ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,967, issued on April 14, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Information display system having acute-angled diffusion characteristics and image light control film used for the same" was invented by Koji Hirata (Kyoto, Japan), Toshinori Sugiyama (Kyoto, Japan), Koji Fujita (Kyoto, Japan) and Eiji Takagi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information display system having acute-angled diffusion characteristics configured to display an image to inside or outside of a space via a transparent projected member, the information display system including an image projection apparatus, a transparent sheet provided on an ...