstract: There is provided a hydrogen production device high in light use efficiency and capable of producing hydrogen with high efficiency. The hydrogen production device according to the present invention includes a photoelectric conversion part having a light acceptance surface and a back surface, a first gas generation part provided on the back surface, and a second gas generation part provided on the back surface, in which one of the first gas generation part and the second gas generation part is a hydrogen generation part to generate H2 from an electrolytic solution, another one thereof is an oxygen generation part to generate O2 from the electrolytic solution, the first gas generation part is electrically connected to the back surface, and the second gas generation part is electrically connected to the light acceptance surface via a first conductive part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Yoshida, Shunsuke Sata, Masaki Kaga
  • Patent number: 8633290
    Abstract: An optical resin comprises a copolymer of 4-methyl-1-pentene and at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl-1-pentene, 3-methyl-1-butene and 4,4-dimethyl-1-pentene. The content of a constituent unit (a) derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene is equal to or more than 60 mol % and equal to or less than 99 mol %, and the total content of a constituent unit (b) derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl-1-pentene, 3-methyl-1-butene and 4,4-dimethyl-1-pentene is equal to or more than 1 mol % and equal to or less than 40 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Sharp Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kawamoto, Kouichi Kizu, Sunil Krzysztof Moorthi, Akira Sakai
  • Patent number: 8632226
    Abstract: There is provided a lighting system capable of suppressing a decrease in light output while preventing occurrence of glare. The lighting system of the present invention includes a light-emitting device and a jig for light control. The light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged so as to be distributed on a substrate, and the jig for light control is made up of a resin plate having a plurality of discrete openings for light-emitting surface partitioned by a louver. The light-emitting device and the jig for light control are overlaid so that a light-emitting portion is exposed from the plurality of discrete openings for light-emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Hata, Shinya Ishizaki, Makoto Agatani
  • Patent number: 8634650
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image area extracting section for identifying and extracting, on the basis of inputted image data, an image area within the document where an image is present. The image area extracting section includes an image area detecting section for comparing a pixel value of each part of an image of the inputted image data with a threshold value so as to detect, as the image area, an area where a pixel value is larger than the threshold value. The image area extracting section further includes a judging section for judging a type of the inputted image data, and a threshold value changing section for changing the threshold value used in the image area detecting section to one suitable for the type of the inputted image data in accordance with the type judged by the judging section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yohsuke Konishi
  • Patent number: 8634345
    Abstract: A method for multiplexing uplink control information (UCI) on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is described. Control data is coded with user data repetition. The coded control data is mapped to a PUSCH resource. A data block base for the coded control data is also mapped in the PUSCH resource. The UCI may include channel quality indicators (CQI)/precoding matrix indicators (PMI), acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and rank indicators (RI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhanping Yin, John Michael Kowalski
  • Publication number: 20140014985
    Abstract: TFT substrate (10) includes a plurality of pixel regions each including light emitting regions of at least three colors, which light emitting regions include light emitting layers (23R(1), 23G, 23R(2), and 23B), respectively, and two adjacent ones of the light emitting regions are a combination other than a combination of (i) a light emitting region included in a light emitting layer (23G) of a color having a highest current efficiency in a case where the light emitting layers of the light emitting regions of the at least three colors emit light having an identical luminance and (ii) a light emitting region included in a light emitting layer (23B) of a color having a lowest current efficiency in a case where the light emitting layers of the light emitting regions of the at least three colors emit light having an identical luminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Shinichi Kawato, Satoshi Inoue, Satoshi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140016075
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus that features sufficiently fast response and are excellent in transmittance performance. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each of the first substrate and the second substrate includes electrodes. The electrodes of the second substrate include a pair of comb substrates and a planar electrode. The liquid crystal display panel is configured to align liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer in a direction horizontal to a substrate main surface in response to an electric field generated between the pair of comb electrodes or an electric field generated between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke IWATA, Mitsuhiro MURATA, Hiroaki ASAGI, Yasuhiro NASU, Hidefumi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20140015787
    Abstract: When a detection device (20) detects a TP operation (touch panel operation) with respect to an electronic apparatus (100), a display device (1) advances (accelerates) timing of a scanning period which is after and nearest to detection of the TP operation so that the timing of the scanning period comes earlier than conventional timing (a) which is predetermined for a case where the TP operation is not detected in the non-scanning period, that is, the timing of the scanning period is set to timing (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Saitoh, Akizumi Fujioka, Masami Ozaki, Toshihiro Yanagi