ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,833, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Innolux Corp. (Miaoli County, Taiwan) and CARUX TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Display device" was invented by Hong-Sheng Hsieh (Miao-Li County, Taiwan), Chia-Hsien Hsieh (Miao-Li County, Taiwan), Chih-Yung Hsieh (Miao-Li County, Taiwan), Tien-Jen Lin (Tainan, Taiwan) and Tsan-Po Weng (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device for controlling a privacy region is provided. The display device includes a display unit configured to display images; a touch unit electrically connected to the display unit, wherein the privacy region is determined by the touch unit; and a light...