ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,846, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to WELL BEING DIGITAL Ltd. (New Territories, Hong Kong).
"Earpiece capable of interacting with the tragus and a method of providing continuous physiological detection" was invented by Ming Yip Wallace Wong (New Territories, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An earpiece having light sources and optical sensors arranged to obtain physiological data from the tragus of an ear. At least one extra light source or optical sensor is provided such that there is redundancy. The redundancy allows for misalignment of the earpiece while still having sufficient number of light sources and optical sensors...