ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,686, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Sensing health parameters in wearable devices" was invented by Wegene H. Tadele (San Francisco), Maegan K. Spencer (Emerald Hills, Calif.), Riley E. Brandt (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Siddharth Nangia (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of this disclosure are directed to a wearable device having a housing, a display, and a sensor system. The display is at least partially surrounded by the housing. The sensor system is housed at least partially in the housing. The sensor system includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a controller. The fir...