ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,920, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic apparatus and control method thereof" was invented by Minsu Hwangbo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunseok Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Boseok Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a sensor, a first light source configured to irradiate a first light, a second light source configured to irradiate a second light in a direction different from the first light, and a processor configured to, based on first and second reflected lights being recei...