US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on July 1 for "Electronic device and control method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,811, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and control method thereof" was invented by Sangjin Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunsoo Yuk (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heuijin Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Haein Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yoojin Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a sensor, an interface, and at least one processor. According to a method of controlling the device, the at least one processor is configured to perform an initial function corresponding to a proximity event, responsive to detecting the pro...