US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on Oct. 21 for "Method and apparatus for adapting operation of a device to touch-sensor malfunctions" (Swedish, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,936, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Method and apparatus for adapting operation of a device to touch-sensor malfunctions" was invented by Andreas Kristensson (Sodra Sandby, Sweden), Alexander Hunt (Tygelsjo, Sweden) and Mohammed Zourob (London, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (12) and method (400) disclosed herein embody techniques for adapting read operations with respect to a touch sensor (14), to avoid or mitigate touch-detection problems arising from inoperative sensing lines (60) used to detect touch inputs to a touch surface (16) of the touch sensor (14...