US Patent Issued to Sharp Display Technology on July 28 for "Image pickup apparatus equipped with display function" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,559, issued on July 28, was assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corp. (Kameyama City, Japan).

"Image pickup apparatus equipped with display function" was invented by Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh (Kameyama City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup apparatus equipped with a display function includes a liquid crystal panel, an infrared camera including a condenser lens and an imaging element, and a backlight disposed on a back face of the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a display region including a first region and a second region located to surround the first region in a plan view, at least the imag...