ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,551, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Wearable device for executing application based on information obtained by tracking external object and method thereof" was invented by Eunkyung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Harin Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wanje Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jiyoung Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaehan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chaekyung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor of a wearable device is provided. The processor may identify an external object included in a displaying area of a display by using a camera. T...