US Patent Issued to Huawei Technologies'Co., 'Ltd.' on April 7 for "Electronic device and sensor control method for controlling light sensor based on status of time of flight sensor" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,195, issued on April 7, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Electronic device and sensor control method for controlling light sensor based on status of time of flight sensor" was invented by Ping Han (Shanghai), Haowei Jiang (Shanghai) and Li Kang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a time of flight (ToF) sensor, a proximity sensor, and an ambient light sensor. The ToF sensor, the proximity sensor, and the ambient light sensor are located on a same side of the electronic device. When the ToF sensor is turned on, a light sensor (for example, the proximity sensor and/or t...