ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,236, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SILICON WORKS Co. LTD. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Technology for driving a panel" was invented by Jung Min Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyung Seog Oh (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Sung Ahn (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Ji Hun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a display device that simultaneously conducts display updates and touch sensing in some regions. The display device according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: a plurality of sensor electrodes for sensing approaches or touches of an object; a plurality of display electrode...