ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,482, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Magnolia White Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electronic apparatus incorporating a liquid crystal element" was invented by Akio Takimoto (Tokyo), Toshiki Kaneko (Tokyo), Takuo Kaitoh (Tokyo), Kazuhiro Nishiyama (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Kimura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a camera, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, a liquid crystal panel, and a controller controlling the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a first region and a second region. The controller controls a first opening mode of transmitting light through the ...