ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,383, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof" was invented by Jaemyung Hur (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minsup Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hojune Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyoungshin Jin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus including: a display; a sensor; a memory; and a processor configured to: obtain first distance information regarding a distance between a user of the electronic apparatus and the electronic apparatus through the sensor; identify a space in which the user is located from am...