ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,304, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Wuhan, China).

"Liquid crystal display device and onboard monitoring device" was invented by Yunhong Zhou (Wuhan, China) and Teng Wu (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal display device comprises an infrared light-transmitting area, a light-shielding area, a backlight module, an infrared sensor, an infrared light-transmitting layer, and a first light-shielding layer, wherein the infrared sensor and the infrared light-transmitting layer are disposed in the infrared light-transmitting area, the infrared light-transmitti...