公开(公告)号：US12239422B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US17349419

申请日：2021-06-16

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

IPC: A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating biological information may include a sensor configured to detect a first light signal and a second light signal from an object of a user and a processor configured to determine whether a condition for estimating biological information is satisfied based on the detected first light signal and estimate biological information based on the second light signal, wherein the sensor includes a force sensor configured to measure a force applied to the object when the object is in contact with a cover surface of the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11896354B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-13

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 ,  A61B5/1172 ,  G06V40/12

CPC classification number: A61B5/02116 ,  A61B5/02108 ,  A61B5/02416 ,  A61B5/6826 ,  A61B5/6843 ,  A61B5/1172 ,  A61B5/681 ,  A61B5/6831 ,  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：US11714452B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US17982061

申请日：2022-11-07

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

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

CPC classification number: G06F1/1616 ,  A61B5/6843 ,  A61B5/6898 ,  G06F1/1684 ,  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：US11188730B1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US17157365

申请日：2021-01-25

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yong Joo Kwon ,  Yeol Ho Lee ,  Joon Hyung Lee

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/042

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to an apparatus for non-invasively estimating bio-information is provided. An apparatus for estimating bio-information may include a sensor part including a pixel array of pixels, each pixel having a light source and a detector; and a processor configured to, based on an object being in contact with the sensor part, drive the sensor part based on a first sensor configuration; obtain contact information of the object based on an amount of light received by each pixel according to the first sensor configuration; determine a second sensor configuration based on the contact information; drive the sensor part based on the second sensor configuration; and estimate the bio-information based on light signals obtained according to the second sensor configuration.

公开(公告)号：US12064270B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-20

申请号：US17559721

申请日：2021-12-22

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/02 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/022 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/029 ,  A61B5/145 ,  G16H10/00 ,  G16H40/63 ,  G16H50/20 ,  G16H50/50

CPC classification number: A61B5/7278 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B5/02108 ,  A61B5/02116 ,  A61B5/02125 ,  A61B5/022 ,  A61B5/0261 ,  A61B5/029 ,  A61B5/14532 ,  A61B5/681 ,  A61B5/6831 ,  A61B5/6843 ,  G16H10/00 ,  G16H40/63 ,  G16H50/20 ,  G16H50/50 ,  A61B5/02416 ,  A61B2562/0219 ,  A61B2562/0247 ,  A61B2562/0252

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating cardiovascular information includes: a main body; and a strap connected to the main body and formed to be flexible to be wrapped around an object, wherein the main body may include: a pulse wave measurer configured to measure, from the subject, a first pulse wave signal by using a first light of a first wavelength, and a second pulse wave signal by using a second light of a second wavelength, the first wavelength being different from the second wavelength; a contact pressure measurer configured to measure a contact pressure between the object and the pulse wave measurer; and a processor configured to extract a cardiovascular characteristic value based on the first pulse wave signal, the second pulse wave signal, and change in the contact pressure, and estimate cardiovascular information based on the extracted cardiovascular characteristic value.

公开(公告)号：US11538846B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16906149

申请日：2020-06-19

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yong Joo Kwon ,  Jae Min Kang ,  Byung Hoon Ko ,  Youn Ho Kim ,  Sang Yun Park ,  Jong Wook Lee ,  Deuk Seok Chung

IPC: G06T1/00 ,  G06F21/32 ,  H01L27/146 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G06V30/32

Abstract: A display includes a display portion formed of an array of unit pixels that each respectively include a light source pixel and a detector pixel. The display includes a control driver including a light source driver and a data driver which are respectively connected to each light source pixel, and a detector driver which is connected to each detector pixel. The display includes a controller configured to control the control driver to operate the display portion in a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode that are each different from each other.

公开(公告)号：US11538272B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US17511160

申请日：2021-10-26

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

IPC: G06V40/12 ,  G06V40/13 ,  G06V10/50 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G06V40/60

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：US11478157B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US16407729

申请日：2019-05-09

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

IPC: A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/02 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/16

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for estimating bio-information. The apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a sensor part comprising a pulse wave sensor array configured to detect a pulse wave signal when an object contacts a contact surface of the sensor part, and a load sensor configured to detect a first contact load applied by the object to the contact surface; and a processor configured to obtain contact load distribution of the contact surface based on the pulse wave signal, and to estimate bio-information based on the contact load distribution.

公开(公告)号：US11419562B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US16130574

申请日：2018-09-13

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/02 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/16 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: A bio-information measuring apparatus includes: a pulse wave measurer configured to measure a plurality of pulse wave signals from an object; a contact pressure measurer configured to measure contact a pressure between the object and the pulse wave measurer; and a processor configured to obtain a plurality of first envelopes based on the contact pressure and the plurality of pulse wave signals, obtain a second envelope by combining the plurality of first envelopes, and measure bio-information based on the second envelope.

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.