ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,194, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"XR device, electronic device and control method thereof" was invented by Heewoong Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongah Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kihyuk Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Gwangho Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An XR device, an electronic device, and a control method thereof are provided. An XR device may include at least one display, at least one memory, at least one optical sensor including a receiver for detecting an optical signal encoded as a barcode and ...