US Patent Issued to Asahi Kasei Microdevices on Nov. 4 for "Input device, controller, and error detection method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,871, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).

"Input device, controller, and error detection method" was invented by Kosuke Takagaki (Tokyo) and Kazuyuki Iguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an input device including a magnet that generates a magnetic field; a sensor for detecting the magnetic field generated by the magnet; and a magnet moving unit for moving a position of the magnet in a predetermined first plane, in which the magnet includes a first magnet and a second magnet, the sensor is provided in a region different from a region in which the magnet moves in a top view ...