MUMBAI, India, May 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414075903 A) filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, U.S.A., on Oct. 7, 2024, for 'determining respiration rates based on audio streams and user conditions.'

Inventor(s) include Minxha, Juri; Lezzoum, Narimene; Mitra, Vikramjit; and Azemi, Erdrin.

The application for the patent was published on May 9, under issue no. 19/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A system can receive an input indicating a user condition. The system can also receive an internal audio stream from an in-ear microphone and an external audio stream from an external microphone of a head worn system. The system can determine a respiration rate of...