ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,524, issued on March 3, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Input device" was invented by Masayuki Shinohara (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yasuhiro Tanoue (Kyoto, Japan), Norikazu Kitamura (Osaka, Japan), Hiroyuki Miyamoto (Yasu, Japan) and Yuto Mori (Joyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device includes a light source, a light guide plate, a sensor, and a controller. The light guide plate guides light from a light source to form an image in a space. The sensor detects an object in the space including an imaging position of the image. Based on an output from the sensor, the controller acquires at least one of a trajecto...