ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,086, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HiDeep Inc. (South Korea).

"Touch input device" was invented by Seyeob Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Bonkee Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Beomkyu Ko (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyoungwook Woo (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Kiryoung Jung (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a multifunctional touch input device capable of detecting a touch position, driving a stylus pen, and detecting a position of the stylus pen. The touch input device includes a sensor unit and a control unit, the sensor unit including a plurality of patterns. The plurali...