Your Apple Watch can one day save you from drowning.
The technology giant has released a patent for sensors that detect the quantity of water the user is exposed to.
If a substantial amount is sensed by the tech, an app will ascertain whether the wearer is in trouble and notify emergency services for assistance.
The system would also decode the body of water linked to the water sample taken by the detectors in order stabilize the geo-location of the consumer, allowing the rescue team to find them.
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The patent, entitled’Portable electronics as health companion’, explains a system of sensors working together in order to find out if the consumer is in trouble and needs assistance, according to AppleInsider.
The very first sensor would test the amount of water surrounding the wearer, which would occupied yet another sensor to ascertain the property of water.
It might be a fresh water lake, swimming pool, river or a sea.
‘Once the kind of water has been established, other detectors can come into play specifically designed to discover properties most likely to be connected with the sort of water which could possibly have a substantial impact on the health of the user or the pleasure of an action by the user,’ reads the patent.
The record gives an example that if the detectors determine that the water is contaminated, a geo-location sensors will determine the body of water related to the sample, enabling emergency services to find the user before they drown.
Once the system of sensors detect a substantial quantity of water, the information is sent to an Apple Watch app that decides if the user is in trouble and will notify emergency services by sending their place.
Apple is notorious for releasing patents for new technologies, but a lot of them don’t turn into a reality — therefore it isn’t clear if this will make its way to the Apple Watch.
However, the apparatus has been used on several occasions to save the wearer’s life.
Only a year ago, a Chicago guy credited his Apple Watch for helping him out of not drowning, 9to5Mac reported.
Phillip Esho was riding a jet ski in Lake Michigan when a wave turned him.
His phone was lost in the episode and individuals on nearby boats were unable to listen to his cry for support.
But Esho recalled that he was wearing his Apple Watch and used the Emergency SOS attribute to get emergency services who immediately sent a helicopter, and boats to his rescue.
