Patents Assigned to Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent number: 12256372Abstract: A method for MBS acquisition is provided. The method includes receiving system information from a BS; determining a first CORESET configuration and a second CORESET configuration according to the system information, the first CORESET configuration determining a first set of CORESETs scheduling at least one MCCH, the second CORESET configuration determining a second set of CORESETs scheduling a plurality of MTCHs; receiving an MCCH message on the at least one MCCH provided through a first beam of a plurality of beams associated with the BS; and determining, according to the second CORESET configuration and the MCCH message, a plurality of MBS-specific CORESET groups in the second set of CORESETs, wherein each of the plurality of MBS-specific CORESET groups corresponds to a respective MBS session and includes at least two CORESETs configured to be provided through at least two different beams of the plurality of beams. A UE using the method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chia-Hung Wei, Hai-Han Wang, Hung-Chen Chen, Heng-Li Chin
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Patent number: 12256410Abstract: A method for a UE for performing a CG-SDT is provided. The method includes receiving a CG-SDT-specific RSRP threshold from a BS, the CG-SDT-specific RSRP threshold being configured to the UE for an SSB selection for the CG-SDT; in a case that one or more SSBs with RSRPs above the CG-SDT-specific RSRP threshold are available, performing the SSB selection to determine a first SSB index from one or more SSB indices of the one or more SSBs; and performing an initial transmission of the CG-SDT or a subsequent new transmission of the CG-SDT through a first UL grant corresponding to the first SSB index.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Heng-Li Chin, Mei-Ju Shih
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Patent number: 12254823Abstract: A display device includes: a display that displays an image based on image data; a backlight device that irradiates the display with light; an image determiner that determines, based on the image data, whether the image includes a target image having a contrast higher than a reference contrast; and a luminance value setter that sets each luminance value of the image based on the image data, wherein when the image determiner determines that the image includes the target image, the luminance value setter changes the luminance value set for at least one of two or more areas in the target image to reduce a difference between the luminance values of the two or more areas in the target image set based on the image data.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroto Suzuki
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Patent number: 12256356Abstract: A UE transmits a registration request message including an S-NSSAI and receives a registration accept message including the S-NSSAI, a first cause value, and a first back-off timer value. The UE starts a back-off timer using the first back-off timer value corresponding to the S-NSSAI. In a case that the UE receives a configuration update command including the S-NSSAI, a second cause value, and a second back-off timer value before expiration of the back-off timer, the UE updates, in a case that the second back-off timer value indicates a value other than zero the back-off timer to be the second back-off timer value and stops, in a case that the second back-off timer value indicates zero, the back-off timer. In a case that the back-off timer expires or stops, the UE transmits the registration request message including the S-NSSAI or a PDU session establishment request message.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuo Sugawara, Yudai Kawasaki
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Patent number: 12253809Abstract: An image-forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum on which a toner image is formed and a charging roller that is brought into contact with a surface of the photosensitive drum to charge the surface of the photosensitive drum. The photosensitive drum is rotatable in both a forward rotation direction and a reverse rotation direction which are rotation directions in image formation, and the charging roller is rotatable in accordance with rotation of the photosensitive drum. The image-forming apparatus executes a preliminary charging operation of applying a DC voltage to the charging roller and then rotating the photosensitive drum in at least one of the forward rotation direction and the reverse rotation direction so that a pre-rotation contact portion that is in contact with the charging roller before the rotation on the surface of the photosensitive drum is charged when being moved to discharge regions on the charging roller.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuki Kawajiri
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Patent number: 12256393Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a higher layer processor configured to determine that a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) of ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) and a PUCCH for uplink control information (UCI) of enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) overlap with an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The higher layer processor is also configured to determine multiplexing of both URLLC UCI and eMBB UCI on the eMBB PUSCH, where the URLLC UCI starts immediately after a first set of demodulation reference symbols (DMRS) in the eMBB PUSCH. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform the multiplexing of the URLLC UCI and the eMBB UCI jointly on the eMBB PUSCH.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Zhanping Yin, Kazunari Yokomakura
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Patent number: 12256589Abstract: A light-emitting element includes, in order of listing, an anode, an hole transport layer, an emission layer, and a cathode. The light-emitting element includes an reducing material disposed in at least a part between the anode and the hole transport layer, being in contact with the anode and the hole transport layer, and containing a reducing material that reduces a layer having the hole transport layer. The reducing material contains, in a structure of the reducing material, hydrogen either at a concentration ratio of 1 to 1 with resect to a base metal, or at a larger concentration ratio than the base metal.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoshihiro Ueta
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Patent number: 12255844Abstract: Provided in the present invention are a method performed by user equipment, and user equipment. The method comprises: determining sidelink resource pool configuration information to be first configuration information (S101); receiving, from another user equipment, sidelink control information (SCI) and a corresponding or associated physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) (S102); and determining a cyclic shift of a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) corresponding to the PSSCH.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yinan Zhao, Renmao Liu, Chao Luo
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Patent number: 12255852Abstract: According to the present invention, provided is a method performed by user equipment, and the method is characterized by including: obtaining indication information related to resource allocation; and determining Nindicatedres time/frequency resources according to the indication information, wherein Nindicatedres is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, the indication information related to resource allocation includes information indicated in sidelink control information (SCI), and the information indicated in the SCI includes a time resource allocation indication value TRIV and/or a frequency resource allocation indication value FRIV.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chao Luo, Renmao Liu, Yinan Zhao
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Patent number: 12256451Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a communication control method is provided that determines whether congestion control is to be continued in a destination PLMN in a case that a PLMN is changed during the application of congestion control and the PLMN before the change is a home PLMN. In a case that the PLMN is changed while a back-off timer received along with a cause value for the congestion control is running and the PLMN before the change is a home PLMN, it is determined whether to allow UE to transmit an SM request message in the destination, based on the presence or absence of an information element notified from the network.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Masafumi Aramoto
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Patent number: 12250742Abstract: A base station apparatus for communicating with a terminal apparatus transmits a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration request message including a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) configuration to the terminal apparatus. The DRB configuration includes a DRB identity and a Packet Data Convergence Protocol Layer (PDCP) entity configuration corresponding to the DRB identity. PDCP entity configuration information includes one of a PDCP entity configuration for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and a PDCP entity configuration for New Radio (NR). A PDCP entity is established in accordance with the PDCP entity configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takako Hori, Shohei Yamada, Hidekazu Tsuboi
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Patent number: 12244779Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an operation acceptor that accepts an operation; an image former that has, to be switchable, two image formation modes that are a normal mode and a silent mode; one or more controllers; and one or more power-source controllers that control a power source, the power-source controllers transitioning to a predetermined sleep state when the operation acceptor has not accepted an operation for a predetermined standby time, and transitioning to a predetermined shutoff state when the operation acceptor has not accepted an operation for a predetermined sleep time, the controllers control the power-source controllers to transition to the shutoff state when a predetermined first sleep time has elapsed, and after transitioning to the sleep state during the silent mode, the controllers control the power-source controllers to transition to the shutoff state when a predetermined second sleep time has elapsed.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2024Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuichi Kaku
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Patent number: 12245244Abstract: A method for beam management performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving a DCI format in a first BWP based on a first QCL assumption specific to the first BWP, the DCI format scheduling a PDSCH reception in a second BWP; receiving an RRC configuration that includes a plurality of candidate TCI states associated with a serving cell in which the PDSCH is scheduled; receiving a MAC CE that indicates a subset of the plurality of candidate TCI states for activation in the second BWP; determining a second QCL assumption specific to the second BWP based on one TCI state in the subset; and receiving the PDSCH in the second BWP based on the second QCL assumption.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chia-Hao Yu, Chien-Chun Cheng, Hung-Chen Chen, Chie-Ming Chou
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Patent number: 12245307Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control method in user equipment and user equipment. The control method in user equipment includes: transmitting, to a base station, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reestablishment request message for requesting RRC connection reestablishment; receiving an RRC connection reestablishment response message transmitted by the base station as a response to the RRC connection reestablishment request message; when the RRC connection reestablishment response message indicates that RRC connection reestablishment is performed, a UE RRC layer performs an RRC connection reestablishment operation; and when the RRC connection reestablishment response message is an RRC connection establishment message used to instruct the UE to establish a new RRC connection, the UE RRC layer performs an RRC connection establishment operation, and a UE NAS layer initiates an NAS connection recovery procedure.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ningjuan Chang, Renmao Liu
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Patent number: 12245141Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a procedure and a communicator for initial registration of UE or periodic or mobility-based registration for achieving Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization in 5GS. Furthermore, a communicator for achieving a function related to Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization in 5GS is provided by providing a procedure and a communicator for changing a UE configuration initiated by a network, the procedure being initiated based on the Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization initiated by the network and completion of the Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoko Kuge
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Patent number: 12245459Abstract: This light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting diode including a light-emitting layer of quantum dots or an organic light-emitting material; and a protection diode located adjacent to, and connected in parallel with, the light-emitting diode, wherein the protection diode is operated in reverse bias to protect the light-emitting diode.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoshihiro Ueta
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Patent number: 12240987Abstract: An ink composition for ink-jet printing includes a functional material and an alkylene glycol derivative, wherein the functional material includes OTPD.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yang Qu
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Patent number: 12245235Abstract: A method performed by a UE is provided. The method includes receiving at least one SL-DRX configuration and a plurality of SL resource pool configurations to be configured on the first UE; performing partial sensing based on at least one of the plurality of SL resource pool configurations when an SL-DRX operation is performed based on the at least one SL-DRX configuration, each of at least one SL resource pool configured by the at least one of the plurality of SL resource pool configurations comprising one or more time slots; and performing SL-CBR measurement associated with each of the at least one SL resource pool in the one or more time slots where the partial sensing is performed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yung-Lan Tseng, Chia-Hao Yu, Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Yu-Hsin Cheng, Hung-Chen Chen
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Patent number: 12238320Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium of a device storing computer-executable instructions is provided. When the instructions are executed by one or more processors of the device, the instructions cause the device to: decode a merge subblock flag that specifies whether subblock-based inter prediction parameters for a coding unit are inferred from neighboring blocks and that determines whether a motion vector difference merge flag and a combination flag are to be decoded; determine a value of the merge subblock flag; decode the motion vector difference merge flag after the value of the merge subblock flag is determined as being equal to zero and a value of a motion vector difference flag is determined as being equal to one; and decode the combination flag that specifies whether a combined inter-picture merge and intra-picture prediction is applied to the coding unit by using the merge subblock flag and a sequence parameter set (SPS) flag.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiran Mukesh Misra, Frank Bossen, Christopher Andrew Segall
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Patent number: 12235599Abstract: An image forming device includes one or more image carriers on which a toner image is formed; a transfer belt that transfers a toner image formed on the image carrier; a presser that presses the transfer belt against the image carrier to transfer the toner image onto the transfer belt; and a switching mechanism that switches a position of the presser according to a rotation angle of a cam. The switching mechanism switches a position of the presser to one of a first position that presses the transfer belt against the image carrier, a second position that is separated from the image carrier, and a third position that is a position separated from the image carrier and having a smaller separation distance from the image carrier than the second position.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro Yoshikawa, Hideshi Izumi