ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,498, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Heart beat measurements using a mobile device" was invented by Dongeek Shin (San Jose, Calif.), Ivan Poupyrev (Mountain View, Calif.), Brandon Barbello (Mountain View, Calif.) and Shwetak Patel (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various arrangements for performing ballistocardiography using a mobile device are presented. A radar integrated circuit of a mobile device may emit frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar. Reflected radio waves based on the FMCW radar being reflected off objects may be received and used to create a raw rada...