ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,929, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Display device and display method" was invented by Atsushi Fukui (Osaka, Japan), Yosuke Araki (Osaka, Japan), Wahei Agemizu (Osaka, Japan), Takashi Matsuda (Hyogo, Japan) and Kazumasa Takata (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device according to a present exemplary embodiment includes: a varifocal lens having a variable focal length; a display disposed facing the varifocal lens; and a controller configured to control the focal length of the varifocal lens, and to cause the display to display an image. The c...