ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,747, issued on April 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Radar for full-blockage detection of radio frequency modules in mobile devices" was invented by Vutha Va (Plano, Texas), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, Texas), Anum Ali (Plano, Texas) and Jianhua Mo (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for radar full blockage detection includes transmitting, via a transceiver, radar signals for object detection. The method also includes determining whether an object is detected within a first threshold distance based on reflections of the radar signals that are received. In response to a determinati...