US Patent Issued to HTC on March 31 for "Device and method for detection" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,323, issued on March 31, was assigned to HTC Corp. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Device and method for detection" was invented by Chun-Yih Wu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Ta-Chun Pu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Yen-Liang Kuo (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device for detecting a human body portion includes a plastic element, a substrate, a plurality of metal pieces, a ground plane, a multiplexer, and an HBC (Human Body Communication) transceiver. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other. The metal pieces are disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The metal ...