ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,102, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Display control method and electronic device supporting same" was invented by Minsuk Uhm (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungyoung Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taewoong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongkon Bae (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunchang Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byungduk Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, an optical sensor disposed below the display, and at least one processor, wherein the display includes a first region having a fir...