ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,316, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Method for providing HDR image and electronic device supporting the same" was invented by Chansik Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Dongwoo Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jeehong Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Wonjun Roh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyuntaek Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Donghyun Yeom (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and electronic device are provided for providing a high dynamic range (HDR) image. The HDR image is obtained. A first area, in which the HDR image is displayed, and a second area, in...