ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,446, issued on June 30, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display apparatus" was invented by Sunkwun Son (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Donghee Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a light-emitting diode in a display area and a pixel circuit electrically connected to the light-emitting diode, a photo diode in a light detection area overlapping the display area, and a light detection circuit electrically connected to the photo diode, a read-out line overlapping the light detection circuit and extending in a first direction, a vertical connection line exte...