US Patent Issued to Samsung Electronics on May 19 for "Electronic device supporting fingerprint verification and method for operating the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,157, issued on May 19, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (South Korea).

"Electronic device supporting fingerprint verification and method for operating the same" was invented by Kyung Hoon Song (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kwang Sub Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Gyu Sang Cho (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Yun Jang Jin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Se Young Jang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Chi Hyun Cho (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided that includes a display in which a fingerprint recognition area is formed and which includes a display pixel layer, and a rear panel, form...