ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,694, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and method for identifying position relationship between display and portion of body of user" was invented by Gwangho Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongah Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heewoong Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kihyuk Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Donghan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, an electronic device includes a display including an electromagnetic inductive circuit and a touch screen panel, memory storing instructions, and a processor. The instruction...