ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,493, issued on July 29, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).

"Detecting device" was invented by Hiroumi Kinjo (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detecting device includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers that transmit and receive ultrasonic waves. The detecting device includes a laminate, and a frame layer stacked on at least one face of a first face of the laminate and a second face opposite the first face. The laminate includes a flexible substrate, a circuit layer including a plurality of first electrodes and at least one second electrode, the circuit layer being stacked on the flexible substrate, and a piezoelect...