ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,449, issued on March 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and method for obtaining information related to external object" was invented by Janghyun Nam (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyoseok Na (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Gahyun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Ukho Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes an ultra wide band (UWB) circuit and at least one processor operatively coupled to the UWB circuit. The at least one processor is configured to receive a response signal from at least one external electronic device via the UWB ...