ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,400, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Coretronic Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Interactive rear projection system" was invented by Ching-Feng Hsieh (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Chih-Chen Chen (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interactive rear projection system including a projection screen, a projection optical engine, an input device and a controller is provided. The projection optical engine emits a projection beam which is projected on the projection screen. The input device includes a sensor and a first light source both disposed on a first side of the projection screen. The controller is electrically connected to the...