ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,048, issued on June 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Touch controller architecture" was invented by Shahrooz Shahparnia (Monte Sereno, Calif.) and Marduke Yousefpor (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch controller that can configure touch circuitry according to a scan plan, which can define a sequence of scan events to be performed on a touch panel is disclosed. The touch controller can include a configurable transmit section to generate stimulation signals to drive the panel, a configurable receive section to receive and process touch signals from the panel, and a configurable memory to store t...