ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,410, issued on July 15, was assigned to Iris Optronics Co. Ltd. (Tainan, Taiwan).
"Self-powered display device" was invented by Chih Wei Chen (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Chi Chang Liao (Tainan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-powered display device is proposed, and includes a light-transmitting panel and a photoelectric converting module. The light-transmitting panel has a display region for allowing light to penetrate. The photoelectric converting module is electrically connected to the light-transmitting panel. The photoelectric converting module has a power generation region for absorbing the light penetrating the di...