ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,584, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to JAPAN DISPLAY INC. (Tokyo).
"Reflecting device" was invented by Mitsutaka Okita (Tokyo), Shinichiro Oka (Tokyo) and Daiichi Suzuki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reflecting device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first reflective electrode arranged on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate, a ground electrode overlapping the first reflective electrode across the first substrate, and a liquid crystal control element including a first liquid crystal contr...