US Patent Issued to Samsung Electronics on Oct. 27 for "Electronic device including an optical sensor mounted on back surface of a display" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. RE51,092, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (South Korea).

"Electronic device including an optical sensor mounted on back surface of a display" was invented by Heewoong Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jeongho Cho (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sangjin Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jongah Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Donghan Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided and includes a display; a first member disposed on a rear surface of the display and including at least one opening; an optical sensor including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit...