ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,531, issued on April 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and device to calibrate magnetic field data" was invented by Kihun Eom (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Taekeun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Shinhun Moon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kihong Min (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sejeong Oh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a rotating body coupled to a bezel part to be rotatable and including a plurality of magnets, a pair of Hall sensors configured to sense a magnetic field caused by the plurality of magnets, a magnetic sensor disposed in...