ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,893, issued on June 23, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including sensor driver configured to operate in multiple modes" was invented by Hyungbae Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sanghyun Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes: a display layer; a sensor layer; and a sensor driver to drive the sensor layer. The sensor layer includes: first electrodes, each extending in a first direction; second electrodes, each extending in a second direction; and auxiliary electrodes, each extending in the first direction, and insulated from the se...