ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,690, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for reducing power consumption related to distance measurement and operating method thereof" was invented by Yi Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Moonseok Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunchul Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Muyeol Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sehwan Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sukgi Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to various example embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise: a sensor module; a first communication circuit supporting a first c...