ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,912, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Heart rate detection method, heart rate detection apparatus and electronic device" was invented by Songjin Zhong (Shenzhen, China), Fanglin Jiang (Shenzhen, China) and Hongjun Wen (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heart rate detection method, a heart rate detection apparatus and an electronic device are provided. The heart rate detection method includes: acquiring a heart rate detection light signal, where the heart rate detection light signal is a light signal that is emitted upward from a ring light-emitting region of a dis...