ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,695, issued on March 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"System and method for stylus detection" was invented by Thomas Deselaers (Zurich), Peder Blekken (Morgan Hill, Calif.), Francisco Alvaro Munoz (Zurich), Ryan S. Dixon (Redwood City, Calif.), Nima Ferdosi (San Jose, Calif.), Tianchang Gu (San Jose, Calif.) and Mayank Garg (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, an electronic device including a touch screen can sense a stylus proximate to the touch screen. For example, the user can draw or write with the stylus to create a simulated drawing or simulated handwriting displayed on the touc...