ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,766, issued on March 18, was assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corp. (Kameyama, Japan).
"Liquid crystal display device" was invented by Masahiro Imai (Kameyama, Japan), Yasuyoshi Kaise (Kameyama, Japan), Takahiro Yamaguchi (Kameyama, Japan) and Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh (Kameyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of pixel electrodes each forming one pixel are provided on a TFT substrate. A size of a pixel electrode located at a boundary portion between a non-rectangular active area and a frame region, which is an area outside the active area, is smaller than a size of a pixel electrode not located at the boundary po...