ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,717, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Yun Ho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jin Woo Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jae Uk Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display layer disposed on a substrate. The display layer includes a light emitting elements. A sensor is disposed on the display layer. Sensing lines of the sensor are disposed outside touch electrodes of the sensor and are electrically connected to the touch electrodes. A gesture sensor electrode of the sensor is disposed outside the sensing l...