US Patent Issued to HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES on June 17 for "Touch detection circuitry, electronic device and touch event handling method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,106, issued on June 17, was assigned to HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Touch detection circuitry, electronic device and touch event handling method thereof" was invented by Yu Nian Ou (Tainan, Taiwan), Chun Kai Chuang (Tainan, Taiwan), Yu-Hsiang Lin (Tainan, Taiwan) and Chun-Lung Tsai (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch detection circuitry includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a controller, and a packet generator. The ADC is arranged to convert touch signals of a touch panel from analog form into digital form. The controller is electrically connected to the ADC, and is configured to calculate a...