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.
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.