ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,680, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).
"Light source unit and image display device" was invented by Takanori Aruga (Suwa-gun, Japan), Wataru Kitahara (Kamiina-gun, Japan) and Hajime Akimoto (Anan, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source unit includes: a display device configured to emit light having a substantially Lambertian light distribution and to display an image, the display device including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix configuration in a same plane, wherein pixels among the plurality of pixels located at an outermost perimeter are arranged so that straight lines connecting...