ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,278, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Guangzhou China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. Ltd. (Guangdong, China).

"Driving method, driving device for touch panel, and display apparatus having low power wake-up gesture mode" was invented by Xin Hu (Guangdong, China), Xiaohai Chen (Guangdong, China) and Sunqi Lou (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving method and a driving device for a touch panel, and a display apparatus are provided, featuring a low power wake-up gesture mode. In this mode, the touch panel includes a first stage for touch scanning and a subsequent second phase for pulling u...