ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,958, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for controlling black box mounted in vehicle and operation method thereof" was invented by Jaewoong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoongoo Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kiseung Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device and operation method thereof for controlling a black box mounted in a vehicle are provided. The electronic device includes determining an operating mode of the black box to be a sleep mode in a state that an engine of the vehicle is turned off, transmitting, by using an u...