ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,031, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and electronic device for performing user authentication function by using UDC" was invented by Intae Jin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonsuk Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Juwoan Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dasom Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display module, at least one camera disposed on the rear surface of the display module, memory for storing information related to user authentication, and a processor operatively connected to the displ...