US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Sept. 2 for "Input device and biometric information detection device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,678, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Input device and biometric information detection device" was invented by Yoshihiro Yamamura (Azumino, Japan), Hidetoshi Yamamoto (Suwa, Japan), Hideo Sasahara (Suwa, Japan) and Yuya Ozawa (Azumino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device configured to communicate with an information processing device includes a light source unit configured to emit light; a case including a first surface including a first opening and configured to emit the light toward a target object through the first opening, and a second surface including a second opening and configure...