US Patent Issued to Apple on Dec. 30 for "Foldable electronic devices with object detection sensors" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,936, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Foldable electronic devices with object detection sensors" was invented by Christopher D Jones (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a foldable housing having first and second housing portions coupled by a hinge. A flexible display may overlap the hinge and may have first and second display regions respectively overlapping the first and second housing portions. An object detection sensor may be configured to detect objects on the display that might cause damage to the display if the device is folded closed while the o...