ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,255, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Cirque Corp. (Sandy, Utah).

"Tilt determination" was invented by David Taylor (West Jordan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitance module may include a substrate, a set of electrodes formed on the substrate where a first generally linear electrode of the set may be aligned with a second generally linear electrode of the set; a controller in communication with the set of electrodes; and memory having programmed instructions configured to cause the controller, when executed, to measure a change in capacitance; and determine a tilt of an object in proximity to the substrate based, in ...