latterly , all the talk of the town has been about thefitness - tracking , health - monitoring smartwatchthat Apple is assumedly building . Buta patent yield to Apple todayshows the company want to get into fitness tracking not just on your wrist , but in your ear , with sensor - loaded earbuds to measure your gymnastic performance .
https://gizmodo.com/imagining-life-with-the-iwatch-1520143311
The patent , first filed in 2008 , proposes using skin - get hold of sensors in earbuds or earphones to monitor body temperature , heart rate , and hidrosis , though the patent does n’t outline the mechanics of how such sensors would work . It also evoke accelerometer , both for action tracking and for a possible hands - free motion control , where you could convert tracks or conform volume with a specific head motion .
The patent also makes passing quotation of “ psychological ” sensors . The official filing does n’t expand on what this would intend or how it could be used , butAppleInsider speculatesthe system could canvass biometric stimulant to get an impression of the user ’s genial state . eventually , headphones that bed to line up up Adele when you need a good cry .
received patent mental rejection most decidedly applies here : Apple filing a patent of invention is not any kind of warranty that the caller will actually make the propose ear Monitor . But the idea is pretty riveting — put biosensors into the headphones so many of us fall apart while exercising makes a gross ton of sense .
Apple ’s been on ahealth tech hiring spree , and it ’s obvious the troupe wants in on the fitness trailing secret plan . take care like that dream goes beyond wrist - worn gadget . [ US Patent OfficeviaCnet ]
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