ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,861, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Display apparatus and electronic device" was invented by Hiromichi Godo (Isehara, Japan), Hisao Ikeda (Zama, Japan) and Yoshiyuki Kurokawa (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a first layer including a plurality of pixel circuits, a second layer provided over the first layer, a plurality of optical lenses provided over the second layer, a display region, and a plurality of light-receiving regions. The display region includes a first pixel circuit provided i...