ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,596, issued on June 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and method for adjusting volume using acoustic signal output from external object" was invented by Junwhon Uhm (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungnyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minjung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongmin Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinchoul Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Nammin Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a processor of a wearable device is configured to control a display to display a visual object in association with an external object viewable thr...