ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,597, issued on July 15, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Computing device" was invented by Mark Christopher Heidenfeldt (Apex, N.C.), Justin Michael Ringuetta (Morrisville, N.C.), Mark K. Summerville (Apex, N.C.) and Richard Todd. Wall (Clayton, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can include receiving vibration signals responsive to an object contacting a location on a housing of a computing device; analyzing the vibration signals to determine the location; associating the location with a predetermined value; and transmitting the predetermined value."
The patent was filed on Feb. 5, 2022, under Ap...