ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,083, issued on May 27, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Display device" was invented by Yixin Yang (Sakai, Japan) and Naoki Uetake (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a display unit at least partially foldable and transformable, and including a display surface that displays an image; a body unit provided to a back face of the display unit; and a sensor having a detecting surface positioned to be covered with the display unit or the body unit. The display device is switchable between a covering state in which the detecting surface is covered and an uncovering state in which the detecting ...