摘要 |
<p>A mobile client device (100, 200), such as a wireless mobile or a palm sized personal digital assitant, is provided with a number of sensors (114aa-ae, 114ba-be, 208aa-ae, 208ba-be) and companion programming instructions/circuitry to generate a heart rate reading for a user holding the device. The sensors are used to sense blood flow rate of the user. The sensors are advantageously disposed in a distributed manner, in a number of locations of the mobile client device. The programming instructions/circuitry are used to infer a holding pattern of the device, and generate the heart rate reading, using a subset of the sensed data, based at least in part on the inferred holding pattern.</p> |