US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Nov. 4 for "Method for identifying an attached state or a detached state of an accessory device and electronic device supporting the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,172, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method for identifying an attached state or a detached state of an accessory device and electronic device supporting the same" was invented by Taekeun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kihun Eom (Suwon-si, South Korea), Intae Jun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kihoon Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kihong Min (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gunhee Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeonggyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include: a magnetic sensor configured to identify the intensity of a magnetic field; a wire...