US Patent Issued to Wacom on May 27 for "Combination touch and transducer input system and method" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,507, issued on May 27, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Combination touch and transducer input system and method" was invented by Oliver P. King-Smith (Aptos, Calif.), Bernardus H. Smit (San Jose, Calif.) and Peyman Hadizad (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination touch and transducer input system is provided, which facilitates user input into an electronic system with a finger and/or a transducer (e.g., a stylus). The system includes a transducer configured to generate an electric field, and a sensor including an array of electrodes and a controller. The transducer is configured to transmit...