ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,446, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Display device with light emitting device and light sensing device in one layer" was invented by Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo) and Takayuki Ikeda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel display device is provided. The display device includes a plurality of pixels each including a light-emitting device, a sensor device, a first circuit device, and a second circuit device. The light-emitting device and the sensor device are provided in a first layer. The first circuit device is provided in a second layer. The second circuit dev...