Device with optical heart rate sensor and corresponding methods
US11940168B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 2022 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF24F2120/20
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An electronic device includes an image capture device that can be an always on image capture device. The electronic device includes one or more processors operable with the image capture device and a wireless communication circuit operable with the one or more processors. The one or more processors determine, from images of a face and torso of a user of the electronic device captured by the image capture device, that a heartrate of the user of the electronic device increases by a predetermined threshold above a resting level heartrate of the user of the electronic device. In response, the one or more processors cause the wireless communication circuit to transmit a climate adjustment request to a climate control device.
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