US Patent Issued to Universal Electronics on Jan. 13 for "System and method for non-intrusive health monitoring in the home" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,066, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"System and method for non-intrusive health monitoring in the home" was invented by David Chong Cheung Hyen (Singapore) and Patrick H. Hayes (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held device, such as a remote control, is provided for operation of a consumer appliance and is equipped with one or more biometric sensors to capture and report on the health condition of a user of the hand-held device. The data captured by such a hand-held device may be evaluated locally in the hand-held device itself or may be conveyed to a targe...