ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,555, issued on July 15.
"Electronic devices with two-stage displays" was invented by Harry K. Ng (Rowland Heights, Calif.), Alvin K. Ng (San Jose, Calif.), Katherine E. Tong (Santa Clara, Calif.), Tyler S. Bushnell (San Francisco), Amin M. Younes (Mountain View, Calif.), Benjamin S. Bustle (Cupertino, Calif.), Christopher D. Jones (Los Gatos, Calif.) and James R. Wilson (Saratoga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device display may have an inner layer with a pixel array for displaying images and an outer layer with an array of light modulator cells operable in transparent and light-blocking modes. Force sensor and ...