ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,590, issued on March 17, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).
"Image display device" was invented by Hajime Akimoto (Anan, Japan), Takashi Sakamoto (Anan, Japan) and Masae Yamawaki (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 configured to irradiate light toward the imaging element; a light-shielding member configured to shield a portion of light of at least the light source; and a light-transmitting member configured to transmit light emitted from the imaging element, the light-transmitting member selectively controlling a transmission of light of at least s...