ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,292, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Display device" was invented by Takashi Amano (Fukushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display input device includes a display panel, a knob member that protrudes forward from a display surface of the display panel and is formed of a transparent material, and a film-shaped louver film member that i) is provided between the display surface and the knob member, and ii) includes a plurality of first louvers extending in a first direction and a plurality of second louvers extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and provided to inters...