ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,562, issued on May 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Display device recognizing user gesture through sensor and controlling method thereof" was invented by Sunwoong Joo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yongdeok Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device is provided. The display device includes: a display, a sensor and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, individually and/or collectively, configured to: control the display to display an indicator, recognize a user's body in an image received through the sensor in ...