ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,309, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Information processing apparatus and control method based on face orientation" was invented by Masashi Nishio (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus includes: a first chassis; a second chassis; a hinge coupling the first chassis and the second chassis to bend in a direction facing a first surface of the first chassis and a second surface of the second chassis while the first surface and the second surface are open; a sensor detecting orientations of the first chassis and the second chassis; an imaging unit p...