ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,720, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Synaptics Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Device and method for image processing in a display driver" was invented by Masao Orio (Tokyo), Takashi Nose (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hirobumi Furihata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display driver comprises image processing circuitry and driver circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to receive spatial distribution information of a physical quantity related to a display panel. The image processing circuitry is further configured to generate output voltage data by processing input pixel data associated with subpixels of the pixel. The driv...