ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,226, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of driving the same" was invented by Hyundae Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kangbin Jo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ilnam Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seunghyun Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Heechul Hwang (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel that includes a pixel and a sensor. The pixel includes a pixel driving circuit and an emission element. The sensor includes a sensor driving circuit and a sensing element. The display device also includes a driving circuit...