ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,880, issued on April 15, was assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corp. (Mie, Japan).
"Liquid crystal display device" was invented by Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh (Kameyama, Japan), Shinichi Terashita (Kameyama, Japan) and Kouichi Watanabe (Kameyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed more to a viewer side than the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, with a plurality of pixels being arrayed in a matrix shape. Each pixel includes a reflective region for display in a reflection mode....