ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,063, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).
"Display apparatus and electronic device" was invented by Koji Kusunoki (Isehara, Japan), Daisuke Kubota (Atsugi, Japan), Kazunori Watanabe (Machida, Japan), Susumu Kawashima (Atsugi, Japan) and Satoshi Yoshimoto (Isehara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus having a noncontact input function is provided. The display apparatus has a first function of detecting, with a light-receiving device, light irradiated from a light source outside a display portion and blocked by a pointing object to recognize the position pointed...