ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,787, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to PixArt Imaging Inc. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Touch sensing system, multi sensor device and vehicle control device" was invented by Yu-Sheng Lin (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Chin-Hua Hu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Yu-Han Chen (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch sensing system comprising: a frame work; an auxiliary layer, surrounding the frame work; a capacitive touch sensor layer, surrounding the auxiliary layer; a flexible material layer, located between the capacitive touch sensor layer and the auxiliary layer, and surrounding the auxiliary layer; and a flattening material layer, located be...