ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,804, issued on July 29, was assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas).

"Sensing physiological parameters through an article" was invented by David He (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various examples are described for detecting heart rate and respiratory rate by using measurements of light applied to skin through an article. For example, a sensor application obtains a set of measurements of light. The application compensates for a contribution of the article based on one or more known optical properties of the article. The sensor application further determines, from the set of measurements of light, a p...