公开(公告)号：US11419507B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US16361447

申请日：2019-03-22

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jae Min Kang ,  Yong Joo Kwon ,  Youn Ho Kim ,  Sang Yun Park

IPC: A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/022 ,  A61B5/318 ,  A61B5/02

Abstract: A bio-information estimating apparatus includes a sensor part configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object, a contact force that is applied by the object to the sensor part, and a contact area of the object that is applied to the sensor part, and a processor configured to obtain a first feature value, based on a first change in the contact area with respect to a second change in the contact force, obtain a second feature value, based on the pulse wave signal, and estimate bio-information, based on the first feature value and the second feature value.

公开(公告)号：US11344209B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16439869

申请日：2019-06-13

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sang Yun Park ,  Jae Min Kang

IPC: A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/02 ,  A61B5/1171 ,  A61B5/16

Abstract: An electronic device for estimating bio-information is provided. According to one embodiment, the electronic device may include a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a magnetic field detector configured to detect a change in a magnetic field generated by a magnetic field source according to a change in a force exerted by the object to the pulse wave sensor; and a processor configured to acquire a contact pressure between the object and the pulse wave sensor based on the change in the magnetic field and obtain bio-information based on the pulse wave signal and the contact pressure.

公开(公告)号：US10172519B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US15221994

申请日：2016-07-28

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jae Min Kang ,  Kun Kook Park

IPC: A61B5/06 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0452 ,  A61B5/0408 ,  A61B5/0456 ,  G06K9/00 ,  A61B5/04

Abstract: Technology for transmitting and receiving a biosignal based on a pattern related to the biosignal and a feature point included in the biosignal. A biosignal transmitter includes a biosignal obtaining unit configured to obtain a biosignal comprising a plurality of unit signals, a parsing unit configured to parse the biosignal to extract a first unit signal of the plurality of unit signals, a pattern obtaining unit configured to obtain a pattern related to the biosignal based on the first unit signal, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit information related to a feature point of the first unit signal based on the first unit signal and the pattern.

公开(公告)号：US10111596B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-30

申请号：US15174346

申请日：2016-06-06

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jae Min Kang ,  Yong Joo Kwon ,  Sun Kwon Kim

IPC: A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/024

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The blood pressure measuring apparatus includes: a strap; and a main body that is rotatably connected to the strap, wherein the main body includes: a first pulse wave measurer configured to measure a first pulse wave; a second pulse wave measurer that is spaced apart from the first pulse wave measurer at a regular interval and is configured to measure a second pulse wave; and a blood pressure measurer configured to analyze the first pulse wave and the second pulse wave and determine a blood pressure based on the analyzed first pulse wave and the analyzed second pulse wave.

公开(公告)号：US12070332B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US17748557

申请日：2022-05-19

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sang Yun Park ,  Jae Min Kang ,  Byung Hoon Ko ,  Seung Woo Noh ,  Jin Woo Choi

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/021 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: A61B5/681 ,  A61B5/02108 ,  A61B5/6843 ,  G06F1/163 ,  A61B2562/0247

Abstract: A wearable device includes a main body, a force sensor disposed on one surface of the main body and configured to measure a force, and a processor configured to control the force sensor to measure a first force when the one surface of the main body faces upwards, control the force sensor to measure a second force sensor when the one surface of the main body faces downward, and calibrate the force sensor based on at least one of the measured first force and the measured second force.

公开(公告)号：US11969232B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US17237888

申请日：2021-04-22

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jae Min Kang ,  Seung Woo Noh ,  Sang Yun Park ,  Jin Woo Choi

IPC: A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/02 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/1172 ,  A61B5/16

CPC classification number: A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B5/02108 ,  A61B5/0261 ,  A61B5/1172 ,  A61B5/165 ,  A61B2562/0247

Abstract: An apparatus for non-invasively estimating bio-information includes an image sensor configured to acquire a first contact image of an object, based on the object being in contact with the image sensor, an actuator, and a processor configured to determine a contact position and a direction of the object, based on the acquired first contact image, and control the actuator to adjust a position of the image sensor, based on the determined contact position and the determined direction of the object so that a field of view (FOV) of the image sensor moves to a predefined measurement area on the object.

公开(公告)号：US11864871B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17091832

申请日：2020-11-06

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jae Min Kang ,  Seung Woo Noh ,  Sang Yun Park ,  Jin Woo Choi

IPC: A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/02 ,  A61B5/16

CPC classification number: A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/0002 ,  A61B5/0077 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B5/02416 ,  A61B5/165 ,  A61B5/681 ,  A61B5/6803 ,  A61B2560/0214

Abstract: A wearable device includes an external light collector configured to collect external light; a sensor including an auxiliary light source and a light receiver, and configured to measure a bio-signal of an object; and a processor configured to determine whether the external light is sufficient to measure the bio-signal, and to control driving of the auxiliary light source based on the determination.

公开(公告)号：US11520375B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-06

申请号：US16854322

申请日：2020-04-21

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jae Min Kang ,  Yong Joo Kwon ,  Sang Yun Park

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G06V40/12

Abstract: Provided are foldable electronic device and method for estimating bio-information by using the same. The foldable electronic device may include: a main body part including a first main body and a second main body that are configured to be folded toward each other or unfolded from each other along a fold line where the first main body and the second main body meet; an image sensor part including a first image sensor and a second image sensor which are disposed at the first main body; and a processor configured to obtain a contact image of an object from the first image sensor disposed at the first main body and obtain an image of a marker that is displayed on the second main body, from the second image sensor disposed at the first main body, when the object is in contact with the first image sensor and the main body part is folded along the fold line, and estimate bio-information based on the contact image of the object and the image of the marker.

公开(公告)号：US11295109B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US17106794

申请日：2020-11-30

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jae Min Kang ,  Yong Joo Kwon ,  Sang Yun Park

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/46

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a signal is provided. The apparatus for measuring a signal may include a sensor configured to generate pixel data representing a fingerprint image of an object by detecting light scattered or reflected from the object and a processor configured to acquire the fingerprint image of the object based on the pixel data and acquire a pulse wave signal based on the fingerprint image and the pixel data.

公开(公告)号：US11141073B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US16114396

申请日：2018-08-28

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sang Yun Park ,  Jae Min Kang ,  Yong Joo Kwon ,  Youn Ho Kim ,  Seung Woo Noh

IPC: A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/022 ,  A61B5/352

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-information in a non-invasive manner includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a plurality of pulse wave signals having different wavelengths from an object; a contact pressure sensor configured to measure contact pressure of the object while the plurality of pulse wave signals are measured; and a processor configured to obtain an oscillometric waveform based on the contact pressure and the plurality of pulse wave signals having the different wavelengths, and obtain bio-information based on the oscillometric waveform.