Wireless controller for a video game console capable of measuring vital signs of a user playing a game on the console

A wireless controller for a video game console is disclosed and includes a main body including a measurement unit including a control circuit including a first amplification circuit, a control IC, a second amplification circuit, an ADC, a display circuit, and pins for setting, a top recess, a display, two first measurement devices adapted to contact the fingers as the hand holding the main body for measuring pulse and body temperature of a user playing a video game on the video game console, and a rotation counter for counting the number of rotations of the main body; a control unit mounted in the recess; a band including two second measurement devices for measuring blood pressure and pulse respectively by wrapping the band around the wrist; and a cable interconnecting the main body and the band. Blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature values are shown the display while playing.

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Sounds interesting...

What does this mean, exactly? What is it capable of?

Wii Health confirmed???

Whoa!!!!

they should use this with eternal darkness 2

Maybe its to stop people dying of exhaustion when playing the wii.

Perhaps Wii 2 (this is just a patent, so even if it does come into fruition it likely won't be soon) will have a version of Eternal Darkness that responds to your heart rate.

Damn! great minds eh? (there were no comments when I made mine)

You completely just stole my idea!

ED2 where the game measures when YOU are afraid instead of using some sort of meter?  HELL.  YES.

edit: You, too, TWRoO, dammit...

Virtual reality anyone?

Still this is a new patent of an old implementation, on the N64 days there was an add-on to the control (Where you can put the Rumble Pack or the Memory Card) and it came with a wired plug to put it you ear (More like a claw) and with that the game could read your heartbeats (The only demo they showed was a tetris I think were if the game got more heartbeats per minute the game was more difficult, and the opposite could happen if you relaxed a little)...

Even so, a sequel of ED with that kind of tech would be great...