The Samsung Speckle brand points to a new gadget with better health measures than Apple Watch

Could Samsung use lasers to measure heart rate, blood pressure, and other vital health signs? That's a question that Galaxy fans were asking in 2016 shortly after a Samsung patent for what surfaced at the USPTO.

But of course, a patent does not mean that the company is working on a product, and years have passed without any further clues about a new type of health sensor making its way into any of the smartphones or smartwatches from Samsung.

But a recent trademark filing suggests that Samsung may have continued to work on the "interferometric speckle laser system" described in the 2016 patents.

Last week, Samsung filed the trademark "Samsung Speckle" in Europe. We were made aware by Brian Conroy who called Trademark Ninja.

Samsung's trademark filing does not contain much when it comes to revealing information, but the name certainly seems to be aimed at some device. The application is for this kind of goods:

Computers; Hardware; Peripherals adapted for use with computers; Electronic tablets; Laptop; Data storage devices; monitors; Headphones for use with computers; Wireless headphones; Leather notebook case; Protective covers for electronic tablets; Mouse (computer peripheral); Computer keyboards; Convertible PCs, namely convertible computers and convertible PCs; Wireless speakers; VR picture apparatus and instruments; Simulator in the form of glasses for virtual reality; Camera in the form of glasses for virtual reality.

Of course, the speckle is a word that makes sense, it is not a coined term for a product. It means "a mark with a large number of small spots or colored spots" or a "random granular pattern".

Thus, the mark could apply to many other things, including ultrasonic devices manufactured by Samsung that have a feature that includes "reduced speckle". The brand could relate to medical equipment, although Conroy said it had been filed by the same brand agency as Samsung Electronics for products such as TVs and smartphones. It could even be a reference to Samsung's sparkling gadgets covered with Swarovski crystals.

But since 2016, Samsung has asked for several other patents that rely on the concept of shining a laser on the skin, looking at the speckle pattern, and then using it for, for example, authenticate the user.

is currently using LED lights to measure heart rate and authenticate the wearer. It would be logical for Samsung's speckle sensor to be included on a smartwatch. Android Central reports that Samsung has announced the upcoming release of a new smartwatch called Samsung Galaxy Watch, also based on recent brands.

Samsung has not responded to a request for additional information. So, finally, we do not know what Samsung Speckle is about. And you? Send me an email at [email protected]