Apple acquired a patent to detect toxic gases and carbon monoxide, installed in iPhone or Apple Watch

by freestocks.org

On January 24, 2019, Apple acquired a patent on built-in sensor to detect toxic gases such as carbon monoxide in products such as iPhone / iPad / Apple Watch.

One of Apple's Next Health Sensors for iDevices could save your Life by Detecting Invisible Deadly Gases - Patently Apple
https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2019/01/one-of-apples-next-health-sensors-for-devices-could-save-your-life-by-detecting-invisible-deadly- gases.html

Apple gains patent for future iPhones and Apple Watches to act as poisonous gas and CO detectors - 9to 5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/24/apple-co2-sensors-patent/

In order to incorporate a physical gas sensor into the terminal, it is necessary to provide a new opening in the case part. The act of "setting a new opening in the housing" is obviously contrary to the trend of Apple and smartphone industry which manufactures the iPhone which has abolished even the earphone jack , and it is obviously contrary to the trend of the iPhone which abolished up to the earphone jack , and the terminal such as the iPhone and the Apple Watch It is an obstacle for us. Therefore, "It is very interesting to see whether iPhone and Apple Watch can maintain waterproof performance equivalent to IP68 while installing toxic gas detection function," 9to 5Mac, which reports Apple-related news, writes.

Apple's patented toxic gas detection sensors are "Ozone (O3), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), Nitric oxide (NO), Carbon monoxide (CO), Sulfur dioxide (SO2), Methane (CH4), Volatile Gas containing at least one of organic organic compounds (VOC) "can be detected.

According to the patent, the following figure is "a small gas detection device housed in the housing", and in the patent application it is assumed that this gas detection device is built in the Apple Watch.

In recent years, technology to clean air has attracted attention and many high performance air purifiers are on the market. In addition, Tesla, an electric car manufacturer, has released a special HEPA filter for vehicles and has released "Bioweapon Defense Mode" to protect itself from biological weapons.

As a problem when installing a gas detector on the iPhone or Apple Watch, "How to realize waterproof performance" is still mentioned, and although a waterproof gas detector exists, it generally becomes larger in size 9to 5Mac points out that it tends to be bad. If you install a gas detector on a slim terminal such as the iPhone or Apple Watch, "It should be a considerable reduction in size".