Apple patents facial interface with nasal pressure sensor
Apple has been granted a patent for a head-mounted device that uses a soft pad to rest against the user's nose. This pad contains a channel and a pressure sensor that measures changes in air pressure to track breathing or other facial movements.
In the filing’s own words
A head-mountable device can include a display, a facial interface attached to the display to contact a face of a user, and a sensor unit attached to the facial interface. The sensor unit can include a deformable pad that contacts a nasal region of the user, a channel defining an internal volume, and a pressure sensor in fluid communication with the deformable pad through the internal volume.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A head-mountable device, comprising: a display; a facial interface attached to the display; a controller; a deformable pad positioned to contact a nasal region; a channel defining an internal volume; and a pressure sensor in fluid communication with the deformable pad through the internal volume, wherein the controller transmits a signal to the display based on sensor data from the pressure sensor.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Facial interface having integrated health sensors
- Patent number
- US12765784B2
- Application number
- 18460275
- Filed
- Sep 1, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A61B 5/0205 Human necessitiesA61B 5/6803 Human necessitiesA61B 5/742 Human necessitiesA61B 5/02438 Human necessitiesA61B 5/0816 Human necessitiesA61B 2562/0247 Human necessitiesMore from Apple in Wearables
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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