ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,637, issued on May 6, was assigned to HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Display device, exciter, and audio signal playback method" was invented by Hui Zhou (Shandong, China) and Haiying Wang (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus is provided in the present disclosure. The display apparatus includes: a screen, including a display area and a non-display area; a backplane, in connection with the screen; and an exciter, in connection with the backplane and is configured to drive the screen to vibrate and output sound via the backplane."

The patent was filed on Sept. 18, 2023, under Appli...