US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Oct. 28 for "Electronic device applying bokeh effect to image and controlling method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,167, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device applying bokeh effect to image and controlling method thereof" was invented by Jeena Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Insung Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Subash Pandey (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jongmin Hyun (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jonghun Won (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a memory and processor, which implements the method, including: obtaining image data for an image, set in the image a region of interes...