Fall Detection could be coming to Vision Pro, Apple Glasses, and smart contact lenses

An Apple patent has described extending the Apple Watch Fall Detection system to other wearable devices. This includes Vision Pro, a future Apple Glasses product – and even a smart contact lens. The patent says that such wearables could be even more effective that the Apple Watch implementation, for two reasons … Fall Detection Fall Detection uses the Apple Watch’s built-in accelerometer and gyroscope to detect a hard fall. It initially responds by tapping you on the wrist and displaying an alert, offering you the options of confirming you’re ok, or calling emergency services. If you don’t respond and remain immobile for one minute, it will make an automated 911 call giving your exact location and informing the operator that you have fallen and appear unresponsive. Fall Detection has been credited with saving multiple lives, the following links being just a small sampling: Patently Apple spotted a new Apple patent which describes how fall detection could be implemented in other w ... Read full article.