ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,081, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HiDeep Inc. (South Korea).

"Touch input device" was invented by Seyeob Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Bonkee Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a multi-functional touch input device capable of detecting a touch position, driving a stylus pen, and detecting the position of the stylus pen. The touch input device according to another embodiment of the present invention comprises a sensor unit and a control unit, wherein the sensor unit comprises: a plurality of first patterns extending in a first direction and having one ends electrically connected to the c...