ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,702, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Electronic device" was invented by So-Young Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Soongyu Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a display layer that displays an image during a plurality of frame periods, a sensor layer, a sensor driving unit, and a main driving unit. When a user makes a call, the sensor driving unit switches from a first mode to a second mode and drives the sensor layer. When the sensor layer senses a large-area conductor in the second mode, the sensor driving unit switches from t...