ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,098, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Foldable electronic device which acquires three-dimensional coordinate information and control method thereof" was invented by Mansung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minuk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bongjun Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaeho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yoondo Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes: a hinge structure; a first housing connected to the hinge structure and including a first surface and a second surface; a second housing connected to the hinge structure and in...