ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,342, issued on March 31, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).
"Display device" was invented by Masakatsu Tominaga (Sakai City, Japan) and Masahiro Yoshida (Sakai City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes pixel electrodes that are spaced apart from each other, touch electrodes, each of which forms a capacitance with a finger, which is a position input body performing position input, to detect a position of input by the finger, which is the position input body, a touch line that is sandwiched between adjacent pixel electrodes and is connected to the touch electrodes, and at least two source lines ...