ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,458, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Cirque Corp. (Sandy, Utah).

"Human-computer interface system" was invented by Ilya Daniel Rosenberg (Sunnyvale, Calif.), John Aaron Zarraga (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Shuangming Li (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Ninad Sathe (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Darren Lochun (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One variation of a system for a touch sensor includes: a substrate; a cover layer; a spacer element; a second electrode; and a controller. The substrate includes: a support location arranged on the substrate; and a first electrode arranged proximal the support location. The cover layer defines a touch sens...