ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,030, issued on April 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including camera and method for operating the same" was invented by Heewoong Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeongho Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongah Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kihyuk Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Gwangho Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a first module for an operation of a camera and an operation of an optical sensor disposed ...