ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,243, issued on July 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Distance measuring device and method for measuring distance by using the same" was invented by Jisan Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Inoh Hwang (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distance measuring device and a method of operating the same are provided. The distance measuring device may include a transmitter configured to emit a sensing signal toward a target object based on a transmission signal; a receiver configured to detect the sensing signal and output a reception signal corresponding to the sensing signal; and a ...