US Patent Issued to Wacom on July 14 for "Sensor apparatus, integrated circuit, and method of detecting indicator using linear electrodes and detection coils" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,614, issued on July 14, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Sensor apparatus, integrated circuit, and method of detecting indicator using linear electrodes and detection coils" was invented by Hiroshi Mizuhashi (Saitama, Japan), Fumitaka Goto (Saitama, Japan) and Joo Hoon Lee (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor apparatus includes: a linear electrode group extended in parallel; a loop coil group crossing the linear electrode group; and a sensor controller. The sensor controller is configured to sequentially send alternating magnetic fields from the linear electrode group, use the loop coil group to de...