ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,062, issued on April 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Image display device" was invented by Hyunku Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an image display device. An image display device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display panel; a backlight unit including a plurality of blocks composed of light sources; and a control unit, wherein the backlight unit includes a plurality of driving units each including a driver integrated circuit (IC) that controls the intensity of light emitted from the blocks, wherein each of the p...