ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,998, issued on April 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of controlling the same" was invented by Cheon Myeong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Ho Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Soo Min Baek (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ji Won Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ju Hwa Ha (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display unit including a first surface emitting first light, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first transmission area transmitting light incident on the first surface, and a second transmission area transmitting th...