ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,267,547, issued on April 1, was assigned to KYUNG IN ELECTRONICS Co. LTD (Seoul, South Korea).

"Input device" was invented by Bum Seok Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an input device which allows a user to select desired contents more quickly and intuitively in selection of contents. The input device includes: a navigation key manipulated to select one direction among a plurality of directions; a touch unit which is manipulated by a user to input rotation while the user touches the touch unit with a portion of the body; and a control unit which controls movement on a user interface screen of a targe...