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Next Up: A Foldable Design w/Health Sensors
Samsung was awarded a patent, spotted by LetsGoDigitial that shows the use of n-flat surfaces of foldable phones. By folding the phone onto a finger, a bunch of interesting health data can be discerned. It’s best described in the following image:
Figure 1: Flat Surface Foldable Design
Samsung was awarded a patent, spotted by LetsGoDigitial that shows the use of n-flat surfaces of foldable phones. By folding the phone onto a finger, a bunch of interesting health data can be discerned. It’s best described in the following image:
Figure 1: Flat Surface Foldable Design
- There’s a few different methods of data gathering shown here but undoubtedly the clamping-the-finger method to calculate blood pressure, along with elements claimed in the patents including vascular age, aortic pressure waveform, stress, fatigue levels, and more, is pretty interesting.
- There’s also a model where sensors are placed on the outside of the phone and the inside, where the phone will snap an image, convert pixel intensity into pulse wave amplitude, and gather health information using an amplitude conversion mode.
- And one other variant is using the palm of the hand
- With Samsung’s next Galaxy Z devices expected in July or so this year, the timing of this patent means the next foldables won’t include this health tracking. There’s a chance, but perhaps more like 2022?
- Samsung’s next smartwatch has long been tipped to get blood glucose monitoring sometime in the second half of this year.
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