ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,243, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Magnolia White Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sensor device and module" was invented by Hajime Yamaguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a sensor device comprises a substrate, and a sensor layer superposed on the substrate, the substrate includes a plurality of individual areas arranged in a matrix in a first direction and a second direction that intersect each other, a plurality of individual electrodes arranged in the plurality of individual areas, and a common electrode facing the plurality of individual electrodes and generating a plurality of electric fields between t...