ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,699, issued on April 21, was assigned to AZOTEQ HOLDINGS Ltd. (Nicosia, Cyprus).

"Electronic device user interface" was invented by Frederick Johannes Bruwer (Paarl, South Africa), Daniel Barend Rademeyer (Paarl, South Africa) and Landolf Theron (Paarl, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a robust user interface for electronic devices where a single measurement circuit is used to measured inductance values due to user press events through sealable surface, as well as capacitance values due to user proximity and/or touch events, and with both the measured inductance and capacitance values used to determ...