ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,649, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for reducing power consumption and operating method thereof" was invented by Heetae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyejeong Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jungtae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungyong Bang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Inhwan Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for reducing power consumption of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display device, a battery, and at least one processor configured to be operatively connected to the displa...