Patents by Inventor Esther VIGIL-RUIZ

Esther VIGIL-RUIZ has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • In-canal heart rate monitoring apparatus
    Patent number: 11666235
    Abstract: A wearable computing device includes one or more processors, memory and a physiological metric sensor system, including a light source configured to direct light into tissue of a user wearing the wearable computing device, a light detector implemented a distance away from the light source and configured to detect light from the light source that reflects back from the user, and a light-blocking portion implemented between the light source and the light detector. The wearable computing device may further include an audio port directed towards an ear canal of the user and control circuitry configured to activate the light source during a period of time and generate a light detector signal indicating an amount of light detected by the light detector during the period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: FITBIT, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew R. Church, Jaclyn Leverett Wasson, Daniel Joel Freschl, Esther Vigil-Ruiz
  • IN-CANAL HEART RATE MONITORING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210137397
    Abstract: A wearable computing device includes one or more processors, memory and a physiological metric sensor system, including a light source configured to direct light into tissue of a user wearing the wearable computing device, a light detector implemented a distance away from the light source and configured to detect light from the light source that reflects back from the user, and a light-blocking portion implemented between the light source and the light detector. The wearable computing device may further include an audio port directed towards an ear canal of the user and control circuitry configured to activate the light source during a period of time and generate a light detector signal indicating an amount of light detected by the light detector during the period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew R. CHURCH, Jaclyn Leverett WASSON, Daniel Joel FRESCHL, Esther VIGIL-RUIZ
  • In-canal heart rate monitoring apparatus
    Patent number: 10842394
    Abstract: A wearable computing device includes one or more processors, memory and a physiological metric sensor system, including a light source configured to direct light into tissue of a user wearing the wearable computing device, a light detector implemented a distance away from the light source and configured to detect light from the light source that reflects back from the user, and a light-blocking portion implemented between the light source and the light detector. The wearable computing device may further include an audio port directed towards an ear canal of the user and control circuitry configured to activate the light source during a period of time and generate a light detector signal indicating an amount of light detected by the light detector during the period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew R. Church, Jaclyn Leverett Wasson, Daniel Joel Freschl, Esther Vigil-Ruiz
  • IN-CANAL HEART RATE MONITORING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180177416
    Abstract: A wearable computing device includes one or more processors, memory and a physiological metric sensor system, including a light source configured to direct light into tissue of a user wearing the wearable computing device, a light detector implemented a distance away from the light source and configured to detect light from the light source that reflects back from the user, and a light-blocking portion implemented between the light source and the light detector. The wearable computing device may further include an audio port directed towards an ear canal of the user and control circuitry configured to activate the light source during a period of time and generate a light detector signal indicating an amount of light detected by the light detector during the period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew R. CHURCH, Jaclyn Leverett WASSON, Daniel Joel FRESCHL, Esther VIGIL-RUIZ