ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,809, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Sensor device and method of driving the same" was invented by Ji Yeong Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device of the disclosure includes first sensors, second sensors forming a capacitance with the first sensors, and a sensor driver configured to transmit driving signals to the first sensors and receive sensing signals from the second sensors. The sensor driver simultaneously transmits driving signals to at least two first sensors during a first period and does not transmit driving signals to the rest of the f...