US Patent Issued to ABOV Semiconductor on March 17 for "Touch sensing device having malfunction prevention function" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,821, issued on March 17, was assigned to ABOV Semiconductor Co. Ltd. (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

"Touch sensing device having malfunction prevention function" was invented by Youngjin Seo (Seoul, South Korea), Yoonki Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Seohan Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Yeongjin Mun (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangho Woo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a touch sensing device having a malfunction prevention function, in which a grounded shield region is further disposed around at least one touch pad, thereby minimizing influence of a water drop settling between the touch pad and the...