ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,898, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical sensing device" was invented by Eunkyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyoungho Ha (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensing device includes: an optical sensor provided on a substrate and configured to radiate light to the outside of a housing through an optical window, and to receive the light that returns to the housing through the optical window; and a heat conductive member connected to the optical sensor and the housing and configured to conduct heat from the optical sensor to the housing."

The paten...