ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,234, issued on July 14, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device" was invented by Seung Lyong Bok (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), An Na Ryu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jin Oh Kwag (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a display panel including a first display area including first sub-pixels to display an image, and a second display area including second sub-pixels and a transmission area adjacent to the second sub-pixels; and an optical device overlapping the second display area of the display panel and configured to detect light incident through the...