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Apple s first patent for Fall Detection was published in 2018 under application 20190103007. Since that time, we ve posted 5 or more patent reports on this subject. Last Thursday, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to the science behind a possible next-phase for Fall Detection that covers an advanced testing process users may be able to take with an iPhone, Apple Watch or future Fitness Band.
Patently Apple first covered Apple s Fall Detection invention back in April 2019. The patent was filed for in Q3 2018. Since that time, Apple has updated their invention at least three times with the latter being published in September 2022. Last week the US Patent & Trademark Office published yet another update to their Fall Detection invention updating .
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to a possible new health related app for the iPhone and Apple Watch. The patent covers computer user interfaces relating to techniques for managing walking steadiness data. Technically, this is now a patent fulfilled, as this new app was included with the release of iOS 16. Though Apple s support page has it linked to iOS 15. This report is for those who are interested in the patent that gave birth to this new iOS App.