ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,411, issued on April 15, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"TV and control method thereof" was invented by Minyoung Jo (Seoul, South Korea), Seungil Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jinwan Bae (Seoul, South Korea), Jinyung Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jiyoun Cha (Seoul, South Korea), Jungbin Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Younkyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A TV according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a screen which displays a content; a cover at least a part of which overlaps the screen and to which one or more illuminators are attached; a sensor which senses an object...