US Patent Issued to Apple on Aug. 4 for "Touch sensing for multi-surface touch-sensitive device" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,487, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Touch sensing for multi-surface touch-sensitive device" was invented by Matthew D. Hollands (Cambridge, Great Britain) and James E. Pedder (Oxon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes multiple, non-parallel touch-sensitive surfaces for touch input. In some examples, the electronic device includes a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface. The second surface is arranged between and non-parallel to the first surface and the third surface. In some examples, a plurality of first sense electrode seg...