ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,453, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Touch sensor and a method for detecting a user's touch" was invented by Jeong Heon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jung Hak Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yun A Ma (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch sensor is provided. The touch sensor including: first touch electrodes; scan lines connected to the first touch electrodes; and a controller that applies a scan signal to each of the scan lines, wherein the scan signal includes a plurality of unit signals in a first time period and a second time period, and includes a ga...