ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,471, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Method for identifying earbud wearing error and related device" was invented by Guocheng Hu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of this application provide a method for identifying an earbud wearing error. An earbud wearing action is detected based on a sensor of an earbud (for example, an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, or a magnetic field detection sensor), and an electronic device may determine, based on the earbud wearing action, whether a left bud and a right bud are incorrectly worn. Once it is determined t...