US Patent Issued to Motorola Mobility on Nov. 11 for "Electronic device and corresponding methods for precluding unlocking operations for users experiencing state of lagophthalmos" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,793, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC (Chicago).

"Electronic device and corresponding methods for precluding unlocking operations for users experiencing state of lagophthalmos" was invented by Ranjeet Gupta (Aurora, Ill.), Andrew G Wheeler (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Mark A Reed (Algonquin, Ill.), Eric J Hefner (Lombard, Ill.) and Thomas Yates Merrell (St. Charles, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method in an electronic device detects, from a user interface, initiation of a device unlocking operation. The method captures, by an image capture device having an image sensor receiving light in response to the...