ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,455, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Innolux Corp. (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

"Display device having a photodetector for detecting ambient light to adjust brightness of image" was invented by Yu-Chun Hsu (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Wei-Ming Chu (Miaoli County, Taiwan) and Sheng-Nan Fan (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device, including a display module, a photodetector, a processor, and an optical structure layer, is provided. The display module is used for displaying an image. The photodetector is electrically connected to the display module and is used for detecting brightness of an ambient light and ou...