ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,554, issued on June 24, was assigned to IRIS OPTRONICS Co. LTD. (Tainan, Taiwan).
"Self-powered cholesteric liquid crystal display device and maximum power tracking method" was invented by Chung-Yi Chang (Tainan, Taiwan), Wu-Chang Yang (Tainan, Taiwan) and Chi-Chang Liao (Tainan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-powered cholesteric liquid crystal display (ChLCD) device and a method for tracking maximum power are disclosed. The ChLCD device includes a solar cell module, electrical energy for charging, an energy storage device, a charging unit, and a ChLCD module. The method of tracking the maximum power is: supply electric...