ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,512, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
"Touch device and method thereof for enhancing energy efficiency" was invented by Chun-Hung Lin (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Yuan-Fu Hsueh (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Yun-Hsiang Yeh (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for use by a touch device to operate a touch panel includes allocating a first area of the touch panel to a touch control circuit, and performing a 2-dimensional scan on the first area. The method further includes allocating a second area of the touch panel to the touch control circuit, and applying a scan met...