ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,398, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Flexible electronic device and operation method thereof" was invented by Kihun Eom (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a flexible electronic device and an operation method thereof. The electronic device may include a housing, a flexible display including a first portion and a second portion, a first sensor and a second sensor, a third sensor, at least one processor, and a memory. The processor may monitor whether or not the flexible display switches from a folded state to an unfolded state using the third sens...