ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,687, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Touch driving circuit and touch display device" was invented by SeungRok Shin (Paju-si, South Korea), Sangkyu Kim (Paju-si, South Korea), Jeonghoon Lee (Paju-si, South Korea), DeukSu Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Yoonnara Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch display device is disclosed that divides an active area into a reference touch area and a non-reference touch area and independently drives touch electrode lines positioned in the reference touch area and touch electrode lines positioned in the non-reference touch area. Touc...