ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,142, issued on May 13, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Smart algorithm for seamless transition with under display fingerprint sensors" was invented by Chien-Hui Wen (Cupertino, Calif.) and Hsin-Yu Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method includes determining, for a device having a display component configured to operate at multiple brightness levels and for a range of DBVs, a gamma value offset to a default gamma value at the second brightness level. The method includes determining, for a tap point representative of the range, a brightness value offset to a default brightness value a...