ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,288, issued on April 7, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Dong Hee Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sang Yong No (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sun Kwun Son (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a display device including an illuminance sensor. The illuminance sensor includes a read-out line disposed on a substrate and extending in a first direction, a light receiving element disposed on the read-out line, a first sensor transistor configured to control a sensing current based on a voltage of a sensor node, which is a first electrode of the lig...