ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,397, issued on April 7, was assigned to Nichia Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Image display device and image display method" was invented by Masahiko Monomoshi (Itano-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image display device includes a planar backlight including a plurality of light-emitting regions, a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and a controller. The controller generates luminance setting data based on image data and data of positional correction coefficients. The controller generates luminance estimation data based on the luminance setting data, luminance profile data, and the data of the positional correction coe...