ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,593, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Robot comprising lidar sensor and method controlling robot" was invented by Taehee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghan Koo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junghoe Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kuyoung Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes: a first sensor mounted inside a body of the electronic device; a second sensor configured to sense a posture of the body; an optical device configured to: reflect light output from the first sensor by using a mirror, and output the reflected light to an outside...