ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,851, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Display device with photo detector" was invented by Yoonnara Jang (Paju-si, South Korea) and Seungrok Shin (Paju-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device is provided, a plurality of sub-pixels disposed in each of the plurality of first pixels and each of the plurality of second pixels, and a sensing unit disposed in each of the plurality of second pixels, wherein each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes a light emitting device, and the sensing unit includes a photo detector."
The patent was filed on May 19, 2025, under Applica...