ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,092, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Infrared light source module having shield can embedded therein and electronic device comprising same" was invented by Byeonghoon Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yongchan Keh (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electronic device includes an infrared light emitter disposed on the printed circuit board, the infrared light emitter corresponding to a first light-transmitting area of the plurality of light-transmitting areas, and being configured to emit infrared light through the first light-transmitting area; and an infr...