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Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.

Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd's patent strategy reveals a surprising and significant focus on "Business Methods & Fintech," which constitutes 25.4% of its portfolio and saw an 85.7% growth in 2024, indicating a strategic diversification beyond its core display technologies. While "Input/Output & User Interfaces" remains its largest category at 33.9% of the portfolio, the sharp decline in patenting activity across most categories so far in 2026, including a 70.0% drop in "Input/Output & User Interfaces" and a 100.0% drop in "Display Drivers," suggests a potential shift or re-evaluation of its R&D priorities, though 2026 data is partial.

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118 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 15 themes

Display Timing and Signal Synchronization

Methods and circuits for coordinating the timing of display signals, data transmission, and control signals across various display components, ensuring proper image rendering and efficient operation.

Display Drivers
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34since 2023
+22.2%YoY
Interactive & Generative Display Systems

Technologies that create dynamic and interactive visual content for displays, including virtual/wearable systems, by generating overlays, replacing input streams, or merging real-time user actions with digital environments.

Pictorial / Video Communications
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27since 2023
-40.0%YoY
Projection Display Devices

Systems and components for projecting images, including light sources (e.g., laser), optical modulation elements (e.g., metasurfaces, spatial modulators), and optical paths for generating and displaying images.

Photographic Apparatus
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26since 2023
+200.0%YoY
Advanced Image Processing for Displays

Algorithms and hardware implementations within display drivers or associated components to enhance visual quality, resolution, or color reproduction, including upscaling, dithering, and compensation for display artifacts like crosstalk.

Display Drivers
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25since 2023
-33.3%YoY
Display Power Management

Techniques and circuits for optimizing power consumption, voltage stability, and energy efficiency in display panels, often involving dynamic voltage scaling, duty cycle control, or remnant voltage management.

Display Drivers
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10since 2023
-33.3%YoY
Video Enhancement & Object Tracking

Methods and systems for improving the quality of video streams, generating intermediate frames, or continuously locating and following objects within a sequence of images, even under occlusion.

Image Processing
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7since 2023
0.0%YoY
Power Delivery & Battery Management

Techniques for efficiently supplying power to electronic devices, managing battery charge/discharge cycles, optimizing power consumption, and converting power between different voltage levels or AC/DC for improved energy efficiency and longevity.

Hardware Platform (Cooling, Power, Packaging)
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7since 2023
-75.0%YoY
Precision Lens Actuation

Mechanisms and control systems for precise movement of optical lens elements, often for autofocus, zoom, or image stabilization, utilizing various driving principles (e.g., piezoelectric) and low-friction components.

Photographic Apparatus
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6since 2023
+200.0%YoY
Predictive Maintenance & Anomaly Detection

Utilizing sensor data, historical performance, and analytical models to anticipate equipment failures, diagnose faults, and estimate remaining useful life, thereby enabling proactive maintenance and reducing downtime.

Industrial Control Systems
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2since 2023
new
Network Security & Access Control

Methods and systems for protecting network resources and data from unauthorized access, misuse, or attack, encompassing authentication, authorization, encryption, and traffic filtering mechanisms. This includes securing communication channels and validating network access.

Routing, Switching & QoS
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1since 2023
new
Flexible and Printed Circuitry

Manufacturing processes and material compositions for creating electronic circuits on flexible or conformable substrates, enabling novel form factors, enhanced durability, and new applications beyond rigid PCBs.

Printed Circuits & Electronic Assemblies
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1since 2023
new
AR/VR User Interfaces

Techniques for rendering, interacting with, and managing content within augmented or virtual reality environments, including spatial tracking, gaze interaction, and dynamic multi-application display management.

Input/Output & User Interfaces
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1since 2023
n/a
Personalized Recommendations

Systems that use user data, preferences, and machine learning to generate tailored advice, product recommendations, goal-setting plans, or contextual information for individuals across different domains.

Business Methods & Fintech
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1since 2023
n/a
Multi-Sensor Imaging & Synthesis

Systems that combine data from multiple camera sensors or capture multiple images from different perspectives or qualities, often involving image processing techniques like synthesis to create enhanced or comprehensive views.

Pictorial / Video Communications
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1since 2023
n/a
Video Quality & Encoding Optimization

Methods and apparatus for improving the visual fidelity, resolution, or compression efficiency of video signals, often through advanced processing, up-scaling, or neural network-based filters.

Pictorial / Video Communications
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1since 2023
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US 12557188 B2GRANTED
H05B45/10

Light source driving device, light emitting device, and light source driving method

Filed:2024-01-17Pub:2026-02-17
Applicant:Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.

Disclosed is a light source driving device ( 20 ) for driving a plurality of light emitting element groups in a light source device that outputs combined light obtained by combining light emitted from the light emitting element groups, the light source driving device including a control circuit ( 201 ) that supplies a current that alternately repeats a first period in which a first current is supplied and a second period in which a second current having a current value different from a current value of the first current is supplied to the plurality of light emitting element groups, the second current being supplied to a second light emitting element group in a case where the first current is being supplied to a first light emitting element group, and the first current being supplied to the second light emitting element group in a case where the second current is being supplied to the first light emitting element group, wherein a target value of a light intensity obtained by the combined light is a light intensity that is higher than a light intensity obtained in a case where a current having a rated value is applied to any one of the light emitting element groups, and wherein a total of the current value of the first current and the current value of the second current is greater than the rated value.