Mobile digital communication/computing device including heart rate monitor
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1. A wireless mobile phone comprising:
- a palm-sized body;
a transceiver for transmitting and receiving signals, disposed inside said palm-sized body;
a plurality of sensors to sense and output blood flow rate data of a user holding the wireless mobile phone with one of the user'"'"'s hands, with the sensors being distributively disposed at a plurality of locations of the palm-sized body to facilitate having at least a subset of said sensors to contact the holder user'"'"'s holding hand including at least one of the holding hand'"'"'s finger and palm; and
means disposed within said palm-sized body and coupled to the sensors to infer a manner the wireless mobile phone is being held by one of the user'"'"'s hands, as characterized by the sensor contact configuration of the holding hand'"'"'s finger/palm, and to generate a heart rate of the user using a subset of the blood flow rate data output by said sensors, based at least in part on the inferred hand holding manner characterized by the sensor contact configuration of the holding hand'"'"'s finger/palm.
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Abstract
A mobile client device, such as a wireless mobile or a palm sized personal digital assistant, is provided with a number of sensors and companion programming instructions/circuitry to generate a heart rate reading for a user holding the device. The sensors are used to sense blood flow rate of the user. The sensors are advantageously disposed in a distributed manner, in a number of locations of the mobile client device. The programming instructions/circuitry are used to infer a holding pattern of the device, and generate the heart rate reading, using a subset of the sensed data, based at least in part on the inferred holding pattern.
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1. A wireless mobile phone comprising:
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a palm-sized body;
a transceiver for transmitting and receiving signals, disposed inside said palm-sized body;
a plurality of sensors to sense and output blood flow rate data of a user holding the wireless mobile phone with one of the user'"'"'s hands, with the sensors being distributively disposed at a plurality of locations of the palm-sized body to facilitate having at least a subset of said sensors to contact the holder user'"'"'s holding hand including at least one of the holding hand'"'"'s finger and palm; and
means disposed within said palm-sized body and coupled to the sensors to infer a manner the wireless mobile phone is being held by one of the user'"'"'s hands, as characterized by the sensor contact configuration of the holding hand'"'"'s finger/palm, and to generate a heart rate of the user using a subset of the blood flow rate data output by said sensors, based at least in part on the inferred hand holding manner characterized by the sensor contact configuration of the holding hand'"'"'s finger/palm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A personal digital assistant (PDA) comprising:
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a palm-sized body;
memory disposed within said palm-sized body;
a processor disposed with said palm-sized body and coupled to the memory;
a plurality of sensors to sense and output blood flow rate data of a user holding the PDA with one of the user'"'"'s hands, with the sensors being distributively disposed at a plurality of locations of the palm-sized body to facilitate having at least a subset of said sensors to contact the holder user'"'"'s holding hand including at least one of the holding hand'"'"'s finger and palm; and
means disposed within said palm-sized body and coupled to the sensors to infer a manner of the PDA is being held by one of the user'"'"'s hand, as characterized by the sensor contact configuration of the holding hand'"'"'s finger/palm, and to generate a heart rate of the user using a subset of the blood flow rate data output by said sensors, based at least in part on the inferred hand holding manner characterized by the holding hand'"'"'s finger/palm configuration characterized by the sensor contact configuration of the holding hand'"'"'s finger/palm. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A mobile client device comprising:
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a palm-sized body;
a plurality of sensors to sense and output blood flow rate data of a user holding the mobile client device with one of the user'"'"'s hands, with the sensors being distributively disposed at a plurality of locations of the palm-sized body to facilitate having at least a subset of said sensors to be in contact with the holder user'"'"'s holding hand including at least one of the holding hand'"'"'s finger and palm; and
means disposed within said palm-sized body and coupled to the sensors to infer a manner the mobile client device is being held by one of the user'"'"'s hands, as characterized by the sensor contact configuration of the holding hand'"'"'s finger/palm, and to generate a heart rate of the user using a subset of the blood flow rate data output by said sensors, based at least in part on the inferred hand holding manner characterized by the sensor contact configuration of the holding hand'"'"'s finger/palm. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A mobile client device comprising:
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a palm-sized body;
a plurality of sensors to sense and output bio-metric data of a user holding the mobile client device with one of the user'"'"'s hands, with the sensors being distributively disposed at a plurality of locations of the palm-sized body to facilitate having at least a subset of said sensors to be in contact with the holder user'"'"'s holding hand including at least one of the holding hand'"'"'s finger and palm; and
means disposed within said palm-sized body and coupled to the sensors to infer a manner the mobile client device is being held by one of the user'"'"'s hands, as characterized by the sensor contact configuration of the holding hand'"'"'s finger/palm, and to generate measurement of at least one bio-metric of the user using a subset of the bio-metric data output by said sensors, based at least in part on the inferred hand holding manner characterized by the sensor contact configuration of the holding hand'"'"'s finger/palm. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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