ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,631, issued on May 6, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).
"Display device" was invented by Hirofumi Ohira (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a display panel; a light source configured to emit light toward one surface side of the display panel; a liquid crystal panel interposed between the display panel and the light source and provided to be able to change a transmission degree of light between the display panel and the light source; and a controller configured to control a potential difference between two electrodes facing each other with liquid crystal interposed therebetween. The liquid crysta...