ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,131, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Display apparatus having a liquid crystal panel and an optical module" was invented by Eun Hee Choi (Paju-si, South Korea), Jin Ryun Kim (Paju-si, South Korea), Ji Gon Kim (Paju-si, South Korea) and Dae Yong Kim (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a liquid crystal panel and an optical module. A first light guide plate of a back-light unit may be disposed between the optical module and the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel may include a sensing area for detecting external light. The optical module ma...