US Patent Issued to STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL on Feb. 17 for "Open close detection of foldable devices" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,287, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Geneva).

"Open close detection of foldable devices" was invented by Kyeong Min Oh (Siheung-si, South Korea), Sung Ryong Byun (Gwacheon-si, South Korea) and Hyunji Lee (Gwacheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a foldable touchscreen device includes detecting self-capacitances sensed in a folding area of the touchscreen using a self-sensing scan by a touchscreen controller, determining a reference strength sensed by the touchscreen in the folding area based on the self-capacitances in the folding area when the device is i...