ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,421, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).
"Detection device" was invented by Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a sensor circuit including a plurality of sensor electrodes provided to a substrate, a peripheral electrode provided around a detection region provided with the sensor electrodes, and a shield electrode provided to a surface opposite to a surface provided with the sensor electrodes and the peripheral electrode; an AFE circuit configured to generate sensing data corresponding to a distance between the sensor electrodes and a p...