ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,721, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Input apparatus, electronic keyboard instrument and electronic apparatus" was invented by Yuuki Nakajima (Tokyo), Shingo Fukushima (Tokyo) and Shigeyuki Nagatsuma (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input apparatus includes a touch detection substrate having a first opening and including a touch pattern provided on an outer circumference of the first opening, a control substrate having a light emitting element, a reflector provided between the touch detection substrate and the control substrate and including a light reflection region disposed in such a manne...