ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,923, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Fingerprint sensor and display device including the same" was invented by Hee Rim Song (Yongin-si, South Korea), Cheol Gon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Mu Kyung Jeon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fingerprint sensor includes: a gate line on a substrate and configured to supply a gate signal; a reset voltage line configured to supply a reset voltage; an initialization voltage line configured to supply an initialization voltage; a read-out line on the gate line and configured to supply a sensing signal; a light rece...