ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,642, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for calibrating geomagnetic sensor, and method of operating electronic device" was invented by Junyoung Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hansung Leem (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taeyoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chaeman Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include: a geomagnetic sensor; a motion sensor for sensing a signal associated with a motion of a user; and a processor operatively connected, directly or indirectly, to the geomagnetic sensor and the motion sensor, wherein ...