Smart Ring Patent Reveals How Health Sensors Stay Pressed Against Your Skin
Getting accurate heart rate or blood oxygen readings from a ring depends on one deceptively simple problem: keeping the sensor touching your…
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Apple Patents the Internal Mechanics Behind the Apple Watch Crown
Apple has filed a patent laying out exactly how the Digital Crown on an Apple Watch handles two very different kinds of…
Google Patent Reveals Earbuds That Detect When They're Actually In Your Ear
Google is patenting a way for earbuds to figure out not just whether you're wearing them, but whether you're actively fiddling with…
Meta Patent Targets Weak Blood-Oxygen Readings on Wearables With Automatic Fix
Blood-oxygen sensors on wearables often fail silently when light signal gets too weak, giving you a bad reading or no reading at…
Samsung Patents a Smart Ring That Knows Which Way You're Wearing It
A smart ring that doesn't know which way it's sitting on your finger can give you wildly wrong health readings. Samsung's latest…
Apple Patents a System That Changes How Audio Plays Based on Which Device Asked
Imagine your iPhone asking your HomePod to play music and getting a wide, room-filling sound, while your Apple Watch asking the same…
Wearable Tech Patent Detects How Skin Shifts Against a Sensor
Your skin is a surprisingly good electrical signal. Microsoft wants to use that fact to let a wearable device know the moment…
Samsung Patents a Smart Ring That Reads a Finger Pressed Into Its Groove
Samsung is rethinking what a smart ring can sense, filing a patent for a ring with physical grooves on its outer surface…
Smart Glasses Patent Aims to Shame You Into Working Harder
Meta is patenting a system where your smart glasses automatically take a photo when your smartwatch detects you're falling behind on a…
IBM Patent Automates Multiple Monitor Setup by Tracking Your Eye Movement
Instead of dragging windows around to configure a multi-monitor setup, IBM wants your phone to watch your eyes and figure out the…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Keep Wireless Headphones Connected While Muted
Every time you hit mute on a call, your headphones are still working hard to stay connected. Qualcomm's new patent describes a…
Meta Patent Targets Heart Rate Monitor Accuracy in Low-Light Environments
Heart rate sensors in wearables often struggle in low light, picking up more noise than signal. Meta is patenting a way to…
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