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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Grant H Mulliken, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cameron A Harder, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Fletcher R Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US);
Izzet B Yildiz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nicholas C Soldner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for measuring biometric data including temperature in head-mounted devices (HMDs). Thermal sensors may also be integrated into the HMD and used to collect thermal data from the surface of the user's face. This thermal data may, for example, be processed to determine core body temperature of the user, or be processed to generate estimates of the user's respiration. The temperature data and/or respiration rate and changes to respiration rate derived from signals from the sensors may be used to generate and present biometric data to the user.