ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,189, issued on May 13, was assigned to Nichia Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Image display method and image display device" was invented by Masahiko Monomoshi (Itano-gun, Japan) and Tetsuya Kataoka (Itano-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image display method using an image display device is provided. The method includes performing a first operation to cause light to be emitted from light-emitting regions of a backlight at respective intensity in accordance with frame image data, sequentially with respect to each of first areas of the backlight, and performing a second operation to apply voltages to pixels of a liquid crystal panel...