ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,516, issued on March 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Fingerprint sensor device, display device including the same, and method for driving the display device" was invented by Kyung Tea Park (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Dae Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kang Bin Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jong Hyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of touch electrodes, a touch driving circuit electrically connected to the plurality of touch electrodes, and a fingerprint sensor device disposed on one surface of the display p...