US Patent Issued to Wacom on June 9 for "Position indicator and input system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,740, issued on June 9, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Position indicator and input system" was invented by Nobutaka Ide (Saitama, Japan), Koji Yano (Saitama, Japan), Takahiko Hoen (Saitama, Japan), Mu-Tzu Chen (Saitama, Japan) and Tadakuni Tsubota (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position indicator that is used with a position detection device including a position detection sensor, the position indicator including a first function module and a second function module. The first function module includes a core body that, in operation, is brought into contact with an input surface for position detection...