Apple patent headphones health checks

It seems increasingly likely, the next major product launch, Apple will be in the fitness and health reports, the company recently after a patent is "BMW E36 Angel Eyes CCFL Light Kit " based on the headset to get.
The present application describes a can be installed in a headset or headphones, and use of skin sensor for measuring biometric data, including temperature, heart rate and sweating techniques. The patent also mentions some accelerometers, can be used to track and distinguish different types of movement.
The application submitted in 2007, but only recently discovered high-tech website Apple Insider. Date of patent applications means that any device can be considered as a device to track the work of the conference and iPod use.
Since then, the market is moving, and it is now likely that Apple is looking at any of the SmartWatch development (which is still primarily used as a second screen expensive smartphone displays basic notifications and updates) or fitness tracker (different bracelet worn 24/7 and is used to track the movement and fitness).
May be called Wireless Controller reputation has released since Apple CEO Tim that he believes that "wrist Interestingly," in May 2013 to develop. However, the function of this latest patent describes, more likely to be found in the fitness tracker, which indicates that perhaps Apple is trying to combine the two products.
In some ways, Apple has started to get involved in this field. Its latest iPhone, 5S, committed without turning on the main processor and other recent rumors suggest that major software updates may need to apply "Healthbook", which collect and analyze the data in a variety of waste battery sensor tracking smartphones Integration of mobile phone chips.
Comfort and functionality SmartWatch health tracking Apple's unity will be a major coup, but the company's reputation means they are more likely to take the time to adjust and improve the functionality of the device.
But until Apple does not publish a speculation will continue to become more assertive. A recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the company is exploring a variety of devices, including sound sensors that can "predict heart attack" while listening to the blood flow through the arteries because it sounds.
For a company with about 1.6 billion (one billion CZK 100) in cash and investments of this technology is not beyond the realm of fantasy, but Apple would have to go on to stay ahead of the market: the smart gadgets headset, which provides the same function, and its patent applications (and) recently proposed more than two million U.S. dollars on Kickstarter.
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