ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,438, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS SAS (Paris).

"Pixel modification to reduce energy consumption of a display device" was invented by Erik Reinhard (Hede-Bazouges, France), Christel Chamaret (Chantepie, France), Edouard Francois (Bourg des Comptes, France), Zoubida Ameur (Cesson-Sevigne, France), Milos Radosavljevic (Rennes, France), Laurent Blonde (Thorigne-Fouillard, France) and Claire-Helene Demarty (Montreuil le Gast, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for reducing power consumption of display devices proposes to reduce the total amount of light emitted in a percept...