ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,276, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus capable of releasing a voice input mode by sensing a speech finish and voice control method thereof" was invented by Sung-wook Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Hee-seob Ryu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hee-ran Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sung-pil Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control opera...