ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,078, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

"Sensing circuit and sensing method" was invented by Chia-Hsien Chu (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Chun-Chi Lai (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Ching-Sheng Cheng (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sensing circuit comprises a plurality of first transceiver capacitors and a plurality of second transceiver capacitors. The plurality of first transceiver capacitors are configured to send and receive a plurality of first detection signals. The plurality of second transceiver capacitors, configured to send and receive a plurality of second detection signal...