ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,232, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).

"Detecting device" was invented by Fumihoru Nakano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detecting device includes a sensor region having a detection region, a plurality of electrodes provided to the detection region, and a detection circuit configured to detect an object to be detected on the detection region frame by frame based on a detected value of each of the electrodes. Length of one frame period for detecting the object to be detected on the detection region differs depending on a relative distance between the sensor region and the object to be detected."

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