US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on July 29 for "Method and apparatus for interfacing with a touch sensor" (Swedish, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,062, issued on July 29, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Method and apparatus for interfacing with a touch sensor" was invented by Mohammed Zourob (London, Canada), Alexander Hunt (Tygelsjo, Sweden), Andreas Kristensson (Sodra Sandby, Sweden) and Mohammed Abdulaziz (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods (900, 1000) and apparatuses (40) disclosed herein embody a technique for reading a touch sensor (10) that provides several advantages, including scalability to touch sensors with high column/row counts and reductions in operating power. "Reading" in this context refers to the applicati...