US Patent Issued to NICHIA on Dec. 16 for "Image display device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,586, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Image display device" was invented by Hajime Akimoto (Anan, Japan), Hiroshi Miyairi (Yokohama, Japan), Kazuhiro Miyagi (Anan, Japan), Masakazu Kotani (Anan, Japan), Keiko Ono (Anan, Japan) and Atsushi Kojima (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image display device includes: a first display device configured to output a first image representing an operation part for an apparatus; an imaging element configured to reflect the first image and to form the first image in mid-air as a mid-air image; a first sensor configured to detect an approach of a detec...