ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,192, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC. (Tokyo).
"Light control sheet" was invented by Ryuji Shiraishi (Taito-ku, Japan) and Takashi Oonishi (Taito-ku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light control sheet includes a first electrode sheet including a first transparent electrode layer, a second electrode sheet including a second transparent electrode layer, and a light control layer. The first sheet, second sheet, and control layer form a driver section in which the first sheet, second sheet, and control layer are overlaid, a first non-driver section in which the first sheet is exposed from the control layer ...