Apple Files a Series of Continuation Patents covering the Apple Watch 'Fall Detection' System, Devices made with Titanium and more
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a series of continuation patents from Apple. This report covers four of them. The first relates to the Apple Watch fall detection feature. The system had been upgraded with the ability to communicate ECG data of a user to emergency services that wasn't available in the original Apple Watch feature of 2018. Apple also filed a continuation patents relating to devices using titanium and more.
Generally, the first of Apple's continuation patents covers techniques for audio looping information about a user to a service provider. In some examples, the user may have been involved in an accident (e.g., a fall, a medical incident (e.g., a heart attack or stroke), a car accident, or the like), and the information that is provided via the audio loop may identify the accident and/or a location of the accident. In some instances, the service provider may be an emergency service (e.g., a 911 operator or other appropriate service provider based at least in part on the location of the user).