Patents Assigned to Sharp
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Patent number: 11545478Abstract: Provided is a display device capable of preventing or reducing short-circuiting in an alternating high and low temperature environment. The display device is configured to display an image in a display region and includes: an insulating substrate; conductive lines provided on the insulating substrate and extending from the display region to a frame region exterior to the display region; a driver provided in the frame region and connected to the conductive lines; an organic protective film overlapping the conductive lines and extending from the display region to a region between the display region and the driver; an anisotropic conductive film provided under the driver and covering an end of the organic protective film between the display region and the driver; and a moisture-proof resin film overlapping the anisotropic conductive film and covering the end of the organic protective film between the display region and the driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Morino, Masanao Nakui, Kenji Saimura
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Patent number: 11543867Abstract: A flexible circuit board includes a plurality of first wires that have a first connection area and a first insulating layer that covers the first wires such that the first connection area is exposed. A printed circuit board includes a plurality of second wires that have a second connection area, a second insulating layer that covers the second wires such that the second connection area is exposed, and a plurality of island conductors adjacent to the second wires across a gap. The second connection area is covered with an anisotropic conductive layer. Each of the second wires in the second connection area at least partially faces a corresponding one of the first wires in the first connection area across the anisotropic conductive layer. The plurality of island conductors include an island conductor that is in contact with the anisotropic conductive layer and partially exposed from the anisotropic conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi Tomizawa, Atsuji Okada, Yohichiroh Sakaki, Mitsuhiro Sugimoto, Hiroaki Nakaminami
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Patent number: 11544355Abstract: A resource management server including a controller, a communicator that communicates with a license management server which manages a license, and a storage. The storage stores resource information. The controller acquires information about a resource to be activated, acquires license information from the license management server via the communicator, and, when a plurality of sets of license information is acquired as the license information, allocates a license to the resource to be activated based on the plurality of sets of license information.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki Sato, Takayoshi Ohkohchi, Makoto Okumura
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Patent number: 11545541Abstract: A wiring line is provided on a TFT layer, in which the wiring line is formed in the same layer and formed of the same material as those of a reflection electrode. The reflection electrode includes a plurality of metallic conductive layers made up of a low resistance metallic material, an oxide-based lower transparent conductive layer provided on a lower surface side of a lowermost metallic conductive layer constituting a lowermost layer, an oxide-based upper transparent conductive layer having light reflectivity and provided on an upper surface side of an uppermost metallic conductive layer constituting an uppermost layer, and an oxide-based intermediate transparent conductive layer provided between the plurality of metallic conductive layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tohru Okabe, Ryosuke Gunji, Hiroki Taniyama, Shinsuke Saida, Hiroharu Jinmura, Yoshihiro Nakada, Akira Inoue
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Patent number: 11543698Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels has a reflection region for performing display in a reflective mode. The first substrate includes a pixel electrode provided in each of the pixels and a reflection layer positioned opposite to the liquid crystal layer with respect to the pixel electrode. The reflection layer has a first region positioned in each of the pixels and a second region positioned between any two pixels adjacent to each other. Voltages of an identical polarity are applied to the liquid crystal layer for any two pixels adjacent to each other in a row direction, for any two pixels adjacent to each other in a column direction, or for all the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Sasaki, Ming Ni, Takashi Satoh, Keiichi Ina, Shuji Nishi
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Patent number: 11543918Abstract: An input apparatus includes: an operation position determination device that determines an operation position of a gesture operation by a user; a movement vector calculator that calculates a movement vector at an input position on the basis of a movement amount of the operation position when the operation position moves; an input processor that executes first input processing at the input position at the time when a first gesture operation is detected, and executes second input processing at the input position at the time when a second gesture operation is detected; and a movement vector corrector that corrects the movement vector in the case where a change from the first gesture operation to the second gesture operation is determined.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koichi Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20220416186Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: a cathode; an anode; a light-emitting layer provided between the cathode and the anode and containing quantum dots; an electron-transport layer provided between the light-emitting layer and the cathode; and a hole-transport layer provided between the light-emitting layer and the anode. The light-emitting layer includes a first light-emitting layer containing first quantum dots to which first ligands are coordinated, and further includes a second light-emitting layer provided closer to the electron-transport layer than to the first light-emitting layer, and containing second quantum dots to which second ligands are coordinated. A dipole moment of the first ligands is larger than a dipole moment of the second ligands.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yukio TAKENAKA
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Publication number: 20220409724Abstract: The present disclosure describes a combination therapy comprising an antagonist of Programmed Death 1 receptor (PD-1), a lenvatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and (6S,9aS)-N-benzyl-8-({6-[3-(4-ethylpiperazin-1-yl)azetidin-1-yl]pyridin-2-yl}methyl)-6-(2-fluoro-4-hydroxybenzyl)-4,7-dioxo-2-(prop-2-en-1-yl)hexahydro-2H-pyrazino[2,1-c][1,2,4]triazine-1(6H)-carboxamide (E7386) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof,—and the use of the combination therapies for the treatment of a cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicants: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD International GmbHInventors: Yoichi OZAWA, Yasuhiro FUNAHASHI, Yu KATO
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Publication number: 20220411507Abstract: Anti-cancer combination therapies comprising a CTLA-4 blocking agent and a PD-1 blocking agent are disclosed. In particular, combination therapies are disclosed wherein the CTLA-4 blocking agent is an effector-silent anti-CTLA-4 antibody or effector-silent anti-CTLA-4 antibody fragment and the PD-1 blocking agent is an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 antibody, or antibody fragment thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Drake LaFace, Juha Punnonen, Edward Bowman, David Bauche, Alissa Chackerian, Jeffery Grein, Smita Mauze, Anandi Sawant, Lakshmanan Annamalai
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Patent number: 11539853Abstract: An image reader used as a back surface reading unit includes LEDs, a first mirror, a second mirror, a third mirror, a lens, and a CCD inside a housing. The first mirror, which first reflects light reflected from the document, is positioned farther away from the document reading position than other reflecting mirrors (i.e. the second mirror and the third mirror) in an optical axis direction of the optical path connecting the document reading position and the first mirror.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Reishi Aoki, Hisashi Yamanaka, Shohichi Fukutome, Mitsuharu Yoshimoto
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Patent number: 11538894Abstract: A first metal layer, an inorganic insulating film, and a second metal layer are provided. A first wiring line led to a peripheral edge of a cutout portion is provided in the first metal layer. A second wiring line led to the peripheral edge of the cutout portion is provided in the second metal layer. The first lead wiring line and the second lead wiring line overlap each other through intermediation of the inorganic insulating film.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Yokoyama, Junichi Yamada
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Patent number: 11539547Abstract: A network system includes a refrigerator, a terminal, and a server that is capable of communicating with the refrigerator and the terminal and that provides, to the terminal, at least information based on an opening/closing operation of a door of the refrigerator. When the refrigerator starts an eco-mode, the server restricts an operation related to the watching service.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Nakashima
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Patent number: 11537012Abstract: A substrate for a display device, the substrate includes a signal supply section that supplies a signal; a substrate section having an extended outer shape section and having a display area configured to display an image; a plurality of lead wires that extend along the extended outer shape section to the display area; and a circuit section that is placed so that the lead wires are interposed between the display area and the circuit section and that is composed of a plurality of unit circuits arranged along the extended outer shape section, wherein the plurality of unit circuits include a unit circuit having an extension section that extends away from the signal supply section so as to be interposed between a unit circuit that is adjacent to the unit circuit on a side opposite to the signal supply section and the lead wires.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 11538435Abstract: The present invention provides a dimming panel including: a drive circuit; and dimming units arranged in one direction from a drive circuit, the dimming panel sequentially including a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate, the first substrate sequentially including an insulating substrate, connection lines formed from a transparent conductive material and connected to the drive circuit, a first insulating layer, a first electrode, a second insulating layer, and a second electrode, the first electrode or the second electrode including dimming electrodes disposed for the respective dimming units, each of the dimming electrodes being electrically connected to one of the connection lines, an electrode width of at least one of the connection lines increasing in response to a distance from the drive circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Shigeyuki Yamada, Takehisa Yoshida
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Patent number: 11540315Abstract: The present invention provides a method for configuring a random access channel transmitting resource in a time division duplexing (TDD) mode and a device thereof. The method comprises generating configuration information for indicating a random access channel transmitting resource. The configuration information comprises period indicating information for indicating a configured period of the random access channel transmitting resource, and/or offset indicating information for indicating an offset of the random access channel transmitting resource in the configured period. The method further comprises transmitting the configuration information to user equipment (UE).Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company LimitedInventors: Meng Zhang, Chao Luo
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Patent number: 11539968Abstract: A mechanism is provided that implements video coding and decoding such that only a specific partial image region on a screen can be independently decoded. A video decoding apparatus (31) according to an aspect of the present invention configures, in intra prediction, inter prediction, loop filter processing, or the like, a partial image region in a picture, handles a region outside the partial image region in a similar manner to a region outside the picture, and does not apply such restriction to a non-partial image region other than the partial image region in the picture.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Takeshi Chujoh, Yukinobu Yasugi, Eiichi Sasaki, Tomoko Aono, Tomohiro Ikai
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Patent number: 11537337Abstract: A multifunction peripheral as an example of an image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure has an office direct print function. According to the office direct print function, a print process based on application data generated by predetermined application software or compatible application software compatible with the application software may be directly executed without using a personal computer or the like. When a font is substituted in execution of the print process performed by the office direct print function, a caution message screen and a preview screen are displayed on a display of the multifunction peripheral before the print process is executed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masao Saeda, Yasuhiro Nakai, Kohichi Murakami, Yasutomo Hayano
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Patent number: 11534763Abstract: Droplet interfaces are formed between droplets in an electro-wetting device comprising an array of actuation electrodes. Actuation signals are applied to selected actuation electrodes to place the droplets into an energised state in which the shape of the droplets is modified compared to a shape of the droplets in a lower energy state and to bring the two droplets into proximity. The actuation signals are then changed to lower the energy of the droplets into the lower energy state so that the droplets relax into the gap and the two droplets contact each other thereby forming a droplet interface. The use of sensing electrodes in the device permit electrical current measurements across the droplet interface. The sensing electrodes can be used for either (i) applying a reference signal during droplet actuation or (ii) recording electrical current measurements.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC, Sharp Life Science EU (Ltd)Inventors: Matthew Holden, James White, Andrew John Heron, James Anthony Clarke, Jason Robert Hyde, Benjamin James Hadwen, Sally Anderson
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Patent number: 11537059Abstract: An image forming device includes an image data acquirer acquiring image data, a laser source emitting a laser beam, a laser driver forming an electrostatic latent image by irradiating a scanning surface of a charged photoconductor with the laser beam, based on the image data, a shading characteristic corrector correcting light quantity of the laser beam, an image former forming an image based on the electrostatic latent image, and a controller controlling the image data acquirer, the laser driver, the shading characteristic corrector, and the image former. The shading characteristic corrector includes a PDM signal outputter outputting a pulse density modulation signal based on the correction of the light quantity of the laser beam, a smoothing circuit smoothing the pulse density modulation signal to obtain an analog signal to be output, and a spread clock outputter outputting a clock subjected to spread spectrum to the PDM signal outputter.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazutaka Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11536468Abstract: A heat exchanger placed in front of an air blower is appropriately supported by a cabinet. In an indoor unit, the heat exchanger is placed only in front of a rotation center of an air-blowing fan. The cabinet includes: an upper left protrusion and an upper right protrusion protruding forward from an upper portion of the cabinet; and a lower left protrusion and a lower right protrusion protruding forward from a lower portion of the cabinet, so that the protrusions support the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaki Kawamura