ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,742, issued on June 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including body-contactable electrode" was invented by Chungki Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonik Do (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jonggwan Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a main body; a display; an electrode positioned in the main body to be in contact with a body of a user; and a processor operatively connected to the display and the electrode, wherein the processor is configured to: identify an electrical value measured through the electrode, determine whether to con...