Patents Assigned to Sharp
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Publication number: 20130324610Abstract: This invention relates to deuterated compounds which are useful for treating diseases in which inhibition of bone resorption is indicated, such as osteoporosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.Inventors: Kelem Kassahun, Christne Fandozzi, Donald R. Gauthier, Lisa A. Shipley
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Publication number: 20130321495Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (1), which is provided with a liquid crystal panel (display unit) (2) and a backlight device (backlight unit) (3), and which displays information by dividing one frame period into four sub-field periods. In the liquid crystal display device (1), a backlight control unit (23) controls a drive for lighting light-emitting diodes (4,4b) in such a manner that a first lighting period for emitting white light and a second lighting period for emitting blue light alternate in two sequential sub-field periods. A panel control unit (display control unit) (22) operates: a red pixel (Pr), a green pixel (Pg) and a transparent pixel (Pt) during the first lighting period; and the transparent pixel (Pt) during the second lighting period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takenori Yoshizawa
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Publication number: 20130323251Abstract: Novel methods and drug products for treating autoimmune ocular inflammatory disease are disclosed, which involve administration of agents that antagonize one or both of IL-17 and IL-23 activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicants: The Government of the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Dep. of H.H.S., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Daniel J. Cua, Robert A. Kastelein, Van T. Tsai, Rachel Caspi, Phyllis Silver, Dror Luger
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Publication number: 20130320863Abstract: A lighting device comprises a plurality of light sources (61) fixedly mounted on a support. At least one of the light sources is operable independently of the other light source(s), and optionally every one of the light sources is operable independently of every other light source. The lighting device has an optical system (62) for directing light from each light source along respective directions different from one another. The axes and illumination patterns of the optical system subscribe 360° in the plane of the lighting device. The lighting device is preferably operable in at least a first mode in which the lighting device provides directional lighting and a second mode in which the illumination provided by the lighting device subscribes substantially 360° in the plane of the lighting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sarah Anne Mitchell, David James Montgomery, James Rowland Suckling, Stefan Rohrmoser
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Publication number: 20130324483Abstract: Purified genes encoding a T cell surface antigen from a mammal, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding this antigen are provided. Methods of using said reagents and diagnostic kits are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Daniel M. Gorman, Troy D. Randall, Albert Zlotnik
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Publication number: 20130321367Abstract: A display panel of a liquid crystal display device includes smoothing parts provided on an output end side of auxiliary capacitance lines. Through the smoothing parts, the auxiliary capacitance lines arranged along scanning signal lines and a common electrode are connected to each other. The smoothing parts each have a correction TFT and a capacitor. A source electrode of the correction TFT and each of the auxiliary capacitance lines are connected to each other, and a drain electrode and the common electrode are connected to each other through each of the capacitors. The correction TFT is controlled so as to enter a conductive state when the scanning signal line is in a selected state, and enter a shut state when the scanning signal line is in a non-selected state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Nobuhiro Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20130321386Abstract: A driver device (10) of the present invention includes a scan line driving circuit (12) which carries out a first scan in which (i) the scan line driving circuit (12) starts to supply a first scan signal, which has an intermediate electric potential between a voltage of a low level in a time period during which an nth scan line (151) is not scanned and a voltage of a high level, to an (n+m)th scan line (151) during a scan period during which the nth scan line (151) is being scanned and (ii) the scan line driving circuit (12) stops supplying the first scan signal to the (n+m)th scan line (151) when scanning of the nth scan line (151) is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsuhito Murai, Masami Ozaki, Kohji Saitoh
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Publication number: 20130322914Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a paper supply section, a housing member and an ion generating unit. The housing member is disposed at least below the image forming section, and gives the same shape in plane view as the image forming section and the paper supply section. The ion generating unit is contained in the housing member. The ion generating unit includes a duct forming a pathway of flow to guide the air that is sucked in from outside of the housing member again to outside of the housing member, an ion generating device disposed inside the duct, and a fan for generating an air current in the duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: YUHI AKAGAWA, SHINJI SUGITA
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Publication number: 20130321341Abstract: A coordinate input device of the present invention includes: an M-sequence generator (12); a drive electrode driving circuit (13); and a receiving electrode selecting circuit (14) which receives a value corresponding to a coupling capacitance, an inputted coordinate position being detected in accordance with the value received by the receiving electrode selecting circuit (14), a receiving electrode group being divided into two blocks, and a first detecting section (15) and a second detecting section (16) being provided so as to correspond to the respective two blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kengo Takahama
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Publication number: 20130321493Abstract: The display device includes: a display unit configured to display a combined image formed by dividing a plurality of different images into divided images and arranging the divided images in a predetermined order; a separating unit configured to separate the plurality of images included in the combined image; and a correcting unit configured to correct the gray scale data of a pixel that displays one of the plurality of images included in the combined image that the viewer is supposed to see, wherein the correcting unit includes: a shift amount generating unit configured to generate a shift amount used to adjust the gray scale data of each pixel that displays one of the plurality of images included in the combined image; and a determining unit configured to determine a correction amount used to correct the gray scale data using the shift amount generated by the shift amount generating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Sone, Noriyuki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20130321124Abstract: By a user selecting a name of a device displayed in association with identification information identical to the identification information notified at an icon of an under-control device at a table of a control device, an under-control device subject to control by the control device can be selected while reliably identifying an under-control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazunori Shibata, Akira Tojima
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Publication number: 20130321717Abstract: The backlight unit 12 according to this invention includes a plurality of LEDs 24, an LED board 25, a reflection sheet 29, a chassis 22, a first attachment member 31, and a second attachment member 32. The LED board 25 has a first board insertion hole 25c and a second board insertion hole 25d. The second board insertion hole 25d is arranged closer to an end portion of the LED board 25 in an arranging direction of the LEDs 24 than the first board insertion hole 25c. The reflection sheet 29 has a first reflection sheet insertion hole 29d and a second reflection sheet insertion hole 29e. The first attachment member 31 has a first axial portion 31b and a first head portion 31a. The first axial portion 31b is passed through the first board insertion hole 25c. The first head portion 31a is fixed at a hole edge of the first board insertion hole 25c. The second attachment member 32 has a second axial portion 32b and a second head portion 32a.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
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Publication number: 20130322772Abstract: A system for image processing that matches a model image with an input image. The matching process includes using a feature location index for the model image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Hae-Jong SEO, Petrus J.L. VAN BEEK
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Publication number: 20130324136Abstract: In a communication system, a first cell that covers a wide region includes, in a cover region thereof, a second cell that covers a smaller region than the first cell, one first terminal device or more positioned in the first cell receive a signal on which precoding has been performed and that is transmitted by a first base station apparatus that controls the first cell, and one second terminal device or more positioned in the second cell receive a signal on which precoding has been performed and that is transmitted using the same frequency as in the first cell by a second base station apparatus that controls the second cell. The communication system determines the number of streams to be transmitted by the second base station apparatus on the basis of information regarding the number of streams to be transmitted by the first base station apparatus. As a result, in a system in which interference between cells exists, interference may be reduced with a simple structure using transmit and receive filters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kozue Hirata, Shinpei Toh
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Publication number: 20130319331Abstract: A vapor deposition particle injection device (501) of the present invention includes: vapor deposition particle generating sections (110) and (120) for generating vapor deposition particles in the form of vapor by heating vapor deposition materials (114) and (124); and a nozzle section (170) which (i) is connected to the vapor deposition particle generating sections (110) and (120) and (ii) has an injection hole (171) from which the vapor deposition particles generated by the vapor deposition particle generating sections (110) and (120) are injected outward. The vapor deposition particle generating section (120) has a smaller capacity for the vapor deposition material than the vapor deposition particle generating section (110).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tohru Sonoda, Shinichi Kawato, Satoshi Inoue, Satoshi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20130321247Abstract: Provided is a display device and a display method for the display device with which a three-dimensional stereoscopic image with reduced crosstalk and a two-dimensional planar image with high brightness can be displayed. In a display device that is capable of displaying an stereoscopic image by displaying an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye, pixel lines for the right eye for displaying the image for the right eye and pixel lines for the right eye for displaying the image for the left eye are alternately arranged in the vertical direction with black pixel lines for displaying a black image therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuhsaku Ajichi
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Publication number: 20130321384Abstract: A display device includes first and second display pixels connected to a first source line, third and fourth display pixels connected to the second source line. The device further includes a receiver receiving display voltage for each display pixel, a calculator calculating first difference voltage between the display voltages of the first and second display pixels, and calculating a second difference voltage between the display voltages of the third and fourth display pixels. A parasitic capacitance is generated between the first display pixel and each source line and between the third display pixel and each source line. The display device further includes a generator correcting the first display voltage based on the first and second difference voltages and generating first write voltage for the first display pixel, and correcting the third display voltage based on the second difference voltage and generating third write voltage for the third display pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshikazu Tsuchiya, Masae Kitayama, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh
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Publication number: 20130321348Abstract: An ultrasonic detector (8) included in a pen (3) detects ultrasonic waves which (i) are emitted from respective plurality of ultrasonic emitters (5a, 5b) and (ii) are transmitted to the pen (3) via an ultrasonic transmission sheet (2) and a writing medium (6) while a tip of the pen (3) is in contact with the writing medium (6). A pen tablet device (i) carries out a calculation to find a correlation between each of signals based on the respective ultrasonic waves detected by the ultrasonic detector (8) and a corresponding one of independent pseudo-random signals to thereby find a delay time for a corresponding one of the plurality of ultrasonic emitters (5a, 5b) and (ii) finds the coordinates of the tip of the pen (3) from the delay time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kengo Takahama
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Publication number: 20130324728Abstract: The present invention is directed to processes for preparing a pyridyl piperidine compound which is an antagonist of orexin receptors, and which is useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.Inventors: Yun Shao Feng, Anthony Moses, Yong-Li Zhong
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Publication number: 20130326601Abstract: A content distribution server receives from an information processing device, a first password generated from first data indicating a key and server specific information specific to the server with the use of a predetermined function. Then, the received first password and processing designation information designating processing are transmitted to a terminal. The terminal generates a second password from second data indicating a key matching with the key indicated by the first data and the server specific information obtained from the information processing device, with the use of the function. Then, the first password from the server and the generated second password are checked against each other, and whether or not to perform processing designated by the processing designation information from the server is determined based on a result of checking.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi Nishikawa, Masayuki Fujii