Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an apparatus including a scale and external circuitry. The scale collects signals from a plurality of users and associates the respective collected signals with a user among the plurality. The scale further verifies a biometric using the collected signals and a user profile corresponding to the user, removes portions of user data that identifies the user, adds an identifier to the user data indicative of an identity of the scale and the user, and outputs at least a portion of the user data to external circuitry. The external circuitry receives the user data, replaces the identifier with an alias ID, and stores the user data with the alias ID in a first database and identification of which scale and user that corresponds to the alias ID in a second database.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed an apparatus including a weighing scale and external circuitry. The weighing scale includes a platform in which a plurality of electrodes are integrated, a user-display, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to collect physiological data from the user while the user is standing on the platform and output at least portions of the physiological data as user data. The external circuitry aggregates user data for a plurality of users into user data sets for each user, groups a subset of the plurality of users of one or more scales into a social group based on a correlation between user data sets of the subset of the plurality of users and provides the subset of users of the social group with social group data via a respective scale of the subset of users.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to an apparatus including a scale and external circuitry. The scale includes a platform for a user to stand on, and data-procurement circuitry for collecting signals indicative of the user's identity and cardio-physiological measurements while the user is standing on the platform. The scale includes processing circuitry to process data obtained by the data-procurement circuitry and therefrom generate cardio-related physiologic data, and an output circuit to send user data from the scale for reception at a remote location. The external circuitry receives and validates the user data as concerning a specific user associated with a user ID and determine at least one physiologic parameter of the user using the user data. Further, the external circuitry derives additional health information corresponding to the user data based on categories of interest and outputs the additional health information to the scale for display.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an apparatus that includes a weighing scale and external circuitry. The weighing scale includes a platform and processing circuitry. The platform includes force sensor circuitry and a plurality of electrodes integrated with the platform. The processing circuitry is electrically integrated with the force sensor circuitry and the plurality of electrodes and collect cardio-related physiologic data from the user and outputs at least portions of the cardio-related physiologic data as user data. The external circuitry receives user data from a plurality of weighing scales and pools user data for a plurality of users into user data sets for each user.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a weighing scale including a platform, data-procurement circuitry, processing circuitry, and an output circuit. The data-procurement circuitry collects signals from the user while the user is standing on the platform. The processing circuitry processes scale-obtained user data obtained by the data-procurement circuitry and therefrom generate cardio-related physiological data, aggregates the scale-obtained user data with user data received by the scale from at least one user device, and authorizes communication of at least a portion of the aggregated user data by identifying a scale-based biometric of a hierarchy of different scale-based biometrics, wherein the hierarchy of different scale-based biometrics include a plurality of scale-base biometrics of different security levels used to authorize communication of user data of different security levels.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to an apparatus including a weighing scale and external circuitry. The weighing scale includes a platform including force sensor circuitry and a plurality of electrodes to collect signals indicative of the user's identity and cardio-related physiologic data while the user is standing on the platform and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry configured with the force sensor circuitry and the plurality of electrodes to collect the cardio-related physiologic data from the user and output at least portions of the cardio-related physiologic data as user data. The external circuitry receives user data from a plurality of weighing scales include the weighing scale and provides a hierarchy of services using scale-obtained data, wherein the hierarchy of services include different services enabled in response to user selection of the service and activation of subscription levels of different weighted values.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to a weighing scale including a platform, a user display, data-procurement circuitry, processing circuitry and an output circuit. The processing circuitry is electrically integrated with the data-procurement circuitry and being configured to process data obtained by the data-procurement circuitry while the user is standing on the platform and therefrom generate cardio-related physiologic data. The processing circuitry further identifies one or more scale-based biometrics of the user using the collected signals, and therefrom, validate user data, including the generated cardio-related physiologic data, as concerning the user. The output circuit operates in a default communication mode in response to an unidentified scale-based biometric, and operates in a user verified communication mode in response the user data and the identified one or more scale-based biometrics.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an apparatus including a scale having a platform for a user to stand on, data-procurement circuitry to collect signals indicative of the user's identity and cardio-physiological measurements, processing circuitry, a communication activation circuit, and an output circuit. The processing circuitry processes data obtained by the data-procurement circuitry and therefrom generates cardio-related physiologic data, identifies a scale-based biometric of the user using the collected signals, and validates user data, including data indicative of the user's identity and the generated cardio-related physiologic data, as concerning the user. The communication activation circuit activates communication between the scale and a remote user-physiologic device in response identifying the scale-based biometric and verifying authorization data from the remote user-physiologic device corresponds to the user.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to a weighing scale including a platform, data-procurement circuitry, processing circuitry and foot-controlled user interface (FUI). The processing circuitry is electrically integrated with the data-procurement circuitry to process data obtained by the data-procurement circuitry while the user is standing on the platform and therefrom generate cardio-related physiologic data. The FUI provides data to the user while the user is standing on the platform and receive a foot-based user input from the user for the user to interact with the weighing scale.

Abstract: Weighing scale apparatuses (devices and systems) and methods are implemented using a variety of biometric-based devices and methods. According to one such implementation, a weighing scale uses a base unit to integrate a support structure, a display, and circuitry to measure and determine the physiological parameters of the user, including a user-weight metric. The support structure includes a platform region that utilizes sensor circuitry to collect physiological data from the user, which is then processed by user-targeted circuitry to determine the physiological parameters (e.g., weight and heart-related measurements) of the user. Such parameters are then associated with the user and saved to a data-access circuit, and also forwarded to a display which communicates the physiological parameters among other information to the user through the platform region; the display encompassing substantially all of the platform region, including the region(s) upon which the user would stand for weight measurements.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, a body-weight sensing scale includes cardio-based physiological sensing circuitry to detect heart characteristics of a user, and provide outputs indicative of the detected heart characteristics. A processor circuit is arranged with the cardio-based physiological sensing circuitry to process data to provide a noise-reduced cardiogram signal which characterizes functionality/health of the user's heart.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a user-platform apparatus, such as a bodyweight sensing scale, includes a heart/cardiogram sensor which is used to detect heart and vascular characteristics of a user, and provide a cardiogram output indicative of the detected cardiovascular characteristics. The cardiogram output can be used for various purposes, such as detecting arterial stiffness and/or aging.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the instant disclosure are sensing and/or providing estimates for blood pressure or cardiac output by using time-synchronous communication (or correlation) between two sensors. Specific embodiments concern an arrangement of devices including a time-synchronous circuit and a sensor. The sensor is configured to obtain, at or near a lower-body/extremity location of the user, time-related data indicative of speed or transit time of a propagating pressure wave while the wave travels in an artery and down a leg of the user. The time-synchronous circuit is configured to correlate information corresponding to or derived from the time-related data in a time synchronous manner with other cardiovascular information. The cardiovascular information corresponds to or is derived from hemodynamic output from the user by another sensor located at or near an upper-extremity location or lower-extremity of the user.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensor is used to detect heart and vascular characteristics of a user, and provide a BCG output indicative of the detected cardiovascular characteristics. The BCG output can be used for various purposes, such as detecting arterial aging. Secondary sensors can be used in conjunction with the BCG and can be used to determine the central arterial blood pressure, when used in conjunction with a peripheral blood pressure measurement.

Abstract: Characteristics of a user's heart are detected. In accordance with an example embodiment, a ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensor is used to detect heart characteristics of a user, and provide a BCG output indicative of the detected heart characteristics. The BCG output is further processed using data from one or more additional sensors, such as to reduce noise and/or otherwise process the BCG signal to characterize the user's heart function.

Abstract: Weighing scale apparatuses (devices and systems) and methods are implemented using a variety of biometric-based devices and methods. According to one such implementation, a weighing scale uses a base unit to integrate a support structure, a display, and circuitry to measure and determine the physiological parameters of the user, including a user-weight metric. The support structure includes a platform region that utilizes sensor circuitry to collect physiological data from the user, which is then processed by user-targeted circuitry to determine the physiological parameters (e.g., weight and heart-related measurements) of the user. Such parameters are then associated with the user and saved to a data-access circuit, and also forwarded to a display which communicates the physiological parameters among other information to the user through the platform region; the display encompassing substantially all of the platform region, including the region(s) upon which the user would stand for weight measurements.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensor is used to detect heart and vascular characteristics of a user, and provide a BCG output indicative of the detected cardiovascular characteristics. The BCG output can be used for various purposes, such as detecting arterial aging. Secondary sensors can be used in conjunction with the BCG and can be used to determine the central arterial blood pressure, when used in conjunction with a peripheral blood pressure measurement.

Abstract: Characteristics of a user's heart are detected. In accordance with an example embodiment, a ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensor is used to detect heart characteristics of a user, and provide a BCG output indicative of the detected heart characteristics. The BCG output is further processed using data from one or more additional sensors, such as to reduce noise and/or otherwise process the BCG signal to characterize the user's heart function.

Abstract: Characteristics of a user's heart are detected. In accordance with an example embodiment, a ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensor is used to detect heart characteristics of a user, and provide a BCG output indicative of the detected heart characteristics. The BCG output is further processed using data from one or more additional sensors, such as to reduce noise and/or otherwise process the BCG signal to characterize the user's heart function.