ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,557, issued on April 8, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Sensor control board, display apparatus, and control method for display apparatus" was invented by Yoshihiro Kotani (Saitama, Japan) and Kei Dobashi (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor control board in a display apparatus includes a display device and a position detector, the display device including a plurality of image elements each having a first end that receives input of a common potential and a second end that receives input of an individual potential, the image elements being arrayed in a grid pattern, the position detector located ei...