ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,514, issued on May 27, was assigned to HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Touch sensing apparatus, electronic device and touch operation recording method thereof" was invented by Yu Nian Ou (Tainan, Taiwan), Chun Kai Chuang (Tainan, Taiwan), Pei-Yuan Hung (Tainan, Taiwan) and Yung Hsiang Lin (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch sensing apparatus includes a panel with touch detection function and a touch detection circuitry. The touch detection circuitry is coupled to the panel, and is configured to detect a touch operation on the panel, record an error event of the touch sensing apparatus, and write the erro...