Apple wearables can provide medication reminders and recommendations.
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Apple is developing technology for wearable devices, such as the Apple Vision Pro, that measures and tracks biometrics and location to provide personalized and potentially life-saving advice.
Apple's patent, “Method and Apparatus for Health Monitoring,” describes a system for monitoring a user's biometric data to display suggestions and recommendations in a mixed reality (MR) system. The implementation of this technology suggests the appearance in the future of wearable devices from Apple that can be worn constantly, for example, the widely rumored Apple Glasses.
This technology will not only provide personalized recommendations. Just like the Apple Watch saves people who fall or suffer heart attacks, this technology will track activity and location to provide health recommendations in real time.
In one example, an MRI device could detect that a user has forgotten to take medication and direct them to prescription bottles. Similarly, the device can detect whether the user is dehydrated, offer him a drink of water and direct him to the kitchen.
Assistive technologies such as these become increasingly useful as users age and can enable older adults to maintain their independence. Reminders to take medications, suggestions for food and drink, and other non-Jewish reminders are often done through medical means, and using a glasses-based device with individual monitoring would be a huge advantage.
Assistive technologies will benefit more than just older people. Just as the Apple Watch tracks heart rate and ECG to provide health recommendations, this device-based health monitoring will provide personalized metrics and allow users to customize settings and features on the fly.
Future Apple wearables will be able to automatically adjust focus to help solve vision problems.
Another example of this Apple technology is the ability to adjust the focus on a wearable device if the user has vision problems. This could benefit people needing prescriptions for reading and distance learning; The glasses could automatically switch focus depending on the user's actions.
Although not listed in the patent, it is easy to imagine this technology helping in a wide range of conditions where early warning can prevent injury. A person prone to seizures could use this biometric assessment and feedback to detect an oncoming seizure, just as guide dogs do today.
Unlike guide dogs, an MRI device can help in case of health problems and save lives. MRI glasses can warn of impending attacks, guide the user to a safe place and call for help.
Similarly, many people suffering from panic attacks caused by post-traumatic stress disorder rely on trained animals to help them safely leave the provoking environment, which this system can also do. Unlike a guide dog, MR glasses can track a person's biometric data, helping them calm down and meditate.
By detecting movement and the environment, the wearable device can call a taxi if you are too drunk to drive.
The wearable MR device will provide information in Real-time reminders and offer assistance. This illustration shows a wearable device that detects that the user appears drunk and offers to call them a taxi.
The device will track the user's movements and detect the environment to make appropriate recommendations. Someone stumbling at home doesn't need a taxi, whereas in a bar or restaurant this guidance can make all the difference.
Although current MR technology is focused on productivity and entertainment, the focus on health and wellness shows the possible benefits of an MR system for improving users' lives in more meaningful ways.
This patent is owned by Anslem Grundhofer, who holds numerous assistive technology patents and is part of the Apple Vision product family.
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