ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,293, issued on April 15, was assigned to Nippon Seiki Co. Ltd. (Niigata, Japan).

"Vehicular display device" was invented by Ryuji Saito (Niigata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a vehicular display device that suppresses malfunctioning of a vehicle due to malfunctioning of a touch panel module. This vehicular display device comprises a touch panel module and a control unit, wherein the touch panel module comprises a storage unit for storing calibration data, which is an adjustment parameter for touch coordinate detection, and the control unit comprises a ROM for storing correct calibration data, and a failsafe control...