ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,074, issued on July 8, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Display apparatus having a viewing angle control unit" was invented by Seung Joon Lee (Paju-si, South Korea), Seok Hwan Oh (Paju-si, South Korea), Yong Kun Kim (Paju-si, South Korea) and Seong Yeop Kim (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a first light-source element and a first light-guide plate on the substrate. The display apparatus includes a second light-source element and a second light-guide plate. The second light-source element may be configured to be turned on or off depending on a narrow viewing mod...