The bio-sensor would determine different health and biometric metrics by detecting the light that is reflected off the body part of a user, including heart rate, blood pressure, blood perfusion and water content.
Published on September 7, the new patent describes an electronic device (likely a MacBook) that integrates a bio-sensor into the palm rest area and may feature a glass top layer. USPTO publishes Apple ‘integrated bio-sensor’ patent Still, it is a hint Google is experimenting with the technology, and whether it will be used to assist face biometrics, or simply keep the screen awake when a user is in front of it, future developments will be interesting to follow.
Google first teased the use of sensor technologies for Chromebooks earlier this year, but now a new snippet of code spotted by 9to5Google would seem to confirm the development of what the company calls an HPS (Human Presence Sensor).įor current applications, human presence detection is utilized by Microsoft on Windows 10 and 11 machines to improve Windows Hello’s facial recognition capabilities.Ĭhromebooks have so far not featured any type of face biometric unlock, so the presence of an HPS in their hardware still raises some questions.
