ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,371, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Sensing device" was invented by Te-Chun Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Pei-Ming Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing device has a sensing area, a pad area, and a peripheral area, and the pad area is located between the sensing area and the peripheral area, including: a sensing element, a pad, and a metal strip. The sensing element is located in the sensing area. The pad is located in the pad area and electrically connected to the sensing element. The metal strip is located in the peripheral area, and an extending direction of the metal stri...