ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,279, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method for detecting biometric information and electronic device supporting the same" was invented by Jaehyuck Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hongji Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Daehyeong Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Minkyung Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include: an output module comprising output circuitry, a communication module comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with at least one external device, a first sensor configur...