ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,379, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Touch detection method" was invented by Pei-Hsin Huang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Yun-Hsiang Yeh (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Yuan-Fu Hsueh (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch detection method, suitable for a touch display panel including touch sensing columns, includes following steps. The touch sensing columns are grouped in a first order during a first frame. The touch sensing columns grouped in the first order are scanned for detecting a first touched column during the first frame. The touch sensing columns are grouped in a second...