ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,102, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corp. (Kameyama, Japan).
"Display device" was invented by Hisashi Watanabe (Kameyama, Japan) and Hirotoshi Yasunaga (Kameyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a display device in which a boundary between a display area and a frame area is less noticeable even when a liquid crystal panel is in a black display state. A display device includes: a liquid crystal panel and a backlight. The liquid crystal panel includes: a display area; and a frame area, the front surface plate includes a design layer that overlaps the display area and is configured to tran...