ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,991, issued on Sept. 16.

"Object sensing device and sensing method composed of different CDA areas" was invented by Sung Ho Lee (Seogwipo-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention presents a method for quickly transmitting and receiving pen Tx and Rx signals by reconfiguring a CDA column consisting of a large number of CDAs into a CDA column consisting of one CDA, and reducing the time of the process by detecting objects by quick search with the same CDA column, thereby preventing loss of signals that may occur in Tx/Rx with the pen and reducing current consumption."

The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 2023,...