ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,577, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Backlight module, viewing mode switching method thereof, and display device including the backlight module" was invented by Chun-Hau Lai (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Wei-Hsuan Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Chun-Yi Wu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlight module has a first side viewing angle luminance LAS1 and a first normal viewing angle luminance LAN1 in the side viewing mode, wherein LAS1/LAN1less than50%. The backlight module has a second side viewing angle luminance LAS2 and a second normal viewing angle luminance LAN2 in ...