ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,242, issued on July 8.

"Electronic device with sensors and display devices" was invented by Paul X. Wang (Cupertino, Calif.) and Jie Gu (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may have a housing. The housing may be characterized by a vertical axis and may have housing structures such as cylindrical housing structures with a cylindrical surface. A speaker may be mounted in the housing to provide sound through openings in the housing structures. A visual output device may be mounted in the housing to provide light through openings in the housing structures. The visual output device may include an electroph...