ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,170, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method for sensing wearing of electronic device, and electronic device" was invented by Yunguk Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngjin Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Younhyung Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device according to various embodiments may comprise: a grip sensor, a touch sensor, a wearing detection sensor, and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, operatively connected to the grip sensor, the touch sensor, and the wearing detection sensor. At least one processor, individ...