ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,806, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and controlling method thereof" was invented by Kyusik Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeongmo Gu (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jangwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electronic device and method for controlling the same, which controls an operation by detecting a voltage between a plurality of live terminals and thus determining whether there is an error in supplying power through a power input terminal. According to an embodiment, an electronic device includes a power input terminal ...