ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,029, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"System and method for multiplexing an optical sensor" was invented by Joseph William Colosimo (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Tao Shui (Cupertino, Calif.) and Brian R. Land (Woodside, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensor can be multiplexed for different clients/features including estimating information or characteristics of a user's physiological signals. Additionally, the clients/features can include estimating information or characteristics independent from a user's physiological signals. As the number of clients increase and/or as the requirements for...