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Apple Patents Activity Tracker in Headphones

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Forget the iWatchA recently published Apple patent details an interesting health-monitoring device built into a pair of headphones or earbuds.

Along with being able to track user activity during exercise, the proposed technology can sense other biometric data like temperature, perspiration, and heartbeat.


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And at least one embodiment of the technology features control with head gestures, according to the filing:

As a method for controlling an electronic device though one or more head gestures, one embodiment of the invention can, for example, include at least: receiving head motion data pertaining a head motion of a user of the electronic device; determining whether the head motion data matches any of a plurality of predetermined head gestures; and identifying an action associated with the matching predetermined head gesture. Additionally, the method can further operate to perform the identified action on the electronic device. Read more…

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