Meta patents head-worn device that tracks body health via head sensors
Meta has filed a patent for a head-wearable device that uses sensors on its frame to monitor a user's head during exercise. The system analyzes this data to estimate broader body metrics and alerts the user if the results deviate from expected values.
In the filing’s own words
A method of a user wearing a head-wearable device with a plurality of sensors while exercising is described. The method includes, receiving, from a sensor located on a frame of the head-wearable device, the sensor configured to collect data corresponding to an attribute of a head of the user, data, determining a metric corresponding to an attribute of a body of the user based on the data corresponding to the attribute of the head of the user, determining whether a difference between the metric and an expected metric corresponding to the attribute of the body of the user satisfies a predetermined threshold, and responsive to determining that the difference satisfies the predetermined threshold, causing presentation of an indication pertaining to the attribute of the body of the user.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An extended-reality (XR) device comprising: a frame configured to be worn on a head of a user; a sensor located on the frame, the sensor configured to collect data corresponding to an attribute of the head of the user; and a processor programmed to: receive the data from the sensor; determine a metric corresponding to an attribute of a body of the user based on the data corresponding to the attribute of the head of the user; determine whether a difference between the metric and an expected metric corresponding to the attribute of the body of the user satisfies a predetermined threshold; and responsive to determining that the difference satisfies the predetermined threshold, cause presentation of an indication pertaining to the attribute of the body of the user.
Facts
- Company
- Meta (Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC)
- Official title
- HEALTH AND FITNESS TRACKING USING MULTI-SENSOR DATA FROM A HEAD-WEARABLE DEVICE, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
- Publication number
- US20260295365A1
- Application number
- 19633946
- Filed
- Mar 30, 2026
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 9
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A63B 71/0622 Human necessitiesA63B 24/0006 Human necessitiesA63B 2024/0071 Human necessitiesA63B 2071/0666 Human necessitiesMore from Meta 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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