ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,811, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to STMICROELECTROINCS S.R.L. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Sensor reliability detection and power management" was invented by Stefano Paolo Rivolta (Desio, Italy) and Roberto Mura (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a wearable electronic device, such as a watch, that includes one or more optical sensors. In order to determine accuracy of measurements by the optical sensors, the device detects whether or not the optical sensors are in physical contact with the user's skin. The device detects a level of contact between the user's skin and the optical sensors based...