US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Feb. 24 for "Head-mounted display device and method for controlling the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,085, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Head-mounted display device and method for controlling the same" was invented by Keeeun Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Joayoung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method performed by a head mounted display (HMD) device includes: determining a sleep onset preparation start time; and displaying, on a display, a sleep onset preparation screen to which a visual effect is applied, from the sleep onset preparation start time, in a stepwise manner during a sleep onset preparation time interval, where the visual effect th...