ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,599, issued on March 17, was assigned to JAPAN DISPLAY INC. (Tokyo).
"Reflecting device having liquid crystal material" was invented by Kazuki Matsunaga (Tokyo), Shinichiro Oka (Tokyo), Mitsutaka Okita (Tokyo) and Daiichi Suzuki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reflecting device in an embodiment according to the present invention includes common electrodes arranged in a matrix at a distance in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, bias electrodes arranged overlapping the common electrodes in a planar view, a liquid crystal layer between the common electrodes and the bias electrodes, and co...