ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,018, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of driving the same" was invented by Il Nam Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Dae Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kang Bin Jo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Go Eun Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hee Chul Hwang (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel including first and second areas. The display panel includes: pixels located in the first and second areas and connected to scan lines, and including light emitting elements; first light sensors located in the first area...