US Patent Issued to JAPAN DISPLAY on July 7 for "Intelligent reflecting surface" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,421, issued on July 7, was assigned to JAPAN DISPLAY INC. (Tokyo).

"Intelligent reflecting surface" was invented by Daiichi Suzuki (Tokyo), Shinichiro Oka (Tokyo), Shigesumi Araki (Tokyo) and Mitsutaka Okita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a reflecting element including a first electrode, a first orientation film, a second orientation film, a liquid crystal layer, a third orientation film, a fourth orientation film, and a second electrode. The first orientation film is located over the first electrode. The second orientation film is located over and in contact with the first orientation film. The liquid crystal laye...