ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,152, issued on May 13, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Magnetic sensing for true wireless stereo headset control knob" was invented by Tommi Raussi (Helsinki) and Jyri Pakarinen (Helsinki).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An earphone device and system are provided for improving user control in true wireless stereo (TWS) headsets using a rotatable dial attached to a housing and a magnetic sensing arrangement comprising at least one magnetized portion arranged in the dial and at least one magnetic sensor arranged in the housing so that, in response to rotation of the dial, the magnetized portion intermitte...