US Patent Issued to Apple on Nov. 11 for "Biomechanical triggers for improved responsiveness in grade estimation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,813, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Biomechanical triggers for improved responsiveness in grade estimation" was invented by Asif Khalak (Belmont, Calif.), Adeeti V. Ullal (Emerald Hills, Calif.) and Gabriel A. Blanco (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are disclosed for a biomechanical trigger for improved responsiveness in grade estimation. In some embodiments, a method comprises: obtaining, from a wearable device worn by a user, cadence data, speed data and elevation data, determining a grade of a surface on which the user is traveling based on a ratio of a change in elevat...