ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,116, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Stylus detection method, apparatus, and terminal device" was invented by Huabing Ling (Shenzhen, China) and Yang Bi (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to a stylus detection method applied to a terminal device provided with a first area for attaching a stylus. A magnetic attaching component for attaching and fastening the stylus to the first area is disposed in the stylus. An example method includes in response to detecting that an attaching object is attached and fastened to the first area, detecting the attachi...