Apple Watches could save users from DROWNING as they detect a significant amount of water and then notify emergency services for help
- Apple’s patent describes technology to save Apple Watch users from drowning
- A network of sensors would detect the volume of water surrounding the user
- It then determine’s the users location by locating the body of water
- The data is sent to an app that determines if the user is in trouble
- If the app believes they are drowning, it will notify emergency services
Your Apple Watch may one day save you from drowning.
The tech giant has published a patent for sensors that detect the amount of water the user is exposed to.
If a significant amount is sensed by the technology, an app will determine if the wearer is in trouble and notify emergency services for help.
The system would also decipher the body of water associated with the water sample taken by the sensors in order pinpoint the geo-location of the user, allowing the rescue team to find them.
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If a significant amount is sensed by the technology, an app will determine if the wearer is in trouble and notify emergency services for help. The system would also decipher the body of water associated with the water sample taken by the sensors in order pinpoint the geo-location of the user
The patent, entitled ‘Portable electronic device as health companion’, describes a system of sensors working together in order to determine if the user is in trouble and needs assistance, according to AppleInsider.
The first sensor would analyze the amount of water surrounding the wearer, which would active another sensor to determine the property of water.
It could be a fresh water lake, swimming pool, river or an ocean.
‘Once the type of water is established, other sensors can come into play specifically designed to detect properties most likely to be associated with the type of water and that could potentially have a substantial impact on the health of the user or the enjoyment of an activity by the user,’ reads the patent.
Your Apple Watch may one day save you from drowning. The tech giant has published a patent for sensors that detect the amount of water the user is exposed to
The document gives an example that if the sensors determine the water is salty, a geo-location sensors will identify the body of water associated with the sample, allowing emergency services to find the user before they drown.
Once the network of sensors detect a significant amount of water, the information is sent to an Apple Watch app that determines if the user is in trouble and will notify emergency services by sending their location.
Apple is known for publishing patents for new technology, but many do not turn into a reality – so it is not clear if this will make its way to the Apple Watch.
However, the device has been used on multiple occasions to save the wearer’s life.
Just last year, a Chicago man credited his Apple Watch for helping him from not drowning, 9to5Mac reported.
Phillip Esho was riding a jet ski in Lake Michigan when a wave flipped him over.
His phone was lost in the incident and people on nearby boats were unable to hear his cry for help.
However, Esho remembered he was wearing his Apple Watch and used the Emergency SOS feature to contact emergency services who quickly sent a helicopter, and boats to his rescue.
