ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,707, issued on June 24, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Display device and electronic device" was invented by Hisao Ikeda (Zama, Japan), Ryo Hatsumi (Hadano, Japan), Daiki Nakamura (Atsugi, Japan) and Takeya Hirose (Atsugi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device having an image capturing function is provided. The display device includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a light-emitting device. The second pixel includes a light-receiving device and a lens. The light-emitting device and the light-receiving device share an electrode. The lens and the lig...