US Patent Issued to Samsung Display on July 8 for "Display device having first and second display areas" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,817, issued on July 8, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device having first and second display areas" was invented by Sunghwan Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jinwoo Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Junghoon Shim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a first display area comprising main sub-pixels; a second display area comprising pixel groups spaced apart from each other and a transmission portion between the pixel groups, the second display area having a different resolution from that of the first display area; and extension lines between two pixel...