ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,889, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Gyeong-Ub Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Chul Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jongyeop An (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyeon Jun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Boram Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a base layer and a display element layer. The base layer includes a first area and a second area, and the display element layer is disposed on the base layer. In addition, the display element layer includes a first light sensor disposed in the first area and operating...