US Patent Issued to GOERTEK on April 21 for "Proximity sensor, method for sensing proximity of wireless device and body part of user, and wireless device" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,487, issued on April 21, was assigned to GOERTEK INC. (Weifang, China).

"Proximity sensor, method for sensing proximity of wireless device and body part of user, and wireless device" was invented by Hirotada Taniuchi (Weifang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a proximity sensor, a method for sensing proximity of a wireless device to a body part of a user, and a wireless device. The proximity sensor includes an antenna electrode and detecting circuitry. The antenna electrode serves as at least a part of an antenna of the wireless device. The detecting circuitry is electrically coupled to the antenna electrode, and i...