US Patent Issued to NICHIA on Sept. 1 for "Image display device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,292, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Image display device" was invented by Hajime Akimoto (Anan, Japan), Hiroshi Miyairi (Yokohama, Japan), Keiko Ono (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 that forms a floating image, a position detecting part, a driver, and a controller. The imaging element includes a base member including a first surface, and a reflector array on the base member; or a base member comprising a reflector array and including a first surface. The reflector array includes multiple ref...