ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,939, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS Corp. (Sakai, Japan).
"Liquid crystal display apparatus" was invented by Mitsuaki Hirata (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each pixel includes first through fourth liquid crystal domains. The first through fourth liquid crystal domains are arranged in this order along the pixel longitudinal direction. The reference alignment direction of the second liquid crystal domain and the reference alignment direction of the third liquid crystal domain are respectively essentially the 135deg direction and essentially the 315deg direction, or respectively essentially the 45...