ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,422, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GOERTEK INC. (Weifang, China).
"Apparatus and method for force sensing, and electronic device" was invented by Hirotada Taniuchi (Weifang, China) and Katsumi Saito (Weifang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and a method for force sensing, and an electronic device. The apparatus includes a sensor and a filter. The sensor is configured to generate a first signal which is determined based on deformation of at least a part of the sensor and temperature of at least the part of the sensor. The part of the sensor is attached to a deformable portion of the electronic device. The filter...