ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,805, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Cirque Corp. (Sandy, Utah).
"Screen detection with a capacitance module" was invented by Jon Bertrand (Taylorsville, Utah) and Todd Rich (Riverton, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a first part; a second part may be movably connected to the second part; a first capacitance electrode incorporated into the first part; a second capacitance electrode incorporated into the second part; a controller in communication with the first capacitance electrode, the second capacitance electrode, or combinations thereof; memory in communication with the controller; and program...