ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,994, issued on June 10, was assigned to HIDEEP INC. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Touch device and driving method thereof" was invented by Jongsik Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Joohyun Go (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch device according to an embodiment includes: a plurality of touch electrodes; and a touch controller for measuring a voltage varied based on a short circuit resistance of the touch electrodes and detecting short-circuit states of the touch electrodes."

The patent was filed on Oct. 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/975,714.

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