ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,597, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).
"Position detection sensor and input apparatus" was invented by Koji Tatsuno (Saitama, Japan) and Takeshi Kobori (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable position detection sensor operable by electromagnetic induction coupling is configured to alleviate the problem of the levels of electromagnetic coupling with an electronic pen locally changing at a bending portion of the sensor. The position detection sensor includes a digitizer that includes an electrode configured to couple with a position indicator by electromagnetic induction coupling. The...