ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,083, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Daisuke Kubota (Atsugi, Japan), Kenichi Okazaki (Atsugi, Japan), Ryo Hatsumi (Hadano, Japan), Koji Kusunoki (Isehara, Japan) and Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus having an image capturing function is provided. A display apparatus or an image capturing device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display apparatus includes a light-emitting element, a light-receiving element, a first resin layer, and a light-blocking layer. A first pixel electrode, a first organi...