ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,377, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Sensing device" was invented by Sung Wook Byun (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae San Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment provides a sensing device comprising: a magnet; a collector arranged to correspond to a path along which the magnet moves; and a first sensor disposed in the collector, wherein: the collector comprises a first leg part, a second leg part, and a third leg part; the magnet includes a first pole and a second pole; the first leg part and the second leg part are arranged to be opposite to the first pole; and th...