US Patent Issued to Apple on July 7 for "Electronic devices that detect accessory devices at multiple locations" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,138, issued on July 7, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic devices that detect accessory devices at multiple locations" was invented by Leyi Zhu (San Jose, Calif.), Hao Zhu (San Jose, Calif.), Yunhe Huang (Pleasanton, Calif.), Fernando F. Cunha (Santa Clara, Calif.), Travis C. Pedley (Los Gatos, Calif.), Guangtao Zhang (Cupertino, Calif.) and Annie T. Zhang (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic device uses a sensor to determine whether an accessory device covers a housing or the housing and a display. When the electronic device determines, based on the sensor, the housing and display are cove...