ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,823, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Image display device" was invented by Hajime Akimoto (Anan, Japan), Hisanori Tanaka (Tokushima, Japan), Takashi Sakamoto (Anan, Japan) and Masakazu Kotani (Anan, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image display device includes an imaging element, a light source, a detecting part, and a controller. The imaging element includes a base member including a first surface, and a reflector array on the base member. The reflector array includes multiple reflector rows, each including multiple dihedral corner reflectors along a first direction. The multiple reflector row...