ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,374, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SHENZHEN HITEVISION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Positioning method and apparatus for touch area, terminal device, and storage medium" was invented by Xiezeng Xu (Guangdong, China), Shuai Wang (Guangdong, China) and Minghua Zhang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to the field of touch, and in particular, relates to a positioning method and apparatus for a touch area, a terminal device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: determining a first touch area and a second touch area based on differential signals of first sensing units and ...