ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,395, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and control method therefor" was invented by Jookwan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yongjin Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yangwook Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jihea Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a method of controlling an electronic device including a touch screen panel (TSP) at least a part of which is located in a housing may be withdrawn to the outside of the housing comprises: identifying a withdrawal extent of the TSP; selecting a reference line for controllin...