公开(公告)号：US20220304583A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17841331

申请日：2022-06-15

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

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

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus, may include: a touch sensor; a pulse wave measurer configured to measure pulse waves from a user's finger when the user's finger is in contact with the touch sensor; a contact pressure measurer configured to measure a contact pressure between the user's finger and the touch sensor; a fingerprint recognizer configured to recognize a fingerprint of the user's finger; and a processor configured to determine a degree of position coincidence between the user's finger and the pulse wave measurer based on the recognized fingerprint, and to estimate a blood pressure of the user based on the pulse waves and the contact pressure according to the determined degree of position coincidence.

公开(公告)号：US20220265149A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-25

申请号：US17354091

申请日：2021-06-22

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jong Wook LEE ,  Byung Hoon Ko ,  Yong Joo Kwon ,  Seung Woo Noh ,  Hyun Seok Moon ,  Sung Mo Ahn ,  Kun Sun Eom ,  Tak Hyung Lee ,  Myoung Hoon Jung ,  Chang Mok Choi

IPC: A61B5/0205 ,  H04N5/347 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/02 ,  A61B5/1172 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/16 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-signals is provided. According to an example embodiment, the apparatus for measuring bio-signals includes: a light source configured to emit light onto an object; an image sensor including: a pixel array configured to detect the light emitted by the light source and reacted by the object and a pixel binning unit configured to bin data of the light, detected by the pixel array, by using at least two different binning sizes; and a processor configured to acquire a plurality of bio-signals respectively based on data of the at least two different binning sizes, which are output from the image sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11382520B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US16296444

申请日：2019-03-08

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

IPC: A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/0225 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/022 ,  A61B5/02

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a touch sensor; a pulse wave measurer configured to measure pulse waves from a user; a contact force measurer including at least three force sensors and configured to measure a contact force between the touch sensor and the user by using the at least three force sensors; a contact area measurer configured to measure a contact area between the user and the touch sensor; and a processor configured to determine a vertical direction error, which indicates a degree of deviation of a direction of force, applied by the user to press the touch sensor, from a vertical direction to a surface of the touch sensor based on sensor values sensed by the at least three force sensors, and estimate blood pressure according to a determination result of the vertical direction error based on the pulse waves, the contact force, and the contact area.

公开(公告)号：US11382519B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US16266672

申请日：2019-02-04

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

IPC: A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/1172 ,  G06V40/12

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus may include: a touch sensor; a pulse wave measurer configured to measure pulse waves from a user's finger when the user's finger is in contact with the touch sensor; a contact pressure measurer configured to measure a contact pressure between the user's finger and the touch sensor; a fingerprint recognizer configured to recognize a fingerprint of the user's finger; and a processor configured to determine a degree of position coincidence between the user's finger and the pulse wave measurer based on the recognized fingerprint, and to estimate a blood pressure of the user based on the pulse waves and the contact pressure according to the determined degree of position coincidence.

公开(公告)号：US20210393150A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17465410

申请日：2021-09-02

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

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

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.

公开(公告)号：US11134897B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-05

申请号：US16004624

申请日：2018-06-11

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

IPC: A61B5/022 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G06T11/20 ,  A61B5/02 ,  G06F3/044 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/021

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-information includes a pulse wave measurer configured to measure a pulse wave signal from a first region of an object; a contact pressure extractor including a touch screen and configured to obtain a contact pressure signal, indicating a contact pressure between the first region and the pulse wave measurer, based on touch data that is generated based on a second region of the object being in contact with the touch screen; and a processor configured to measure bio-information of the object based on the pulse wave signal and the contact pressure signal.

公开(公告)号：US11064947B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-20

申请号：US15840131

申请日：2017-12-13

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

IPC: A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/021 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A61B5/02 ,  A61B5/022 ,  A61B5/16 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring biometric information is provided. The apparatus may include: a main body configured to be worn on an object to be examined. The main body may include a contact pressure sensor configured to measure a contact pressure of the object while a hand shape is changing; a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal of the object; and a processor configured to measure biometric information on the basis of the measured contact pressure and pulse wave signal.

公开(公告)号：US20200085315A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16415586

申请日：2019-05-17

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

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

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a sensor part configured to obtain contact pressure of a contact surface contacted by an object, and configured to obtain a contact image of the object that contacts the contact surface; and a processor configured to obtain a pulse wave signal of a region of interest based on the contact image, and configured to estimate bio-information based on the obtained pulse wave signal and the contact pressure.

公开(公告)号：US20190274555A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US16296444

申请日：2019-03-08

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

IPC: A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/0225

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a touch sensor; a pulse wave measurer configured to measure pulse waves from a user; a contact force measurer including at least three force sensors and configured to measure a contact force between the touch sensor and the user by using the at least three force sensors; a contact area measurer configured to measure a contact area between the user and the touch sensor; and a processor configured to determine a vertical direction error, which indicates a degree of deviation of a direction of force, applied by the user to press the touch sensor, from a vertical direction to a surface of the touch sensor based on sensor values sensed by the at least three force sensors, and estimate blood pressure according to a determination result of the vertical direction error based on the pulse waves, the contact force, and the contact area.