ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,906, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Sensel Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Method and apparatus for automotive variable impedance touch sensor array" was invented by Alexander Meagher Grau (Durham, N.C.), Bethany Noel Haniger (Los Gatos, Calif.), Mark Joshua Rosenberg (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Reuben Eric Martinez (Gilroy, Calif.), Scott Gregory Isaacson (Mountain View, Calif.), Stephanie Jeanne Oberg (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Timothy James Miller (Half Moon Bay, Calif.) and Tomer Moscovich (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to automotive interface systems and methods. In one embodiment, an automotive in...