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1.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO DATA

      
Application Number 19423052
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-12-17
First Publication Date 2026-06-18
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Liang, Kai-Wen
  • Teng, Chih-Yu
  • Yang, Yu-Chiao

Abstract

An electronic device for decoding/encoding video data is provided. The electronic device receives the video data and determines a block unit from an image frame retrieved from the video data. The electronic device determines a Histogram of Occurrence (HoO) for the block unit by determining first reference block(s) based on first block vector(s) of first neighboring block(s) of the block unit, determining first intra prediction mode(s) based on the first reference block(s), and constructing the HoO based on the first intra prediction mode(s). The electronic device further determines a block prediction for the block unit based on the HoO, and reconstructs the block unit based on the block prediction. In addition, a non-transitory machine-readable medium for decoding/encoding video data is also provided.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/149 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output by estimating the code amount by means of a model, e.g. mathematical model or statistical model
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

2.

USER EQUIPMENT (UE)

      
Application Number 18717411
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-12-05
First Publication Date 2026-06-18
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Sugawara, Yasuo

Abstract

To clarify handling of rejected S-NSSAI that is rejected in a certain tracking area in a certain registration area and that is available in another tracking area in the registration area, behaviors of a UE and a NW for the rejected S-NSSAI, and the like. A UE receives, from a core network, rejected NSSAI for a current tracking area and/or a rejection cause indicating S-NSSAI not available in the current tracking area, the rejected NSSAI includes S-NSSAI that is not available in the current tracking area in a current registration area and that is available in another tracking area in the current registration area, the S-NSSAI is stored in the rejected NSSAI for the current tracking area in the UE, and use of the S-NSSAI is forbidden in the current tracking area during when the S-NSSAI is stored in the rejected NSSAI for the current tracking area in the UE.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 60/00 - Affiliation to network, e.g. registrationTerminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
  • H04W 8/12 - Mobility data transfer between location registers or mobility servers
  • H04W 48/16 - DiscoveringProcessing access restriction or access information
  • H04W 48/18 - Selecting a network or a communication service

3.

ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE

      
Application Number 19529618
Status Pending
Filing Date 2026-02-04
First Publication Date 2026-06-18
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor Fujikawa, Yohsuke

Abstract

An active matrix substrate includes a plurality of signal lines, each of which includes first and second line portions and an inner connection portion (connection portion) that connects the first and second line portions. The first and second line portions of one of two adjacent signal lines are made of first and second conductive layers, respectively, and the first and second line portions of the other of the two adjacent signal lines are made of second and first conductive layers, respectively. The position of the connection portion of each of the signal lines is determined in accordance with the layout position of that signal line in the line region.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G09G 3/36 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source using liquid crystals
  • G02F 1/1345 - Conductors connecting electrodes to cell terminals
  • G02F 1/1362 - Active matrix addressed cells

4.

VIDEO ENCODER, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD

      
Application Number 19532307
Status Pending
Filing Date 2026-02-06
First Publication Date 2026-06-18
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Samuelsson-Allendes, Jonatan Alfred
  • Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to decode video data based on information included in a source picture timing information message. In one example, a source picture timing information message includes a syntax element specifying a highest temporal sublayer that the source picture timing information message includes source picture timing information about, wherein the value of the first syntax element is in a range of an indicated temporal identifier to 7, inclusive. In one example, a source picture timing information message includes respective instances of a syntax element specifying a scale factor used in determining a source picture interval of corresponding consecutive pictures in output order for each the specifies highest temporal sublayers starting with the indicated temporal identifier.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/30 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability

5.

USER EQUIPMENT (UE)

      
Application Number 19144410
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-31
First Publication Date 2026-06-18
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Chiba, Shuichiro
  • Sugawara, Yasuo

Abstract

A mechanism for transmitting and/or receiving information for appropriately executing a timer based on a time offset between a UE and a network for overload control after an unavailability period in which the UE is out of coverage due to discontinuous coverage of NR satellite access and a method for performing appropriate processing based on the information are provided.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 60/04 - Affiliation to network, e.g. registrationTerminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration using triggered events
  • H04W 48/18 - Selecting a network or a communication service
  • H04W 88/06 - Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode terminals

6.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING SUBPICTURE INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING

      
Application Number 19183931
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-04-21
First Publication Date 2026-06-11
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A method of decoding video data is disclosed. The method comprising: parsing a first syntax element indicating a number of subpictures in a picture; for each of subpictures which are other than a first subpicture, parsing second syntax elements indicating a position of the each of subpictures; inferring a top-left position of the first subpicture equal to a top-left position of the picture.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

7.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD

      
Application Number 19404435
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-12-01
First Publication Date 2026-06-11
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Washida, Kento
  • Tanaka, Kenji

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a display, a state detector that detects a state of the information processing apparatus; an event determiner that determines occurrence of an event requiring displaying of a warning screen; and one or more controllers, wherein the one or more controllers display, on the display, a setting screen enabling displaying corresponding to the event, and suppress the displaying of the warning screen on the display based on the state of the information processing apparatus detected by the state detector when the event determiner determines the occurrence of the event requiring the displaying of the warning screen.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof

8.

FIXING DEVICE

      
Application Number 19395295
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-11-20
First Publication Date 2026-06-11
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor Itagaki, Yuusuke

Abstract

A fixing device includes: a fixing belt having a cylindrical shape in an axial direction; a belt guide that holds both ends of the fixing belt; a frame that supports the belt guide; and a pressure member that presses the fixing belt while abutting against the fixing belt in a direction intersecting the axial direction. The belt guide has a flange portion that is fixed by abutting against the frame, and a standing portion that is provided adjacent to the flange portion and abuts against an inner periphery of the fixing belt, a groove portion that is provided in the flange portion on an outer periphery of the standing portion and capable of receiving an end portion of the fixing belt, and a through hole that communicates a surface of the flange portion facing the frame with the groove portion, and an abutment member that is disposed inside the through hole and is biased to abut against the end portion of the fixing belt.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 15/20 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat

9.

PRINT SETTING METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19407279
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-12-03
First Publication Date 2026-06-11
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Kanemoto, Yuhko

Abstract

A print setting method for a processing apparatus that performs stapling processing for one or more printouts, comprises (a) receiving a designation of the stapling processing for the one or more printouts; and (b) outputting, in a case where a division designation to divide and bind the one or more printouts in step (a) is received, the one or more printouts using a division unit according to the division designation received.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B42C 1/12 - Machines for both collating or gathering and permanently attaching together the sheets or signatures
  • G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern

10.

nanoHD Filter

      
Application Number 248071500
Status Pending
Filing Date 2026-06-10
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA also trading as SHARP CORPORATION (Japan)
NICE Classes  ? 11 - Environmental control apparatus

Goods & Services

(1) Air purifiers; filters for air purifiers; filters for air conditioning; air-conditioning apparatus; air-conditioning installations; dehumidifiers; filters for dehumidifiers.

11.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REFERENCE OFFSET SIGNALING IN VIDEO CODING

      
Application Number 19235939
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-06-12
First Publication Date 2026-06-04
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device for deriving prediction sample values for encoding data is provided. The device includes one or more processors, and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media coupled to the one or more processors and storing one or more computer-executable instructions. When the computer-executable instructions are executed by at least one of the one or more processors, the computer-executable instructions cause the device to encode a reference wraparound offset syntax specifying an offset used for computing a horizontal wrap-around position, to derive a luma location based on a product of a value of the reference wraparound offset syntax and a minimum coding block size, and to derive a predicted luma sample value by using the luma location. A maximum value of the reference wraparound offset syntax is determined based on a quotient obtained by dividing a width of each decoded picture by the minimum coding block size.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

12.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

      
Application Number 19353879
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-09
First Publication Date 2026-06-04
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Hamamoto, Masanori

Abstract

An information processing apparatus including a controller, and a communicator capable of communicating with a plurality of devices including a first device and a second device. The controller compares a model of the first device and a model of the second device with each other, determines whether a common setting item exists in both of the first device and setting information of the second device in common in a case where the first device and the second device are of models different from each other, and outputs information related to copying of a part or all of the setting information of the first device as the setting information of the second device based on a result of the determination.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof

13.

OPTICAL DEVICE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY

      
Application Number 19398343
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-11-24
First Publication Date 2026-06-04
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor Usukura, Naru

Abstract

A first reflective polarizing layer and a second reflective polarizing layer, a half mirror located between the first reflective polarizing layer and the second reflective polarizing layer, a first lens located between the first reflective polarizing layer and the half mirror, and a second lens located between the second reflective polarizing layer and the half mirror are included, in which the first lens and the second lens are plano-convex lenses each having a plane on a side close to the half mirror, the first reflective polarizing layer is disposed along a convex surface of the first lens, the second reflective polarizing layer is disposed along a convex surface of the second lens, the first reflective polarizing layer transmits first polarized light and reflects second polarized light, and the second reflective polarizing layer reflects one of the first polarized light and the second polarized light and transmits the other.

IPC Classes  ?

14.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

      
Application Number 19399863
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-11-25
First Publication Date 2026-06-04
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sano, Masahito
  • Kaneko, Seiji

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor portion, a first insulating film, a first conductive portion disposed not to overlap the semiconductor portion, a second insulating film, a second conductive portion overlapping the semiconductor portion, and a third conductive portion overlapping the first conductive portion, in which the first insulating film and the second insulating film are provided with a first contact hole overlapping both the semiconductor portion and the second conductive portion, the second insulating film is provided with a second contact hole overlapping both the first conductive portion and the third conductive portion, the first conductive portion includes at least a first conductive layer disposed on the first insulating film, a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive film, and a sacrificial layer disposed on the second conductive film, and the sacrificial layer includes a communication hole communicating with the second contact hole.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H10D 86/40 - Integrated devices formed in or on insulating or conducting substrates, e.g. formed in silicon-on-insulator [SOI] substrates or on stainless steel or glass substrates characterised by multiple TFTs
  • G02F 1/1368 - Active matrix addressed cells in which the switching element is a three-electrode device
  • H10D 86/01 - Manufacture or treatment
  • H10D 86/60 - Integrated devices formed in or on insulating or conducting substrates, e.g. formed in silicon-on-insulator [SOI] substrates or on stainless steel or glass substrates characterised by multiple TFTs wherein the TFTs are in active matrices

15.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number 19401818
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-11-26
First Publication Date 2026-06-04
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Kojima, Reina

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an acquirer that acquires contact information indicating content of a contact to a second user, the content being input according to an operation of a first user, and one or more controllers that execute determining a communication tool based on urgency regarding the contact information and status information indicating a state of the second user, and execute processing for presenting information indicating the communication tool to the first user.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04M 1/72436 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
  • H04L 67/50 - Network services
  • H04M 1/72451 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
  • G06F 40/20 - Natural language analysis

16.

TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 19123537
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-31
First Publication Date 2026-06-04
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Morimoto, Ryota
  • Fukui, Takahisa
  • Yokomakura, Kazunari

Abstract

Included are a receiver configured to receive a PDCCH to which DCI is mapped, and a transmitter configured to transmit a PUSCH for which transmission is indicated by the DCI A first RRC parameter and a second RRC parameter are configured. The first RRC parameter is information for defining a codebook subset for the PUSCH. The second RRC parameter is information indicating a number of antenna groups of a terminal. In a case that the first RRC parameter is a first coherent type and that the second RRC parameter indicates 2 or 4, a first TPMI field in the DCI indicates first information, and second information, and a second TPMI field in the DCI indicates third information. A precoding matrix for the PUSCH is determined based on at least the first information, the second information, and the third information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station

17.

EXPOSURE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING EXPOSURE DEVICE

      
Application Number 19405681
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-12-02
First Publication Date 2026-06-04
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakamoto, Masafumi
  • Yamamoto, Hiroshi
  • Yamada, Katsuaki
  • Ueda, Atsushi
  • Teramoto, Akito
  • Ohkubo, Kenzo
  • Taguchi, Noriaki

Abstract

An exposure device that exposes an exposure target member, the exposure device includes: a substrate including one main surface on which a plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged in a substantially linear shape; a support member; and an optical holding member holding an optical member, and being provided on the one main surface side of the substrate, wherein the optical holding member is positioned at the support member while sandwiching the substrate between the support member and the optical holding member, and a first positioning portion that positions the optical holding member with respect to the exposure target member and a second positioning portion that positions the optical holding member with respect to the support member are provided to the optical holding member at positions outward of both ends of the optical member in the longitudinal direction of the optical member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 15/043 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with means for controlling illumination or exposure
  • G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
  • G03G 15/04 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material
  • G03G 21/12 - Toner waste containers
  • G03G 21/16 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements

18.

SHEET FEEDING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19405920
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-12-02
First Publication Date 2026-06-04
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Morimoto, Yasumasa
  • Ogasawara, Hironori
  • Kusuda, Masakatsu
  • Iemura, Hirotoshi

Abstract

A sheet feeding device includes a sheet feeder and one or more controllers. The sheet feeder includes a feeding roller, a roller holder, and a sheet stopper movable to a first position where feeding of the sheet is regulated and to a second position where the feeding of the sheet is not regulated. The one or more controllers are allowed to perform a feeding operation of moving a roller holder to a lowered position and feeding the sheet to a sheet conveyance path, and a retracting operation of stopping the feeding operation and moving the roller holder to a raised position. The sheet feeder further includes a holding regulating portion that holds the sheet stopper so as not to move from the second position in a case where the retracting operation is performed in a state where the sheet stopper is located at the second position.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof

19.

TERMINAL DEVICE

      
Application Number 18714968
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-12-21
First Publication Date 2026-06-04
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakashima, Ken
  • Akagi, Yoshitomo
  • Tabata, Masaki
  • Ogawa, Shunsuke

Abstract

Provided is a terminal device that can easily photograph a measurement subject and measure bioinformation for the measurement subject. A terminal device comprises an information acquisition unit that acquires an image of a measurement subject captured by a photography unit, a slope detection unit that detects the slope of the face of the measurement subject on the screen of a display unit on the basis of a facial image of the measurement subject included in the image captured by the photography unit, and a display control unit that displays a first indicator image that has been matched to the slope of the face detected by the slope detection unit on top of an image displayed at the screen of the display unit that includes the measurement subject.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06V 40/16 - Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
  • G06T 7/62 - Analysis of geometric attributes of area, perimeter, diameter or volume
  • G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
  • G06V 40/60 - Static or dynamic means for assisting the user to position a body part for biometric acquisition

20.

USER EQUIPMENT (UE)

      
Application Number 18717406
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-12-05
First Publication Date 2026-06-04
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Sugawara, Yasuo

Abstract

To clarify handling of rejected S-NSSAI that is rejected in a certain tracking area in a certain registration area and that is available in another tracking area in the registration area, behaviors of a UE and an NW for the rejected S-NSSAI, and the like. In a case that in rejected NSSAI for a current tracking area in the UE, S-NSSAI is stored that is not available in the current tracking area in a current registration area and that is available in another tracking area in the current registration area, the UE includes S-NSSAI other than the S-NSSAI in requested NSSAI, and transmits a registration request message including the requested NSSAI.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 48/16 - DiscoveringProcessing access restriction or access information
  • H04W 48/18 - Selecting a network or a communication service
  • H04W 60/00 - Affiliation to network, e.g. registrationTerminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration

21.

FIXING DEVICE

      
Application Number 19372435
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-29
First Publication Date 2026-05-28
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor Mukai, Kan

Abstract

A fixing device determines a slip of a fixing belt based on two or more combinations of a plurality of determination criteria including a drive current that fluctuates according to a load that rotates a fixing member, a temperature gradient of the rotation of the fixing member, and a time difference between detection of a sheet (not illustrated) by a pre-fixing sensor and detection of the sheet by a post-fixing sensor.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 15/20 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat
  • G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern

22.

TERMINAL APPARATUS AND BASE STATION APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19121729
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-06
First Publication Date 2026-05-28
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukui, Takahisa
  • Yokomakura, Kazunari
  • Morimoto, Ryota

Abstract

A random access preamble is transmitted and a random access response is received in a random access procedure, wherein in a case that a first higher layer parameter is configured and in a case that a first time alignment timer associated with a first TAG expires, the random access procedure is initiated based on a second higher layer parameter, in a case that the first higher layer parameter is not configured and in a case that the first time alignment timer expires, the random access procedure is initiated based on the second higher layer parameter, in a case that the first higher layer parameter is configured and in a case that a second time alignment timer associated with a second TAG expires, the random access procedure is initiated based on the first higher layer parameter, in a case that the first higher layer parameter is not configured and in a case that the second time alignment timer expires, the random access procedure is not initiated, and the first higher layer parameter and the second higher layer parameter include an RACH configuration.

IPC Classes  ?

23.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

      
Application Number 19399921
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-11-25
First Publication Date 2026-05-28
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Naoto

Abstract

An information processing apparatus comprises one or more main controllers that control processing of the entire information processing apparatus; a plurality of sub-controllers that control processing of a function executable by the information processing apparatus; and a watchdog timer that detects an occurrence of an abnormality in processing of a first function controlled by a first sub-controller among the plurality of sub-controllers, wherein when the watchdog timer detects an occurrence of an abnormality, the one or more main controllers determine whether to reset the entire information processing apparatus or reset the first sub-controller, based on whether processing executed by the information processing apparatus relates to the processing of the first function controlled by the first sub-controller.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof

24.

CHARGING SYSTEM FOR METAL-AIR FLOW BATTERY AND METAL-AIR FLOW BATTERY

      
Application Number 19344998
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-09-30
First Publication Date 2026-05-21
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takenaka, Shinobu
  • Mizuhata, Hirotaka

Abstract

A charging system for a metal-air flow battery, includes: a first layer including a first flow channel; a positive electrode facing the first flow channel; a second layer including a second flow channel; a negative electrode facing the second flow channel; a separator separating the first and second flow channels from each other; a positive-electrode solution flowing through the first flow channel; and a negative-electrode solution flowing through the second flow channel, wherein the charging system for the metal-air flow battery has a time period during which hydrogen is generated in the negative electrode.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 12/02 - Details
  • H01M 12/08 - Hybrid cellsManufacture thereof composed of a half-cell of a fuel-cell type and a half-cell of the secondary-cell type
  • H01M 50/46 - Separators, membranes or diaphragms characterised by their combination with electrodes

25.

METAL-AIR FLOW BATTERY CELL AND METAL-AIR FLOW BATTERY STACK

      
Application Number 19351516
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-07
First Publication Date 2026-05-21
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mizuhata, Hirotaka
  • Takenaka, Shinobu
  • Kitagawa, Tomo

Abstract

A metal-air flow battery cell includes: a negative-electrode flow-channel layer including an inlet, a first flow channel, a negative-electrode chamber, a second flow channel, and an outlet, the negative-electrode flow-channel layer being configured to guide a slurry containing active-material particles and an electrolytic solution, the negative-electrode chamber including an entrance and an exit, the entrance being connected to the first flow channel, the exit being connected to the second flow channel; and a negative electrode including a negative-electrode surface disposed perpendicularly below the negative-electrode chamber, wherein the negative-electrode surface and a first lower surface are arranged along a first coplanar plane at the entrance, the first lower surface being disposed perpendicularly below the first flow channel, and the negative-electrode surface and a second lower surface are arranged along a second coplanar plane at the exit, the second lower surface being disposed perpendicularly below the second flow channel.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/86 - Inert electrodes with catalytic activity, e.g. for fuel cells
  • H01M 8/0276 - Sealing means characterised by their form
  • H01M 8/18 - Regenerative fuel cells, e.g. redox flow batteries or secondary fuel cells

26.

VIDEO CODING APPARATUS AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19449067
Status Pending
Filing Date 2026-01-14
First Publication Date 2026-05-21
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Chujoh, Takeshi
  • Aono, Tomoko
  • Ikai, Tomohiro

Abstract

The number of weights of a reference list from coded data is decoded. The number of the weights of the reference list is set equal to or more than 1. A flag indicating whether a weight coefficient and an offset value are present is decoded for each index of the reference list, according to the number of the weights. The weight coefficient and the offset value are decoded in a case that a value of the flag is true. An interpolation image of a reference picture is multiplied by the weight coefficient, the offset value is added, and a prediction image is generated.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process

27.

VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

      
Application Number 19450288
Status Pending
Filing Date 2026-01-15
First Publication Date 2026-05-21
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Chujoh, Takeshi
  • Ikai, Tomohiro
  • Aono, Tomoko
  • Sasaki, Eiichi
  • Hashimoto, Tomonori
  • Zhou, Tianyang
  • Yasugi, Yukinobu

Abstract

In a case that two reference picture lists are selected with one index value, the reference picture lists may not be determinable depending on the number of two reference picture list structures. Provided is a prediction unit that decodes a reference picture list structure including multiple reference picture lists and selects two reference picture lists from the reference picture list structure for each picture or for each slice. The prediction unit selects two reference picture lists with one index value depending on the number of two reference picture list structures.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process

28.

METHOD PERFORMED BY USER EQUIPMENT, AND USER EQUIPMENT

      
Application Number 19114534
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-25
First Publication Date 2026-05-21
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Zhang, Chongming
  • Liu, Renmao

Abstract

The present invention provides a method performed by a user equipment and a user equipment. The method comprises: receiving, by a remote UE, a notification message from a relay UE, the notification message including an information element having a value of content of a system information block (SIB1); and in the case of receiving the notification message, determining, by the remote UE, whether the remote UE itself is configured with multi-path, wherein in the case of not being configured with multi-path, the remote UE applies SIB1, and in the case of being configured with multi-path, the remote UE determines, according to a result of further determination, whether to apply SIB1. Thus, a serving cell can be appropriately determined, and the communication quality and the communication efficiency can be improved.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports
  • H04W 88/04 - Terminal devices adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

29.

CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, ELECTROWETTING DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND CONTROL CIRCUIT

      
Application Number 19335730
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-09-22
First Publication Date 2026-05-21
Owner
  • Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
  • Sharp Display Technology Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hara, Takeshi
  • Tanaka, Kohhei
  • Nakano, Fumiki

Abstract

A circuit substrate includes a control circuit including an input transistor, an output transistor, and an output node, in which in the control circuit, a current corresponding to input to one conduction terminal of the input transistor flows to the output node via the output transistor, and the control circuit includes an inspection circuit element connected to the other conduction terminal of the input transistor and the output node.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G09G 3/34 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source
  • G09G 3/00 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes

30.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM FOR DECODING AND/OR ENCODING VIDEO DATA

      
Application Number 19341612
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-09-26
First Publication Date 2026-05-21
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Yang, Yu-Chiao

Abstract

A method of decoding/encoding video data is provided. The method determines a chroma block location of a chroma block unit from an image frame of the video data; a guiding block vector for the chroma block unit; and a guided reference block from the image frame based on the guiding block vector. The method derives a CCP filter based on neighboring samples, neighboring the guided reference block, as an on-the-fly CCP candidate of the chroma block unit. The method then determines a CCP merge list of the chroma block unit, including CCP merge candidates, used to reconstruct chroma coding units prior to reconstructing the chroma block unit, and the on-the-fly CCP candidate of the chroma block unit. The method then reconstructs the chroma block unit based on the CCP merge list. An electronic device and a non-transitory machine-readable medium of an electronic device using such a method are also provided.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters

31.

DISPLAY DEVICE

      
Application Number 19391063
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-11-17
First Publication Date 2026-05-21
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Noichi, Shunsuke
  • Tanaka, Noriyuki
  • Kitagawa, Daiji
  • Suyama, Tatsuhiko

Abstract

A display device comprises a switch configured to switch between: a first mode for connecting only one of a left-pixel signal line or a right-pixel signal line to a black voltage line and connecting an other one of the left-pixel signal line or the right-pixel signal line to a video signal line; and a second mode for connecting both the left-pixel signal line and the right-pixel signal line to the video signal line.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G09G 3/00 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
  • G09G 3/3208 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix using controlled light sources using electroluminescent panels semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
  • G09G 3/36 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source using liquid crystals

32.

TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18695374
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-09-22
First Publication Date 2026-05-21
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukui, Takahisa
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki
  • Nogami, Toshizo
  • Suzuki, Shoichi
  • Nakashima, Daiichiro
  • Ouchi, Wataru
  • Lin, Huifa
  • Morimoto, Ryota

Abstract

A terminal apparatus includes a receiver that receives a PDCCH to which DCI scheduling a PUSCH is mapped, and a transmitter that transmits the PUSCH. Frequency hopping for the PUSCH is performed based at least on the DCI, DMRS bundling for the PUSCH is performed, a first upper layer parameter and a second upper layer parameter are configured, in a case that the second upper layer parameter indicates intra-slot frequency hopping, a frequency hopping interval corresponding to the frequency hopping is one slot or less, and in a case that the second upper layer parameter indicates inter-slot frequency hopping, the frequency hopping interval is determined by the first upper layer parameter.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

33.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING DOWNSAMPLING OFFSET INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING

      
Application Number 18706047
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-11-02
First Publication Date 2026-05-21
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Bossen, Frank
  • Segall, Christopher Andrew
  • Deshpande, Sachin G.
  • Samuelsson, Jonatan

Abstract

A method of signaling phase indication information for video data is disclosed. The method comprising: signaling a phase indication information message corresponding to a coded video sequence; signaling one or more syntax elements in the phase indication information message specifying a horizontal position of luminance sampling locations relative to a display window; and signaling one or more syntax elements in the phase indication information message specifying a vertical position of luminance sampling locations relative to a display window.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

34.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19358725
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-15
First Publication Date 2026-05-14
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Kim, Sungi

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: an image former; an output tray; an operation panel; a power button; and a housing. The operation panel includes: a touch panel, and a notification lamp, the notification lamp has a laterally long shape, and is disposed along a lower-side side of the touch panel at a lower portion of the operation panel, and the power button is disposed in a housing front surface upper portion on a lower side Z of the output tray and at a position overlapping in an up-down direction Z a range of the notification lamp in a left-right direction X, the housing front surface upper portion being located on an upper side Z1 of a midpoint in the up-down direction in a housing front surface portion located on a front surface side of the housing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof

35.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

      
Application Number 19365781
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-22
First Publication Date 2026-05-14
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor Kuroda, Ryotaro

Abstract

An image forming apparatus that performs color printing by using a digital type laser driver having an automatic adjustment function of a bias current that includes a laser light emitter that emits laser light to expose a photoreceptor, a current controller that controls an APC light emission current of the laser light emitter, and a signal generator that generates a signal to cause the laser driver to calculate the bias current from a current value by a plurality of APC light emissions of the laser light emitter, wherein the signal generator generates a signal to cause the laser driver to calculate the bias current based on the current value by the plurality of APC light emissions from the laser light emitter at a timing outside a printing area in a sub-scanning direction in bias current calculation of the laser light emitter that performs exposure of a predetermined color.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 15/043 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with means for controlling illumination or exposure
  • G03G 15/04 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material

36.

DISPLAY DEVICE

      
Application Number 19384055
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-11-10
First Publication Date 2026-05-14
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kitagawa, Hideki
  • Hara, Yoshihito
  • Maeda, Masaki
  • Nishimura, Jun
  • Hirata, Yoshiharu
  • Hara, Kengo

Abstract

A display device includes a base substrate, a thin film transistor layer provided on the base substrate and including a low-resistance conductive layer including a copper film, the low-resistance conductive layer being disposed corresponding to each subpixel of a plurality of subpixels constituting a display region, and a light-emitting element layer provided on the thin film transistor layer and including a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of light-emitting function layers, and a common second electrode sequentially layered corresponding to the plurality of subpixels, in which each of the first electrodes includes a silver film and is electrically connected to the low-resistance conductive layer, and the low-resistance conductive layer is covered with a first metal layer having etching resistance to an etching solution for the silver film.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H10K 59/131 - Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals
  • H10K 59/121 - Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements

37.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19384079
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-11-10
First Publication Date 2026-05-14
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAIHA (Japan)
Inventor Kim, Sungi

Abstract

An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body including a sheet discharge tray; and an operation panel, wherein the operation panel includes a touch panel, and a notification lamp that issues a notification, and has a laterally elongated shape in which a length in a left-right direction is larger than a length in an up-down direction in a front view, the operation panel is provided above the sheet discharge tray in a side view, the operation panel is arranged at an apparatus one end portion in a front view, and below the touch panel of the operation panel, of both end portions in the left-right direction, the notification lamp is arranged at an operation panel one end portion proximal to the apparatus one end portion, and a notch portion having a rectangular shape is formed in an operation panel other end portion being the other end.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 3/12 - Digital output to print unit
  • B65H 1/26 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with auxiliary supports to facilitate introduction or renewal of the pile

38.

TERMINAL APPARATUS AND BASE STATION APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19119194
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-05
First Publication Date 2026-05-14
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukui, Takahisa
  • Yokomakura, Kazunari
  • Morimoto, Ryota
  • Wan, Hua

Abstract

There are included a receiver configured to receive a PDCCH to which DCI is mapped, and a transmitter configured to transmit a PUSCH scheduled by the DCI, wherein a DMRS for the PUSCH is mapped to one or multiple resource elements, a maximum number of layers for the PUSCH is configured to be any one of 5, 6, 7, and 8, multiple DMRS ports for the DMRS are determined by an antenna port field in the DCI and a precoding information and number of layers field in the DCI, the number of layers for the PUSCH is determined by the precoding information and number of layers field, and the number of layers is not expected to be any one of 1, 2, 3, and 4.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes

39.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19382578
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-11-07
First Publication Date 2026-05-14
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Takesue, Yuichiro

Abstract

The disclosure provides an information processing apparatus that causes the image forming apparatus to appropriately reflect an output result expected from print settings of image data compared to the related art regardless of a difference in applications to be used. A controller determines whether a predetermined print settings save condition has been satisfied if an operation inputter accepts the print execution command of the image data with respect to the image forming apparatus from the application, saves the initial or final print settings of the image data in association with information of the application in a storage if the print settings save condition has been satisfied, and causes the communicator to transmit the image data and the final print settings of the image data to the image forming apparatus, and then causes a display to display a proposal on whether the initial print settings of the image data need to be changed to the final print settings saved in the storage to perform printing if the print settings of the image data have one or more common predetermined setting items to setting items of the initial print settings saved in association with the information of the application in the storage when the operation inputter accepts a print command of the image data from the application, and causes the communicator to transmit the image data and the final print settings saved in the storage to the image forming apparatus when the operation inputter accepts a change command of the print settings.

IPC Classes  ?

40.

ACCESS POINT APPARATUS, STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 19443233
Status Pending
Filing Date 2026-01-08
First Publication Date 2026-05-14
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Namba, Hideo
  • Shirakawa, Atsushi
  • Tomeba, Hiromichi

Abstract

In a case that frequent low-latency communication is performed in a wireless LAN communication system, there is a problem in that radio channel occupancy time is increased and congestion of radio channels is further encouraged to cause increase in latency.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 76/15 - Setup of multiple wireless link connections
  • H04W 74/08 - Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA
  • H04W 74/0816 - Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] with collision avoidance

41.

Systems and methods for updating patch size for spatial extrapolation and chroma upsampling in video coding

      
Application Number 18948094
Grant Number 12651382
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-11-14
First Publication Date 2026-05-14
Grant Date 2026-06-09
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to perform spatial extrapolation based on information included in a neural-network post-filter characteristics message. In one example, a neural-network post-filter characteristics message includes spatial extrapolation offset syntax elements specifying a spatial extrapolation area. In one example, a neural-network post-filter characteristics message includes an output chroma format syntax element specifying a chroma output format for chroma upsampling. The device may be configured to calculate a patch height and a patch width based on the spatial extrapolation offset syntax elements and the output chroma format syntax element.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding
  • H04N 19/80 - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness

42.

DELAY STATUS REPORTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

      
Application Number 18940533
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-07
First Publication Date 2026-05-07
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Baek, Sangkyu
  • Yin, Zhanping

Abstract

A transmitter node of a telecommunications system comprises processor circuitry and interface circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to generate a delay status report (DSR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) which comprises an indication of non-delay-critical data in a buffer which precedes in transmission order delay-critical data reported by the DSR MAC CE. The interface circuitry is configured to transmit the DSR MAC CE over a radio interface to a receiver node of the telecommunications system.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 28/02 - Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control

43.

DELAY STATUS REPORTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

      
Application Number 18940573
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-07
First Publication Date 2026-05-07
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Baek, Sangkyu
  • Yin, Zhanping

Abstract

A transmitter node of a telecommunications system comprises processor circuitry and interface circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to generate a delay status report (DSR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE). The DSR MAC CE comprises an indication for which of plural zones of a logical channel group the DSR MAC CE comprises a set of information fields. The interface circuitry is configured to transmit the DSR MAC CE over a radio interface to a receiver node of the telecommunications system.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 43/0852 - Delays
  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
  • H04W 80/02 - Data link layer protocols

44.

FUNCTIONALITY MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS BASED ON UE AND NETWORK SIDE INFORMATION

      
Application Number 18940725
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-07
First Publication Date 2026-05-07
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shrivastava, Rudraksh
  • Hegde, Sudeep
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki

Abstract

A UE determines a UE side associated ID for each of the UE that corresponds to a network side associated ID. The UE side associated ID is determined based on a first set of aspects of the UE. The UE determines, based on a second set of aspects of the UE, a stability index for each functionality of the UE that corresponds to the network side associated ID. The UE determines the applicability of a particular functionality of the UE based on the network side associated ID and a UE side associated ID determined for the particular functionality. The UE determines, based on a stability index determined for the particular functionality and its associated network side associated ID, a duration of time before activating the particular functionality when the particular functionality is not activated, and a duration of time before deactivating the particular functionality when the particular functionality is activated.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 24/02 - Arrangements for optimising operational condition
  • H04W 8/22 - Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
  • H04W 76/20 - Manipulation of established connections

45.

OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE

      
Application Number 19371210
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-28
First Publication Date 2026-05-07
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sato, Hidenori
  • Teramoto, Akito
  • Taki, Yusuke
  • Yamamoto, Hiroshi

Abstract

An optical scanning device comprises a component fixer including a one-end fixer that fixes one end of an optical component and an other-end fixer that fixes an other end of the optical component, wherein the one-end fixer includes a one-end positioner that positions an other surface of the one end and at least one one-end side protruding portion that supports the other surface in an inclined state with respect to a horizontal plane, the other-end fixer includes an other-end positioner that positions the other surface of the other end and at least two other-end side protruding portions that support the other surface in an inclined state with respect to the horizontal plane, and an other-end adhesive fixer fixes the other end to the other-end positioner and includes portions at which the other surface is fixed to the at least two other-end side protruding portions.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 15/041 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with variable magnification
  • B41J 2/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using single radiation source, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements
  • B41J 2/47 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using the combination of scanning and modulation of light
  • G02B 26/12 - Scanning systems using multifaceted mirrors
  • G03G 15/04 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material

46.

DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM

      
Application Number 19436502
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-12-30
First Publication Date 2026-05-07
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Samuelsson-Allendes, Jonatan Alfred
  • Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to receive a delta minimum value and a delta maximum value. The device may determine a minimum default value and a maximum default value based on a bit-depth. The device may determine a minimum clipping range value based on the delta minimum value and the minimum default value and a maximum clipping range value based on the delta maximum value and the maximum default value. The device may perform clipping according to the minimum clipping range value and the maximum clipping range value.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/14 - Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation
  • H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process

47.

DELAY STATUS REPORTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

      
Application Number 18940466
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-07
First Publication Date 2026-05-07
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Baek, Sangkyu
  • Yin, Zhanping

Abstract

A transmitter node of a telecommunications system comprises processor circuitry and interface circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to generate a truncated delay status report (DSR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE). The truncated DSR MAC CE is configured to comprise only a subset of contents of a full DSR MAC CE. The interface circuitry is configured to transmit the truncated DSR MAC CE over a radio interface to a receiver node of the telecommunications system.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 43/0852 - Delays
  • H04W 28/06 - Optimising, e.g. header compression, information sizing
  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
  • H04W 80/02 - Data link layer protocols

48.

FUNCTIONALITY MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS BASED ON UE AND NETWORK SIDE INFORMATION

      
Application Number 18940728
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-07
First Publication Date 2026-05-07
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shrivastava, Rudraksh
  • Hegde, Sudeep
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki

Abstract

A UE receives, from a network node, a configuration message that configures the UE to determine the applicability of one or more functionalities of the UE. The configuration message includes a network side associated ID that quantifies one or more network side conditions. The UE determines a UE side associated ID that quantifies a first set of aspects of the UE. The UE determines the applicability of a particular functionality of the UE based on the network side associated ID and a UE side associated ID determined for the particular functionality. The UE determines, based on a second set of aspects of the UE, a stability index and transmits the UE side associated ID, the particular functionality, and the stability index to the network node. The UE side associated ID and the stability index are used to determine whether or not to immediately activate or deactivate the particular functionality.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 24/02 - Arrangements for optimising operational condition
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04W 8/22 - Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
  • H04W 76/20 - Manipulation of established connections

49.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING LEADING PICTURES IN SOURCE PICTURE TIMING INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING

      
Application Number 18929518
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-28
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Samuelsson-Allendes, Jonatan Alfred
  • Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to signal a source picture timing information message. In one example, the source picture timing information message includes a syntax element indicating direction of signaled source picture intervals. In one example, a device may be configured to receive and parse the source picture timing information message.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field

50.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING CROSS-COMPONENT ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER COEFFICIENTS IN VIDEO CODING

      
Application Number 18932101
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-30
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takada, Keiichiro
  • Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to signal a cross-component adaptive loop filter coefficients. In one example, a device may be configured to signal cross-component adaptive loop filter coefficients for a number of cross-component filters for a chroma component using a continuous Huffman coded bit string. A device may be configured to parse a continuous bit string and calculate filter coefficient values for filter coefficients for each of a number of cross-component filters by applying a Huffman decoding process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/82 - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop

51.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING REFERENCE PICTURE LISTS IN VIDEO CODING

      
Application Number 19001136
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-12-24
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A video coding device may be configured to signal reference picture lists according to one or more of the techniques described herein. In one example, a method of decoding video data comprises: receiving reference picture list syntax elements; and parsing a syntax element specifying a value of a picture order count delta in the reference picture list syntax elements, wherein the syntax element is defined by i in a range of 0 to a number of entries in the reference picture list syntax elements, wherein: in case that a value i is not equal to zero, the picture order count delta is set to a value of the syntax element defined by i, wherein i is the number of entries in the reference picture list syntax elements, and in a case that a value i is equal to zero, the picture order count delta is set to a value of the syntax element plus one.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field

52.

VOICE PROCESSING SYSTEM, VOICE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING VOICE PROCESSING PROGRAM

      
Application Number 19181593
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-04-17
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwai, Yoshio
  • Sugiyama, Koichi

Abstract

In a voice processing device, an acquisition processing unit acquires a plurality of pieces of voice data corresponding to an utterance voice of a user from each of a plurality of user terminals. An acceptance processing unit accepts an adjustment request for first voice data of the plurality of pieces of voice data acquired by the acquisition processing unit. The adjustment processing unit executes voice adjustment processing on the first voice data in response to the adjustment request. An output processing unit causes a first user terminal that is a request source of the adjustment request to output adjusted voice data on which the voice adjustment processing has been executed and second voice data in which the first voice data is excluded from the plurality of pieces of voice data, and causes a second user terminal of the plurality of voice devices excluding the first user terminal to output the plurality of pieces of voice data.

IPC Classes  ?

53.

IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE

      
Application Number 19181702
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-04-17
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor Yoshida, Akihito

Abstract

An image processing device includes a controller and an image acquiring device. The controller acquires, by using the image acquiring device, a document image including a first image, a second image, and a third image generated sequentially by using a first sensor, a second sensor, and a third sensor, respectively, the first sensor, second sensor, and third sensor being image sensors that are arranged in accordance with a predetermined order relationship along a conveying direction of a document and read color components of three colors different from each other, compares the first image, second image, and third image with each other, and determines whether the document image contains a color shift from the document, based on a result of the comparison.

IPC Classes  ?

54.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19364095
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-21
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tokunaga, Shingo
  • Imai, Hidemitsu

Abstract

An information processing apparatus of the disclosure includes a controller and a communicator that communicates, via a network, with a server that generates a token, wherein the controller receives the token from the server using the communicator, executes token reacquisition processing of transmitting a token reacquisition request for requesting reacquisition of the token to the server using the communicator and receiving the token as a response, and performs control to avoid interruption of processing including the token reacquisition processing during execution of the token reacquisition processing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 9/40 - Network security protocols
  • G06F 1/3234 - Power saving characterised by the action undertaken

55.

SHEET CONTAINING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19365267
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-22
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor Kawabata, Ryo

Abstract

A sheet containing device is configured such that a driving-side reversal parallel axis gear can be separated from a driven-side reversal parallel axis gear, and imaginary tangent lines ω1 and ω2 of contact surfaces of a driving-side gear tooth meshing portion and a driven-side gear tooth meshing portion at a position in which the driving-side reversal parallel axis gear and the driven-side reversal parallel axis gear are meshed with each other always intersect with a first imaginary straight line γ1 passing through a first rotation axis α1 of the driving-side reversal parallel axis gear and a second rotation axis α2 of the driven-side reversal parallel axis gear through rotation of the driving-side reversal parallel axis gear.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern

56.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19369121
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-24
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Masuda, Akitoshi

Abstract

An information processing apparatus according to the disclosure includes: a communicator that can communicate with a server via a network, the server executing first authentication based on first authentication information including an account name; and a storage, and receives a refresh token transmitted by the server according to a result of the first authentication. Storage of the refresh token in the storage is controlled based on a setting related to whether or not to store the refresh token in the storage.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system

57.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVIC AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

      
Application Number 19426459
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-12-19
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Misra, Kiran Mukesh
  • Ji, Tianying
  • Segall, Christopher Andrew

Abstract

A device may be configured to reduce noise in a reconstructed feature data according to one or more of the techniques described herein.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • G06V 10/77 - Processing image or video features in feature spacesArrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using data integration or data reduction, e.g. principal component analysis [PCA] or independent component analysis [ICA] or self-organising maps [SOM]Blind source separation
  • G06V 20/40 - ScenesScene-specific elements in video content
  • H04N 19/17 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object
  • H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/65 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using error resilience

58.

DISPLAY PANEL

      
Application Number 19362609
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-20
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ohhitsu, Yoshinori
  • Noma, Mikihiro
  • Hasegawa, Hiroshi
  • Tsuchida, Kenichiroh

Abstract

A display panel includes a screen having a curvature in a first direction, a first absorptive polarizer having an absorption axis orthogonal to the first direction, a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a second substrate, and a second absorptive polarizer in this order, and further includes an adhesive layer having an elastic modulus of 1×105 Pa or less at a temperature of 23° C. and a stress relief film between the first absorptive polarizer and the first substrate, in which the stress relief film has a smaller heat shrinkage rate than the first absorptive polarizer at a temperature in a range from 23° C. to 95° C. in a direction parallel to the absorption axis of the first absorptive polarizer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02F 1/1335 - Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors

59.

OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19363790
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-21
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ohkubo, Kenzo
  • Sato, Hidenori
  • Yamamoto, Hiroshi
  • Teramoto, Akito

Abstract

The optical scanning device comprises a semiconductor laser, which serves as a light source for exposing the surface of the photosensitive body; a polygon mirror, which deflects the light from the semiconductor laser in the main scanning direction; and a cylindrical lens, which is positioned between the semiconductor laser and the polygon mirror and deflects the light from the semiconductor laser in the sub-scanning direction to irradiate the polygon mirror. The optical scanning device comprises a semiconductor laser, which serves as a light source for exposing the surface of the photosensitive body; a polygon mirror, which deflects the light from the semiconductor laser in the main scanning direction; and a cylindrical lens, which is positioned between the semiconductor laser and the polygon mirror and deflects the light from the semiconductor laser in the sub-scanning direction to irradiate the polygon mirror. The cylindrical lens includes an incident surface, through which light from the semiconductor laser enters, and an exit surface, through which the incident light exits. The curvature direction of the incident surface in the main scanning direction and the curvature direction of the exit surface in the main scanning direction are formed to be different from each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 26/12 - Scanning systems using multifaceted mirrors
  • B41J 2/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using single radiation source, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements
  • B41J 2/47 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using the combination of scanning and modulation of light
  • G03G 15/04 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material
  • G03G 15/043 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with means for controlling illumination or exposure

60.

OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE

      
Application Number 19363801
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-21
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Teramoto, Akito
  • Sato, Hidenori

Abstract

The optical scanning device comprises a light source, a polygon mirror 15, an fθ lens 19, and a BD sensor. The fθ lens is configured such that the region emitting light from the light source to expose the surface of the photosensitive body and the region emitting light from the light source to reach the BD sensor are continuous. The optical scanning device comprises a light source, a polygon mirror 15, an fθ lens 19, and a BD sensor. The fθ lens is configured such that the region emitting light from the light source to expose the surface of the photosensitive body and the region emitting light from the light source to reach the BD sensor are continuous. The light emitted from the light source discharges static electricity from areas outside both ends of the actual printing region in the main scanning direction on the photosensitive surface. The optical scanning device comprises a light source, a polygon mirror 15, an fθ lens 19, and a BD sensor. The fθ lens is configured such that the region emitting light from the light source to expose the surface of the photosensitive body and the region emitting light from the light source to reach the BD sensor are continuous. The light emitted from the light source discharges static electricity from areas outside both ends of the actual printing region in the main scanning direction on the photosensitive surface. The fθ lens includes: a first region that transmits light reaching the actual printing region; a second region provided at both longitudinal ends of the first region; and a third region provided at both longitudinal ends of the second region. The light reaching the BD sensor from the polygon mirror is configured to pass through the third region.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 15/043 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with means for controlling illumination or exposure
  • B41J 2/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using single radiation source, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements
  • B41J 2/47 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using the combination of scanning and modulation of light
  • G02B 26/12 - Scanning systems using multifaceted mirrors
  • G03G 15/04 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material

61.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19363806
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-21
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Taguchi, Takahiro
  • Itagaki, Yuusuke
  • Yoshikawa, Kouta

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a transfer device, a fixing device including a fixing belt, a heat source, a pressure roller, and a pressure roller temperature detector, a storage that stores, for each thermal expansion degree in a radial direction of the pressure roller, tables each showing a correspondence between a surface temperature of the pressure roller and an appropriate circumferential speed of the pressure roller, and a processor that acquires, at a start of a printing job, a table from the storage, based on a temperature difference between a surface temperature of the fixing belt and the surface temperature of the pressure roller, refers to the table being acquired to decide the circumferential speed of the pressure roller that corresponds to the surface temperature of the pressure roller.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
  • G03G 15/20 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat

62.

DISPLAY DEVICE

      
Application Number 19365298
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-22
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hara, Kengo
  • Imai, Hajime
  • Hara, Yoshihito
  • Maeda, Masaki
  • Nishimura, Jun
  • Hirata, Yoshiharu
  • Kitagawa, Hideki

Abstract

A display device includes: a thin film transistor layer and a light-emitting element layer. A terminal portion is provided with a first terminal layer formed of a second metal film, a first protection layer and a second protection layer formed of a second inorganic insulating film and a third inorganic insulating film are provided on the first terminal layer so as to expose a part of the first terminal layer and cover the other part of the first terminal layer, and a second terminal layer formed in the same layer and formed of the same material as each of transparent electrodes is provided on the first terminal layer exposed from the first protection layer and the second protection layer so as to cover the first terminal layer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H10K 59/124 - Insulating layers formed between TFT elements and OLED elements
  • H10K 59/121 - Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements
  • H10K 59/131 - Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals

63.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM

      
Application Number 19369124
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-24
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Kodama, Hirotaka

Abstract

An image forming apparatus connected to an authorization server that issues a refresh token used to issue an access token indicating permission to access a resource, the image forming apparatus includes: a volatile memory; a non-volatile storage; a communicator that receives the refresh token; and a controller, wherein the controller stores the received refresh token in the volatile memory, determines whether another refresh token used to issue the access token is stored in the non-volatile storage, does not store the received refresh token in the non-volatile storage when the other refresh token is stored in the non-volatile storage, and stores the received refresh token in the non-volatile storage when the other refresh token is not stored in the non-volatile storage.

IPC Classes  ?

64.

DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE

      
Application Number 19369595
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-27
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner
  • Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
  • Sharp Display Technology Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyazawa, Jin
  • Kitagawa, Daiji
  • Nakamura, Yousuke
  • Ishii, Shunsuke
  • Saitoh, Kohji

Abstract

A display unit, a scan driver configured to drive the display unit, and a controller configured to control the scan driver are provided. The scan driver receives a plurality of clock signals with different phases, and when a first image and a second image with a lower frequency than that of the first image are displayed adjacent to each other, the controller sets a refresh rate switching position according to data of the first image, data of the second image, and phases of the plurality of clock signals.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G09G 3/36 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source using liquid crystals

65.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR END-TO-END FEATURE COMPRESSION IN CODING OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA

      
Application Number 19432442
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-12-24
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ji, Tianying
  • Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to compress feature data according to one or more of the techniques described herein. A compression engine may include a video encoder operating according to a video coding standard. In one example, feature data may be compressed by using residual encoding to enhance the feature data by removing redundancies. Feature data may include reshaped feature data. Enhanced feature data may be spatially down sampled and the number of channels of the enhanced feature data may be reduced by applying a 2D convolution operation.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding
  • H04N 19/85 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression

66.

Image forming device

      
Application Number 19004743
Grant Number 12625448
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-12-30
First Publication Date 2026-04-30
Grant Date 2026-05-12
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Kawajiri, Kazuki

Abstract

An image forming device includes an image carrier, an image former including a charging member, a rotation driver that rotationally drives the image carrier, a date and time acquirer that acquires a date and time, a receiver that receives predetermined input information, which is an operation and/or a state of predetermined processing or is data, a controller, and a storage. When a determination processor determines that an input detection date and time is a date and time on or after a next rotation date and time, the controller performs predetermined distance rotation control of driving the rotation driver to rotate the image carrier by a predetermined movement distance and then stopping the image carrier.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06K 15/14 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data using printers by electrographic printing, e.g. xerographyArrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data using printers by magnetographic printing
  • G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
  • G06K 15/00 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data

67.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING PHOTOSENSITIVE CONTENT INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING

      
Application Number 18921821
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-21
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to decode video data based on information included in a photosensitive content information message. In one example, a photosensitive content information message includes syntax element indicating information regarding photosensitive content characteristics. In one example, the syntax element is a bit mask where individual bits specify whether the photosensitive content in pictures in the persistence scope of the photosensitive content information message exceed photosensitivity content guidelines specified by a corresponding standard.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

68.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTICAST DATA RECEPTION

      
Application Number 19117256
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-28
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Chen, Hung-Chen
  • Chang, Tzu-Wen
  • Wang, Hai-Han

Abstract

Methods and devices for multicast data reception are provided. A method perform by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) release message including a suspend configuration, the suspend configuration allowed to be received by the UE in an RRC inactive state; receiving first data of a first multicast session of the at least one multicast session in the RRC inactive state based on a first configuration that is associated with the first multicast session and that is included in the RRC release message; determining whether a reception quality of the first data of the first multicast session is lower than a first threshold; and triggering an RRC connection resume procedure in case that the reception quality of the first data of the first multicast session is lower than the first threshold.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 76/27 - Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states

69.

REWRITING DEVICE AND REWRITING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC PAPER

      
Application Number 19357543
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-14
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Matsui, Kuniaki

Abstract

A rewriting device for an electronic paper that includes a rewriting circuit that rewrites the electronic paper, a power source connection circuit that connects the rewriting circuit and at least one power source, and a control processor that acquires power supply capability of the power source connected to the rewriting circuit and determines a size of a unit region when rewriting is performed according to the acquired power supply capability, wherein, when the determined unit region is smaller than an entire region of the electronic paper, the control processor rewrites the unit region, and then rewrites the entire region by sequentially shifting the unit region to an unrewritten position.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G09G 3/34 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source

70.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING LENS OPTICAL CORRECTION IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING

      
Application Number 19359879
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-16
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Samuelsson-Allendes, Jonatan Alfred
  • Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to signal an lens optical correction information message. In one example, the lens optical correction information message includes a syntax element specifying a string describing the applicable lens model. In one example, the lens optical correction information message includes a syntax element specifying aperture information. A device may be configured to receive the lens optical correction information message.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

71.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO DATA

      
Application Number 19365852
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-22
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Liang, Kai-Wen
  • Teng, Chih-Yu
  • Lin, Yi-Hao
  • Yang, Yu-Chiao

Abstract

An electronic device for decoding/encoding video data is provided. The electronic device receives the video data and determines a block unit from an image frame retrieved from the video data. The electronic device determines a first block vector from a neighboring block of the block unit, where the first block vector indicates a first reference block. The electronic device further determines, based on the first reference block, and using a matrix-based intra prediction mode, a first block prediction for the block unit when the first reference block satisfies a condition associated with a block size and a mode type of the first reference block. The electronic device then reconstructs the block unit based on the first block prediction. In addition, a non-transitory machine-readable medium for decoding/encoding video data is also provided.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors

72.

DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

      
Application Number 19426520
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-12-19
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Misra, Kiran Mukesh
  • Deshpande, Sachin G.
  • Ng, Sheau

Abstract

A device may be configured to cause application based features corresponding to a service provided by a service provider to execute based on one or more determined user settings.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 21/81 - Monomedia components thereof
  • H04L 67/306 - User profiles
  • H04N 21/435 - Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data or reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
  • H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
  • H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies or resolving scheduling conflicts
  • H04N 21/475 - End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. PIN [Personal Identification Number] or preference data
  • H04N 21/485 - End-user interface for client configuration
  • H04N 21/488 - Data services, e.g. news ticker
  • H04N 21/84 - Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors

73.

SIDELINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SL-PRS) CAPABILITY COMMUNICATION TO ASSOCIATE A DEVICE WITH A SIDELINK POSITIONING GROUP (SPG)

      
Application Number 19114160
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-06
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Park, Kenneth James
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki
  • Yin, Zhanping

Abstract

A terminal device to transmit capability information to associate the terminal device with a Sidelink Positioning Group (SPG) in a New Radio (NR) system is provided. The terminal device includes: one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing a set of computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media and configured to execute the set of computer-executable instructions to cause the terminal device to perform operations including: transmitting, to an anchor terminal device administering the SPG, a first message indicating one or more types of Sidelink Positioning Reference Signal (SL-PRS) with which the terminal device is compatible; and receiving, from the anchor terminal device, when at least a first type of SL-PRS of the one or more types of SL-PRS is compatible with the SPG, the first type of SL-PRS to associate the terminal device with the SPG.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

74.

AUDIO PROCESSING SYSTEM, AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH AUDIO PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED

      
Application Number 19311397
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-08-27
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor Nishio, Tatsuya

Abstract

An audio processing apparatus includes an acquisition processing unit that acquires input sound input to a microphone of an audio device 2A among a plurality of audio devices 2 and a setting processing unit that, in a case where the input sound acquired by the acquisition processing unit is a registered sound registered in advance, changes a setting content of a predetermined setting item of the audio device 2A to a setting content registered in advance in association with the registered sound, and does not change a setting content of the predetermined setting item of audio devices 2B and 2C among the plurality of audio devices 2.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 3/16 - Sound inputSound output
  • H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers

75.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING PATCH SIZE FOR SPATIAL EXTRAPOLATION IN VIDEO CODING

      
Application Number 19357551
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-14
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to perform spatial extrapolation based on information included in a neural-network post-filter characteristics message. In one example, a neural-network post-filter characteristics message includes spatial extrapolation offset syntax elements specifying a spatial extrapolation area. The device may be configured to calculate a patch height and a patch width based on the spatial extrapolation offset syntax elements.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/42 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/85 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression

76.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING PATCH SIZE FOR SPATIAL EXTRAPOLATION AND CHROMA UPSAMPLING IN VIDEO CODING

      
Application Number 19362857
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-20
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to perform spatial extrapolation based on information included in a neural-network post-filter characteristics message. In one example, a neural-network post-filter characteristics message includes spatial extrapolation offset syntax elements specifying a spatial extrapolation area. In one example, a neural-network post-filter characteristics message includes an output chroma format syntax element specifying a chroma output format for chroma upsampling. The device may be configured to calculate a patch height and a patch width based on the spatial extrapolation offset syntax elements and the output chroma format syntax element.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/14 - Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

77.

TONER AND TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER

      
Application Number 19364080
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-21
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Wada, Osamu
  • Tsubaki, Yoritaka

Abstract

A toner including toner particles and an external additive adherent to a surface of the toner particles has the following configuration. The toner particles contain an amorphous polyester resin, a crystalline polyester resin, a release agent, and a first fatty acid metal salt. The first fatty acid metal salt includes a trivalent or higher metal ion. The first fatty acid metal salt in the toner particles has an average dispersion size of 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less. The external additive contains a second fatty acid metal salt.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 9/093 - Encapsulated toner particles
  • G03G 9/087 - Binders for toner particles
  • G03G 9/09 - Colouring agents for toner particles
  • G03G 9/097 - PlasticisersCharge controlling agents
  • G03G 9/107 - Developers with toner particles characterised by carrier particles having magnetic components
  • G03G 9/113 - Developers with toner particles characterised by carrier particles having coatings applied thereto

78.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING LENS OPTICAL CORRECTION INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING

      
Application Number 18920912
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-20
First Publication Date 2026-04-23
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Samuelsson-Allendes, Jonatan Alfred
  • Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to signal an lens optical correction information message. In one example, the lens optical correction information message includes a syntax element identifying a type of vignetting model. The syntax element may identifying a type of vignetting model as a polynomial sixth order model. A device may be configured to receive the lens optical correction information message.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/169 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness

79.

Systems and methods for signaling a non-linear transform normalization technique in video coding

      
Application Number 18924949
Grant Number 12610065
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-10-23
First Publication Date 2026-04-21
Grant Date 2026-04-21
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ji, Tianying
  • Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to receive a bitstream. The device may decode the bitstream according to a video coding technique. The device may reconstruct feature data from the decoded bitstream. The device may determine a normalization technique from one or more normalization techniques. The device may perform the normalization technique on reconstructed feature data to generate feature data for input into a neural network. Normalizations techniques may include a combination of a linear normalization techniques, scaling down normalization techniques, and logarithmic normalization techniques. In one example, a normalization technique may include a transform based normalization technique.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream
  • G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

80.

AMBIENT INTERNET OF THINGS CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS WITH DUPLICATE PAGING IN A 3-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE

      
Application Number 18913704
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-11
First Publication Date 2026-04-16
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yin, Zhanping
  • Ishii, Atsushi
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki

Abstract

An energy harvesting electronic device is described. The device includes an energy storage device configured to store energy harvested by the energy harvesting electronic device, memory for storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions. The processor is configured to receive a message on a physical random downlink control channel (PRDCH), wherein the message includes any combination of a paging identification (ID), a reader ID, a paging re-transmission counter, and a type of random access, for random access paging. The processor is further configured to determine that the message is a retransmission of an ongoing paging process for a three-step random access procedure, that a first message has been reported for a previous message, and that a second message has not been received. Additionally, the processor determines whether a second message response timer has expired.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 74/0833 - Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
  • H04L 1/1867 - Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end

81.

AMBIENT INTERNET OF THINGS CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS WITH DUPLICATE PAGING IN A 3-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE

      
Application Number 18913723
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-11
First Publication Date 2026-04-16
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yin, Zhanping
  • Ishii, Atsushi
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki

Abstract

An energy harvesting electronic device is described. The device includes an energy storage device configured to store energy harvested by the energy harvesting electronic device, memory for storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions. The processor is configured to receive a message on a physical random downlink control channel (PRDCH), wherein the message includes any combination of a paging identification (ID), a reader ID, a paging re-transmission counter, and a type of random access, for random access paging. The processor is further configured to determine that the message is a retransmission of an ongoing paging process for a three-step random access procedure and that a second message has been received after a previous message. Additionally, the processor is configured to determine whether a third message has been transmitted following the previous second message.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 68/02 - Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
  • H04W 74/0833 - Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

82.

AMBIENT INTERNET OF THINGS CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS WITH NEW AND DUPLICATE PAGING DETECTION IN A 2-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE

      
Application Number 18913739
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-11
First Publication Date 2026-04-16
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yin, Zhanping
  • Ishii, Atsushi
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki

Abstract

An energy harvesting electronic device is described. The device includes an energy storage device configured to store energy harvested by the energy harvesting electronic device, memory for storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions. The processor is configured to receive a message on a physical random downlink control channel (PRDCH), wherein the message includes any combination of a paging identification (ID), a reader ID, a paging re-transmission counter, and a type of random access, for random access paging. The processor is further configured to determine that the message is a retransmission of an ongoing paging process for a two-step random access procedure, and that a first message was transmitted in response to a previous message. Additionally, the processor is configured to determine whether a second message is supported by the two-step random access procedure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 74/0836 - Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access with 2-step access
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

83.

Systems and methods for signaling encoder optimization privacy information in video coding

      
Application Number 18917213
Grant Number 12641294
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-10-16
First Publication Date 2026-04-16
Grant Date 2026-05-26
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to signal an encoder optimization information message. In one example, the encoder optimization information message includes a syntax element indicating a type of privacy protection. The syntax element may indicate a type of privacy protection as pixelation, where personal information is pixelated. A device may be configured to receive the encoder optimization information message.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • G06F 21/62 - Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules

84.

TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 19114659
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-08
First Publication Date 2026-04-16
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Nogami, Toshizo

Abstract

A terminal apparatus includes a transmitter, and a receiver. The receiver receives SR link information including information of an allowable maximum transmit power. In a case that a receive power received by the receiver is equal to or less than a threshold, the transmitter transmits a transmission frame. In transmission of the transmission frame, a transmit power is configured to be equal to or less than the allowable maximum transmit power. In a case that the threshold is equal to or less than a first value, the allowable maximum transmit power is configured to a value indicated by the information of the allowable maximum transmit power. In a case that the threshold is larger than the first value and is equal to or less than a second value, the allowable maximum transmit power is configured to a value obtained based on the value indicated by the information of the allowable maximum transmit power and the threshold.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets

85.

MICROWAVE HEATING DEVICE

      
Application Number 19116018
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-12-27
First Publication Date 2026-04-16
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tomomura, Yoshinobu
  • Sasaki, Masato

Abstract

A microwave heating device includes: a housing having a transmitting portion that transmits a microwave; a microwave emitting portion that is provided in a manner facing the transmitting portion outside the housing and configured to emit a microwave; and a conductive member provided between the transmitting portion and the microwave emitting portion.

IPC Classes  ?

86.

VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO CODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19163502
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-11-17
First Publication Date 2026-04-16
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fan, Zheming
  • Yasugi, Yukinobu
  • Ikai, Tomohiro
  • Aono, Tomoko

Abstract

To improve the prediction accuracy of the SGPM method, the candidate list of the SGPM method can be expanded. The number and content of the expansion can be selected according to the size and shape of the target block. Also to reduce the complexity of the SGPM, DIMD and TIMD methods. This is achieved by reducing the dependency between SGPM, DIMD and TIMD methods and reducing the number of candidate modes in TIMD.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

87.

IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE READING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19350250
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-06
First Publication Date 2026-04-16
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Washida, Kento

Abstract

An image reading apparatus that executes a job involving reading of a document, the image reading apparatus including a detector capable of detection of the document placed on a document table, and one or more controllers that control display of a notification screen related to the detection of the document, wherein the one or more controllers control display of a first notification screen related to the detection of the document, depending on an operation history of a user or an apparatus status of the image reading apparatus, when an instruction to execute a job is received, if a size of the document is not set and the document is not detected by the detector.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof

88.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19356463
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-13
First Publication Date 2026-04-16
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Yamana, Shinji

Abstract

An image forming apparatus comprises: one or more controllers that control a heat source and a pressure changing device and that have received image formation on one or a plurality of sheets as a print job determine whether to perform fixing condition change control, based on a humidity condition that an ambient humidity exceeds reference humidity and at least one of setting conditions of a sheet length setting and a duplex printing setting in the print job, and are allowed to perform control, as the fixing condition change control, of changing pressure of a pressing member from first pressure when the ambient humidity is the reference humidity or lower to second pressure lower than the first pressure and increasing an amount of heat supplied by a heat source to be larger than an amount of heat when the ambient humidity is the reference humidity or lower.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 15/20 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat
  • G03G 15/23 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern involving the combination of more than one step according to groups specially adapted for copying both sides of an original or for copying on both sides of a recording or image-receiving material

89.

DECODING DEVICE, ENCODING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SENDING A BITSTREAM

      
Application Number 19408648
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-12-04
First Publication Date 2026-04-16
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Samuelsson-Allendes, Jonatan Alfred
  • Deshpande, Sachin G.

Abstract

A device may be configured to determine motion compensation interpolation filters. The device may be configured to select a motion compensation interpolation filter based on whether a block is predicted using uni-prediction or bi-prediction. A motion compensation interpolation filter selected for bi-prediction may be defined according to cos-windowed sinc function. A motion compensation interpolation filter includes filter coefficients for a phase.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/577 - Motion compensation with bidirectional frame interpolation, i.e. using B-pictures
  • H04N 19/103 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/82 - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop

90.

AMBIENT INTERNET OF THINGS CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS BEHAVIORS WITH NEW AND ONGOING PAGING PROCESS

      
Application Number 18913673
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-11
First Publication Date 2026-04-16
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yin, Zhanping
  • Ishii, Atsushi
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki

Abstract

An energy harvesting electronic device is described. The energy harvesting electronic device includes an energy storage device configured to store energy harvested by the energy harvesting electronic device, memory for storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the energy harvesting electronic device to receive a message on a physical random downlink control channel (PRDCH). The message includes any combination of a paging identification (ID), a reader ID, and a paging re-transmission counter, for random access paging. The instructions also cause the energy harvesting electronic device to determine whether the message is a new paging process or a retransmission of an ongoing paging process that has not transmitted a first message. The instructions further cause the energy harvesting electronic device to determine whether a random access procedure is in progress for a second ongoing paging process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 68/02 - Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
  • H04W 74/0833 - Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

91.

PRIORITIZATION OF TRANSMISSIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

      
Application Number 18905464
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-03
First Publication Date 2026-04-09
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Baek, Sangkyu
  • Yin, Zhanping
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki

Abstract

A transmitter node of a telecommunications system comprises transmitter node processor circuitry and transmitter node interface circuitry. The processor circuitry of the transmitter node is configured to make a determination of priority of a transmission grant dependent on a logical channel priority for a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) associated with the grant. The interface circuitry of the transmitter node is configured to transmit the protocol data unit across a radio interface to a receiver node of the system in accordance with the priority of the grant.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 69/322 - Intralayer communication protocols among peer entities or protocol data unit [PDU] definitions
  • H04W 72/115 - Grant-free or autonomous transmission
  • H04W 72/1263 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows

92.

PRIORITIZATION OF TRANSMISSIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

      
Application Number 18905489
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-03
First Publication Date 2026-04-09
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Baek, Sangkyu
  • Yin, Zhanping
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki

Abstract

A node which serves as a transmitter node of a telecommunications system comprises transmitter node processor circuitry and transmitter node interface circuitry. The transmitter node processor circuitry is configured to make a determination of priority of a scheduling request for a logical channel. The transmitter node interface circuitry is configured to transmit the scheduling request across a radio interface to another node of the system in accordance with the priority for the scheduling request.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/1263 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows

93.

ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

      
Application Number 19345017
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-09-30
First Publication Date 2026-04-09
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kurauchi, Takahiro
  • Kihara, Akiko

Abstract

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes, on a conductive support, a laminated photosensitive layer in which a charge generating layer containing a charge generating material and a charge transporting layer containing a hole transporting material are laminated in this order, or the laminated photosensitive layer and a surface protecting layer laminated on the laminated photosensitive layer, wherein an outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains an electron transporting material having a maximum absorption at a wavelength of equal to or less than 500 nm in a spectral absorption spectrum and a silica particle, a mass ratio of the silica particle to the electron transporting material is 1.0 to 5.0, and an impedance change rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor when a frequency is changed from 4 Hz to 50 Hz is −96% to −91%.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 5/047 - Photoconductive layers characterised by having two or more layers or characterised by their composite structure characterised by the charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers
  • G03G 5/05 - Organic bonding materialsMethods for coating a substrate with a photoconductive layerInert supplements for use in photoconductive layers
  • G03G 5/14 - Inert intermediate or cover layers for charge- receiving layers
  • G03G 15/02 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitisingCorona discharge devices
  • G03G 21/00 - Arrangements not provided for by groups , e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge
  • G03G 21/18 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements using a processing cartridge

94.

HYGIENE PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE

      
Application Number 19352625
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-08
First Publication Date 2026-04-09
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kitasumi, Kentaro
  • Fujiwara, Takeshi
  • Sekiguchi, Taiyo
  • Goi, Hiroaki
  • Tanimura, Motoki

Abstract

A hygiene product providing device includes: a housing configured to accommodate a plurality of hygiene products in a stacked manner; a takeout port of the hygiene products disposed below a front surface portion of the housing; and a shutter configured to open and close the takeout port. When the shutter is opened, one hygiene product located at the lowermost portion in the housing is exposed from the takeout port, and a hygiene product located above the one hygiene product located at the lowermost portion is not exposed from the takeout port.

IPC Classes  ?

  • A61F 15/00 - Auxiliary appliances for wound dressingsDispensing containers for dressings or bandages

95.

USER EQUIPMENTS, BASE STATIONS, AND METHODS

      
Application Number 19113520
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-15
First Publication Date 2026-04-09
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takahashi, Hiroki
  • Nogami, Toshizo
  • Yokomakura, Kozue
  • Kitahara, Makoto

Abstract

A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may comprise reception circuitry configured to receive system information including RACH configuration information, wherein the RACH configuration information includes a set of parameters including a parameter which specifies the number of PRACH repetitions; and control circuitry configured to apply the set of parameters when performing random access.

IPC Classes  ?

96.

TERMINAL APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 19114070
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-08
First Publication Date 2026-04-09
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakamoto, Ryunosuke
  • Nakashima, Daiichiro
  • Liu, Liqing
  • Ouchi, Wataru
  • Suzuki, Shoichi

Abstract

A terminal apparatus including a transmitter configured to perform, for sidelink transmission with HARQ-ACK feedback disabled, channel sensing while maintaining a contention window size last applied, wherein in a case that the number of times that the contention window size is maintained reaches a prescribed number of times, the contention window size is configured to a next larger value.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/1812 - Hybrid protocolsHybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
  • H04W 74/0808 - Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]
  • H04W 92/18 - Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between terminal devices

97.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELL SWITCHING OPERATIONS

      
Application Number 19116084
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-27
First Publication Date 2026-04-09
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Lin, Chia-Hung
  • Shih, Mei-Ju
  • Chen, Hung-Chen
  • Lin, Wan-Chen

Abstract

A method and apparatuses for cell switching operations are provided. The method includes receiving one or more Timing Advance Group (TAG) Identities (IDs) from a source serving cell: receiving one or more Time Alignment Timers (TATs) from the source serving cell: receiving a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) from the source serving cell, the MAC CE indicating to the UE to switch to a target serving cell, the target serving cell being a candidate target serving cell of the one or more candidate target serving cells and associated with a TAT of the one or more TATs; switching from the source serving cell to the target serving cell in response to receiving the MAC CE; and keeping the TAT associated with the target serving cell running after receiving the MAC CE.

IPC Classes  ?

98.

STORAGE CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19351623
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-10-07
First Publication Date 2026-04-09
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor Mitsuhashi, Kunihiro

Abstract

A storage container for toner is inserted into a housing of an image forming apparatus in an insertion direction. The storage container includes a grip portion that grips a gripped portion provided in the housing, a movement restriction portion that is locked to a locking portion provided in the housing and restricts movement in the insertion direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03G 15/08 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g. powder developer
  • G03G 21/16 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements

99.

PRIORITIZATION OF TRANSMISSIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

      
Application Number 18905478
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-03
First Publication Date 2026-04-09
Owner Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Inventor
  • Baek, Sangkyu
  • Yin, Zhanping
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki

Abstract

A transmitter node of a telecommunications system comprises transmitter node processor circuitry and transmitter node interface circuitry. The processor circuitry of the transmitter node is configured to generate a buffer status report upon occurrence of a logical channel priority change. The interface circuitry of the transmitter node is configured to transmit the buffer status report across a radio interface to another node of the system. Methods of operating such transmitter nodes are also provided.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports
  • H04W 28/02 - Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control

100.

METHOD FOR EXCHANGING FUNCTIONALITY INFORMATION BETWEEN UE AND NETWORK

      
Application Number 18906090
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-03
First Publication Date 2026-04-09
Owner SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shrivastava, Rudraksh
  • Hegde, Sudeep
  • Yoshimura, Tomoki
  • Baek, Sangkyu

Abstract

A method, a base station (BS), and a user equipment (UE) for exchanging functionality information are provided. The method includes receiving cell information via a serving cell, the cell information comprising one or more network-side conditions and an associated identifier (ID) of at least one cell, evaluating one or more functionalities of the at least one cell based on the cell information, and reporting evaluation results of the one or more functionalities of the at least one cell to the serving cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 36/36 - Reselection control by user or terminal equipment
  • H04W 36/30 - Reselection being triggered by specific parameters by measured or perceived connection quality data
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