ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,194, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (South Korea).

"Electronic device and method for operating audio based on privacy" was invented by Areum Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Misun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sangheon Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Mira Seo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kwangyong Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyesoon Jeong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Yeunwook Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electronic device which includes at least one camera module, at least one microphone, a communication module, a memory, and a processor operativel...