ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,975, issued on June 17, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Driver and electro-optical device" was invented by Kazuaki Tanaka (Chino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver that drives a segment electrode group of a liquid crystal panel includes a first segment drive circuit that drives a first segment electrode for displaying a warning light in the segment electrode group, and a second segment drive circuit that drives a second segment electrode for displaying a display item other than the warning light in the segment electrode group. The first segment drive circuit outputs a first drive signal for displaying the warn...