Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Using Visible Light Images to Determine a Heart Rate
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1. A method comprising:
- at an apparatus;
receiving a plurality of visible light images as correspond to a subject'"'"'s skin proximal to a blood-transporting capillary;
processing the plurality of visible light images to thereby determine a heart rate for the subject.
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Abstract
An apparatus (400) can receive (101) a plurality of visible light images as correspond to a subject'"'"'s skin (403) proximal to a blood-transporting capillary (404) and then process (102) that plurality of visible light images to thereby determine a heart rate for the subject. These teachings will accommodate both light-transmissive images and light-reflective images. By one approach, these visible light images can comprise images that are captured by use of a cellular telephone camera (402). The aforementioned processing can occur, in whole or in part, at the cellular telephone or at a remotely located server (408).
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1. A method comprising:
at an apparatus; receiving a plurality of visible light images as correspond to a subject'"'"'s skin proximal to a blood-transporting capillary; processing the plurality of visible light images to thereby determine a heart rate for the subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a visible light image capture component; a processor operably coupled to the visible light image capture component and being configured and arranged to; receive, from the visible light image capture component, a plurality of visible light images as correspond to a subject'"'"'s skin proximal to a blood-transporting capillary; process the plurality of visible light images to thereby determine a heart rate for the subject. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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