ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,564, issued on April 8, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).

"Detecting device" was invented by Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detecting device includes a plurality of sensor electrodes provided to a detection region, a power supply circuit configured to generate a second reference potential that fluctuates periodically based on a first power supply potential that is substantially constant with respect to a first reference potential serving as a fixed potential and generate a second power supply potential that is substantially constant with respect to the second reference potential, and an AFE circui...