ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,211, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and method for controlling same" was invented by Taehee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungwon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Saeyoung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoojeong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Junghwan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may comprise a first image sensor, a second image sensor, and a processor, wherein the processor may: acquire a first depth image and a confidence map by using the first image sensor; acquire an RGB imag...