US Patent Issued to Alps Alpine on July 7 for "Input device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,198, issued on July 7, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Input device" was invented by Shunsuke Umemura (Miyagi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device includes a detection electrode, a drive electrode facing the detection electrode, a power supply that applies an alternating current drive voltage to the drive electrode, a detector that detects an output of the detection electrode, and a capacitor disposed in series between the drive electrode and the power supply."

The patent was filed on March 21, 2025, under Application No. 19/086,274.

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