US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Nov. 11 for "Electronic device and control method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,212, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and control method thereof" was invented by Shinho Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device including a socket; a sensor configured to detect whether an object is inserted into the socket; a switch configured to control a supply of a current to the socket; a galvanizing device configured to detect the current flowing through the socket; and a processor that controls the switch based on detection of at least one of results of the sensor and the galvanizing device, wherein the processor...