ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,979, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Image display device" was invented by Shuji Yamashita (Nara, Japan), Ichiro Okuda (Osaka, Japan) and Chiharu Matsukawa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image display device according to an embodiment includes: a display panel which displays an image on a front surface of the display panel; an antenna unit which is positioned in front of the front surface of the display panel; and a front wall which accommodates the antenna unit. For example, the antenna unit overlaps the display panel in a front-back direction. ...