Apple patent explores Heart ID: using heartbeat data to verify identity and unlock iPhone

According to news on July 31, following Touch ID fingerprint unlocking and Face ID facial unlocking, Apple’s latest patent explores Heart ID, which can unlock devices such as iPhones by detecting and verifying user heartbeat data. Apple stated in the patent that electronic devices often store personal and confidential information, including contacts, emails, call logs, etc., and that multiple users may share one device. In the patent, Apple believes that in addition to conventional biometric authentication methods, user identity can also be verified based on the user's heartbeat attributes. For example, a device could process the duration of a specific portion of a user's heart rhythm or the relative size of a user's electrocardiogram (EKG) spikes and compare it to a stored profile to authenticate the device user.

Attached is part of Apple’s patent summary as follows:

1. The patent relates to an electronic device that has an integrated sensor for detecting the user’s heart activity and ECG signals.
2. The electronic device may include a heart sensor with multiple wires for detecting the user's heart signals.
3. Wires can be connected to the inner surface of the electronic device housing to hide the sensor, allowing electrical signals generated by the user to be transmitted from the user's skin through the electronic device housing to the wires.
4. In some embodiments, the wires can be connected to pads placed on the outside of the housing. The padding and housing can be machined to ensure that the padding is not visually or tactilely distinguishable on the device, thereby improving the aesthetics of the device.
5. Using the detected signal, the electronic device can identify or verify the user's identity and perform operations based on the user's identity.

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