NgoSepthemba 7, i-Apple yethule isizukulwane sesibili se-Apple Watch, eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kwesethulo sayo esisemthethweni. Izinhlobo ezintsha sezitholakala ukuthengwa cishe umhlaba wonke futhi Amahlebezi aseqalile ukusabalala mayelana nemodeli entsha, okuzoba yisizukulwane sesithathu se-Apple Watch. I-United States Patent ne-Trademark Office namuhla ikhiphe ilungelo lobunikazi elisha eliphakamisa ukuthi i-Apple Watch ingakhomba umnikazi wayo ngokuya ngokushaya kwenhliziyo. Igama lobunikazi lifundeka ngokuthi 'Uhlelo Lokukhomba olususelwa ku-plethysmography.
Le patent ichaza ukuthi i-oximeter ye-pulse isetshenziswa kanjani nquma isiginesha ye-biometric yesigqi senhliziyo yomsebenzisi. Le datha ingasetshenziselwa ukukhomba oyigqokile futhi ivule iwashi ngendlela efanayo ne-Touch ID ku-iPhone. Lolu hlelo lusebenza ngendlela efanayo kubaqaphi abakhona, ngokufaka ukukhanya esikhunjeni somsebenzisi kanye nenani lokukhanya okumunciwe futhi libuyele emuva kudivayisi.
Ngale ndlela isilinganiso singasetshenziswa ukuthola inani legazi elikhona emithanjeni yegazi. Ngokwaleli patent, imininingwane eqoqwe ngabathwebuli bezithombe ababili iyagcinwa noma iqhathaniswe nolwazi olwalulondolozwe ngaphambilini. ukukhomba kahle umsebenzisi.
Kwelinye ilungelo lobunikazi elihlotshaniswa nalokhu, nalo elishicilelwe yi-United States Patent kanye ne-Trademark Office, lolu hlelo nalo izocabangela izinzwa ezinyakazayo, i-accelerometer ne-gyroscope ukunquma ukunyakaza komsebenzisi. Izenzo ezithile zomzimba, ngokwesibonelo ukuphakamisela idivayisi ekuphakameni kwekhanda, kubangela inqubo yokufakazela ubuqiniso.
Ngokunengqondo zonke lezi zinyathelo zokuphepha ze-Apple Watch zilungile inqobo nje uma ingaqali yehlisa ijubane isipiliyoni sokuyisebenzisa uma kufanele ikhonjwe njalo lapho siphakamisa isihlakala ukubona isikhathi noma ukusisebenzisa.