ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,845, issued on July 8, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Display element having authentication portion and health monitoring portion" was invented by Daisuke Kubota (Kanagawa, Japan), Ryo Hatsumi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Taisuke Kamada (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device having a biometric authentication function is provided. A highly convenient display device is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a light guide plate, a plurality of first light-emitting elements, a second light-emitting element, and a plurality of light-receiving elements. The light guide ...